Souvenir to commemorate the inauguration of a building for the Ganabharathi, cultural organization in Mysore; comprises articles on the life and the music of Veene Seshanna, 1852-1926, vina exponent from Karnataka.

Divine Veena was considered as the first of the best in the musical instruments, since time immemorial. This is our National emblem for fine arts! Lack of encouragements and supports by musicians and music-lovers has caused a sharp decline in its past glory. This is a humble attempt to revive it. Brief contents: • Ancient history and evolution. • Saraswathi veena and human body. • Science of vibrations, acoustics, listening, voice, voice-differences. • Veena rendering-methods and Baanis. • Techniques: Mela, shruthi, varities of plucking, thaanams, gamakas. • Veena - naada-yoga-salvation. • Varities of veenas,and string- instruments. Famous Vainikas. • Raaga identification by soft ware technology. • Present status of Divine veena in India and outside

This charming collection of poems and stories is sure to delight readers of all ages. With its vivid imagery, lively language, and timeless themes, Another Garland is a true masterpiece of Indian literature. Don't miss out on this unforgettable reading experience. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Reminiscences of a mathematician of his travel to United States.

Music and dance have been the chief forms of religious expression in India. In the course of her long history, India evolved a very wide variety of musical instruments. This book describes 56 musical instruments developed in India. The book is in two parts: part one gives the historical background of the Indian musical instruments and part two describes the musical instruments.

The story of the archetypal Mother, the mother of all Chandrashekhar Kambar s stories, variously called Mayi, Idimayi, and now Karimayi, is at the heart of this novel. The narrative of Karimayi moves through an astounding time span, beginning from the mythopoeic times of Goddess Karimayi s birth to the historical and cultural shifts in the life of a small rural community called Shivapura during the British colonial era. Written in the Kannada language in 1975, Karimayi breaks the familiar narrative of an idyllic and traditional village community getting destroyed by the incursion of modernity. Instead, the multiple and layered narrative of Karimayi weaves everything into itself the story of the village s past, the myth of Karimayi, the disorder that sets in with the invasion of colonial modernity and the lure of the city, but, most importantly, also of the disruption of another form of native modernity that the village community has already begun to incorporate into its rhythms of life. "