HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: sujatha@nu.fsu.edu (Sujatha Nagarajan)
Subject:  Compilation of answers to "Sexist query"
Followup-To: Re: A SEXIST QUERY !!
Organization: Florida State University Computer Science Department
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 92 15:26:04 GMT


This is a compilation of all the songs that were posted on the net
as songs in which women sing about men.  But some of them, IMHO, 
do not qualify.

1. Mere mehboob mein kya nahin ,
   Vo to lakhon mein hain ek hasin. ( This is fron an old movie )

2. Mera sanam sabse pyaara hai, sabse pyaara hai ("Dil Ka Kya Kusoor")
   (I don't know this song)

3. Na Jao Siayan Chuddha ke baiyan,
   Kasam tumhari, mein ro padongi - Sahib Biwi aur Ghulam.

   *** in this song, she describes her servility to him! ***
 
4. Mere Mehboob na ja, aaj ki raat na ja,

   *** I don't remember anywhere in this song, a description of the "hero" ***

5.  Hansta huan Noorani Chehra,
    Kali Zulfein Rang Sunehra,
    Teri Jawani Toba Toba Re,
    Dilrub Dilruba

6.  Too mera janu hai...

    *** this is more a "relationship" song ***

7.  Karte hain ham pyar Mr. India se...

    *** I wouldn't include this one either ***
     
I believe, Sumeet meant songs comparable to, (to name a few)
 
  1.  Baharon phool barasao, mera mehboob aaya hai
  2.  chaudvin ka chaand ho
  3.  teri aankhon ke siva duniya mein rakha kya hai
  4.  yeh nayan dare-dare
  5.  yeh chaand sa roshan chehra, zulfon ka rang sunahara
  6.  zindagi bhar nahi bhoolegi woh barsaat ki raat
      (The stanzas of this song qualify)
  7.  teri pyaari-2 soorat ko, kisi ki nazar na lage, chashm-e-baddoo

and so on...

Would this one qualify?

8.  Aaja piya, tohe pyar doon, O gori bainyan, tope vaar doon
    kisliye tu, itna udaas, sukhe-2 hont, akhiyon mein pyaas


Comments/criticisms welcome.

Sujatha.
From: gopala@cs.wisc.edu (Venkatasubramanian Gopalakrishnan)
Newsgroups: rec.music.indian.misc
Subject: Request for Lyrics
Date: 30 Sep 92 17:09:24 GMT
Article-I.D.: cs.1992Sep30.170924.12093
Organization: U of Wisconsin CS Dept

Can somebody post the lyrics for the song "kahin door jab din dhal jaaye"
from "Anand" sung by "Mukesh"

Thanks in advance,

					KGB
				(also KGV, Venkat, etc)

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Computer Sciences Department			    Off: (608) 262-9822
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From: nigams@jec329.its.rpi.edu (Swami D. Nigam)
Subject: Re: Songs from Anubhav
Reply-To: nigams@rpi.edu
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 18:39:58 GMT

In article <79qzn4q@rpi.edu>, gopinr@marcus.its.rpi.edu (Ravi Shankar Gopinath) writes:

|> Talking about Kanu Roy's music, didn't Aavishkaar also have the Manna
|> Dey song: "Hasne ki chaah ne itna mujhe rulaaya hai"? 

Yes, this song is from Aavishkaar. Another beautiful song from
this movie is "Naina hain pyaase mere" by Asha Bhosle.

Swami.
From: mupadhy@uoft02.utoledo.edu
Newsgroups: rec.music.indian.misc
Subject: Lyrics requested...Hopefully
Date: 29 Sep 92 13:10:13 EST
Organization: University of Toledo, Computer Services

Hi!

	Could someone please post the lyrics of the song which goes like this

	Bhagwan tujhe main khat likhta par tera pata maloom nahinm(2)
	.........
	Tujhe bhala lage ya bura lage teri duniya apne ko jami nahin
	kuch kahate huye dar lagtaa hain kahin sooye padosi jaag na....

	Its a very old song. I don't know any other details.

