Saturday, February 12, 2005

Favourite Sites

ICT for Development
www.kuppam.in
www.emergic.org : blog of Rajesh Jain on ICT4D issues
www.wri.org : World Resources Institute site
www.nextbillion.net : World resources institute sponsored blog on sustainable models for BOP

Generic Portals
www.archive.org : archived text, audio, video and web content from around the world, very exhaustive
www.hojohnlee.com : Blog of Ho John Lee, a good friend with very diversified interests

Carnatic Music
www.sruti.com : premier magazine on carnatic music and dance
http://www.ecse.rpi.edu/Homepages/shivkuma/personal/music/ : loads of good audio, text content
www.sangeetham.com : carnatic music portal, good bulletin board, several pointers to downloads of great concerts of yesteryears - MDR, MMI, KVN loads of them
www.carnatica.com
www.kutcheribuzz.com
www.karnatik.com : krithi lyrics, raga lists, audio lessons, introduction
www.narada.org : good content on Ariyakudi, KVN, audio downloads

India Data
www.ibef.org : CII site propogating the india brand

Religion and Philosophy
www.prapatti.com : Extensive information about Sri Vaishnavisim, strotras, audio mp3s,

Travel
www.karnatakatourism.org : Karnataka tourist information

Thyagaraja Aradhana

Attended the Thyagaraja aradhana at Thiruvaiyaru on 29th and 30th of January 2005. The music was from the sublime to the ridicule. Bhagavathars singing thyagaraja's kritis while on their unchha vritti was very nice to hear. Some sort of screening for aspiring artists is badly required for singing/playing at the aradhana.