Category Archives: PhD
mAsAnAm mArgashoham
The month of months is here. I look back at my Margazhi blogposts from the past several years and there is such a flip-flop of emotions! The first year it was a nostalgic self-pity trip set off by a song, … Continue reading
Filed under Carnatic music, Margazhi 2010, Music, PhD
Hello world
The blog has been ignored and has been rusting unburnished (it used to be my 12th std English teacher’s fav phrase!) for a while. A lot has happened meanwhile. Dandilsa became Dr.Dandilsa, Nadal got a career grand slam, I breezed … Continue reading
Countdown
3 days – Advisor returns from 3 week trip 7 days – Amma in ooru 13 days – New season of Project Runway 53 days – Thesis Defense :O *runs back to writing work* P.S – Song – Viriboni Varnam.
Filed under PhD
Cinemaspeak
Watched Angadi Theru finally on Friday. Having heard so much about it, had been wanting to watch it for a while now. But I was terribly disappointed with the movie. It was a manipulative and badly made movie. It did … Continue reading
Filed under Boxoffice, Music, Opinion, PhD, Tamil cinema
Bits and Pieces
One more long weekend went by. One more missed opportunity to catch up with friends and enjoy all the late night talks. But I must say that I enjoyed the weekend. It felt so good to just be, without any … Continue reading
Filed under books, Carnatic music, Concerts, DIY, Movies, Music, PhD, Ravi Varma in me
What do you write about when there is so much to write?
Somewhere between the amazing time I had at India and the depression of coming back to a truckload of tall orders and expectations, I completely lost my urge to blog! I don’t tweet or do FB updates..and now I realize … Continue reading
Filed under Carnatic music, Family, Madras, Movies, Music, personal, PhD, Random rambles, Tamil cinema, Uncategorized
M is for Miscellaneous
Inspired by Aparna, I am going to get this blog back up from slumber mode, and try to post more regularly! The past weekend was simply amazing and I won’t say more than that my friends rock and that we … Continue reading
Filed under Carnatic music, Friends, Music, Music alphabet, PhD, Rahman
Janaro Ee Mohamu Sahimpahalene
Surfacing for a short breather. How have you all been? I feel like I am running on rollerblades and I don’t know how to break and I think this is how it is going to be till the finish (I … Continue reading
Dandilsa goes to SFO- the rest of the story
So after all that whining in Phoenix, we landed in SFO to one of the prettiest sights ever. The hills, the bay stretching between the two bridges and the quaintest of townhouses lining the horizon. We drove to the Hyatt … Continue reading
