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Strange concert venues
Sriram in the Hindu: The strangest experience of all was perhaps Salem Chellam Iyengar’s. Invited to perform at a certain house, he was happy that everyone applauded repeatedly during the concert. All...
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On renting music
Mukul Kesavan on his experiences with renting music: It’s the musical equivalent of having a subscription to the Library of Congress and the right to immediately call up every item in its holdings. All...
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Doing and learning: Octave way!
At the beginning of this month, I conducted a two day workshop on phase field modelling at IIT Kanpur. Here are some photos — one of the photos is there because of what is there on the board :-) This...
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Linda Hess’ Bodies of Song
Linda Hess’ book on Kabir oral traditions called Bodies of Song: Kabir Oral Traditions and Performative Worlds in North India is a great read. I also watched some of (though not all) of the...
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Gandhi’s religion: a home spun shawl
The line from Ram Guha’s introduction to the book captures my thoughts (before I read the book) rather well: Could we not follow Gandhi in his empathy for the poor and his insistence on non-violence...
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Criticism from within
Thought worth pondering over: Gandhi held the view that only adherents of a particular faith had the right to criticize its precepts or sanctions. By that token, it was both his “right and duty to...
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Two pieces on disagreement and acceptance
Here is Mary Beard: At this point, I’d like to observe just one thing. That it is possible to disagree over all kinds of things (tactics, short term aims etc) without being enemies. That’s life. And,...
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To or Not-to: Co-author
A very nice piece from Geoffrey Pullum in the Chronicle of Higher Education: Yes, I know that many lab directors in the physical and biological sciences add their name to the byline of every paper,...
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Ustad Abdul Rashid Khan: RIP
Hindu reports on the passing away of Ustad Abdul Rashid Khan; I have heard him once on Doordarshan and enjoyed it too!
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RIP: Eco and Lee
Harper Lee passed away; and so also, Umberto Eco. I have to reread To Kill a Mocking Bird and The Name of the Rose. At some point, I should also read Eco’s book on writing thesis.
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Weekend of music
Attended Sanjay’s concert on Friday at Chembur Fine Arts; loved the Anandabhairavi, Kambhoji and Sindubhairavi especially. Today, from morning 6 am till about 5 pm we listened to Hariprasad Chaurasia,...
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Ram Guha’s Gandhi before India
I finally managed to read through Ram Guha’s Gandhi before India. For such a lengthy book, I did not find the interest even slightly waning throughout the read. Strongly recommended.
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A nice piece
30 Pandara Road: AM on Hiten Bhaya and the gang that used to gather and discuss at 30 Pandara road. Dharma Kumar also appears along with others.
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An analysis of the budget
Ashok V Desai on the budget: To conclude, Jaitley does not address macro issues, which only the budget can deal with. It would be unfair to say that he knows no economics, for we have no evidence of...
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