Nice site
Quick bookmark an awesome site on Pandit Bhatkhande:
http://www.musicalnirvana.com/composers/vn_bhatkhande.html#Links
Saturday, August 13, 2005
Sunday, February 27, 2005
English-Devnagri Translation etc
Listening to vol 1 from Siddhi. One of the finest renditions of Miyan Ki Todi by Pt. Bhimsen Joshi. I wanted to read the lyrics of "Eri Mai Aaj" - the Chota Khayal. Searched on Google. But could not find any.
There is a need to archive all the lyrics on the Net. They need to be searchable in Devnagari as well as in Latin Characters. Google probably is not capable of searching in Devnagari (although it can display results in it). But it should be searchable with some extra meta characters added so that "Eri Mai Aaj" can be found by typing "Ari Maai Aaj" or "Aeri Maai Aaj".
Thinking about this, there are two related topics:
- What will happen to Human Computer Interfaces - especially with native languages? Can it be easy to type in Devnagri? Can you use Latin terminals for that? If so, is there a standard mapping? If not, can it be developed? I guess I will post this on some forum. I have heard of some projects that have done it before - especially with Hindi Film Music.
- How can we archive all the lyrics of Indian Classical Music? There is a large collection out there right now. What will the musicians of our time think about this?
Thursday, February 24, 2005
Forex Rate Websites
This link on the HDFC web-site has pretty good Forex Rate Info. http://www.hdfcbank.com/pdf_forms/forexrates.pdf
It looks like I may not have been getting the best rates.
Thursday, February 17, 2005
Attended Sawai Gandharva mohatsav this time in India. It was a great experience. On the first day, Pt. Shiv Kumar Sharma was felicitated for receiving the Tansen Award. About the same time, Pt Bala Murali Krishna came in. And I was able to take this beautiful snap of him talking to the great Pt Bhimsen Joshi. 
Monday, May 24, 2004
Virus, spam and lots of wasted time
Today, there was lot of email sent to people from my address list. Most of those emails contained some type of virus in it.
I just hope this is not the end of email. Spam is just too bad for the productivity. Since this is a problem, I think there are big bucks to be made here. I will be looking for some companies and standards that are doing work in this area. Maybe one of them would hit big ?? :)