	Thanks in advance.
MANI
Newsgroups: rec.music.indian.misc
From: pradeep@watson.ibm.com (Pradeep K. Dubey)
Subject: Re: "KAHEEN DHOOR....."
Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1992 20:08:52 GMT
Reply-To: pradeep@calcutta.watson.ibm.com (Pradeep K. Dubey)
Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not necessarily those of IBM
Organization: IBM T.J. Watson Research Center

In article <1992Oct1.015909.23569@news.uiowa.edu>,
ravid@herky.cs.uiowa.edu (Ravi Dronamraju ) writes:
|> From article <69481@hydra.gatech.EDU>, by gt9375a@prism.gatech.EDU
(RANGANATHAN,SRIKANTH):
|> > 
|> > 	Hi,
|> > 	Someone had asked for the lyrics of Kaheen Dhoor from ANAND sung
by Mukesh ( Rajesh Khanna with a dairy in his hand)....
|> > Here goes the lyrics of one of my most favorite songs :
|> >                 
|> > Kaheen dhoor jab din dal jaaye 
|> > Saanjh ki dulhan badan churaye 
|> > Chupke se aaye
|> > Mere khayalon ke aagan mein 
|>                     ^^^^   
|> 		    aangan
|> > koi sapno ka dheep jalaye, dheep jalaye
|> > Kaheen dhoor.... aaye
|> > 
|> > Khabhi yoohi jab hooyi woh jal aakhen 
|>   
|>   khabhi yunhi jab hui ojhal saansen 
                          ^^^^^
I think "ojhal" should read "bojhal"
meaning "breathing became burdened ...??"

Pradeep

|> 
|> > Bhar aayi baite baite jab yoohi yaaden
|>   Bhar aayi baite baite jab yunhi aankhen 
|> 
|> > kabhi machalke pyar se chalke c
|>   ^^^^^^
|>   tabhi
|> > chuye koi mujhe par nazar na aaye, nazar na aaye
|> > Kaheen dhoor...... aaye
|> > 
|> > Kaheen to yeh dil kabhi mil nahin paate
|> > kahhen se yeh nikal aaye janmo ke naate
|> > ghani thi uljhan bairee (??) apna man
|> > Apna hi hoke kahe dard paraye, dard paraye
|>               ^^^ 
|> 	      sahe
|> > Kaheen dhoor..... aaye
|> > 
|> > Corrections are welcome ( especially line 3 of stanza 3 )
|> > have fun............
|> > srikanth
|> > 
|> > -- 
|> 
|> 
|> -Ravi
|> 
|> > RANGANATHAN,SRIKANTH
|> > Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
|> > uucp:	  ...!{decvax,hplabs,ncar,purdue,rutgers}!gatech!prism!gt9375a
|> > Internet: gt9375a@prism.gatech.edu

Newsgroups: rec.music.indian.misc
From: konkar@bimini.stanford.edu (Ranjit Konkar)
Subject: Lyrics wanted on songs about Gandhiji
Reply-To: Ranjit Konkar <konkar@sunrise.stanford.edu>
Organization: DSG, Stanford University
Distribution: usa
Date: 1 Oct 92 10:23:21

Does anyone know the words to the the following songs? -

1.
Dedi hame aazaadi bina khaDaga bina Dhaal
saabarmati ke sant toone kar diya kamaal

2.
Suno suno ai duniya waalon bapu ki yeh amar kahani

Could you post/email to me the lyrics if you know them? Thanks.

Ranjit
Newsgroups: rec.music.indian.misc
From: gopal@tamsun.tamu.edu
Subject: Re: Please identify raga
Organization: Texas A&M University, College Station
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 13:33:28 GMT

In article <1ae5b9INNpsd@agate.berkeley.edu> vaidhy@eddy.Berkeley.EDU (M. Vaidhyanathan) writes:
>Could you identify the raga if the following song? One of the singers
>in this duet is Manna De.
> kuhu kuhu bole koyaliya
> kunj kunj mein bhoure ....
>


 This song is sung by Rafi and Lata and is from the movie 'Suvarna Sundari'
It has great music composed by Adi Narayana Rao.
  The raga is 'Sohini'.


Gopal
From: balarama@cae.wisc.edu (Prabhu Balaraman)
Newsgroups: rec.music.indian.classical
Subject: Re: L.Shankar's concert in Boston
Date: 6 Oct 92 04:02:33 GMT
Organization: U of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering

> indo-jazz...Well, what _can_ you expect from a group that called itself 
> "The Epidemics" ?

   IMHO, I found their album "Eye Catcher" quite ear catching too :-)
Newsgroups: rec.music.indian.classical,rec.music.indian.misc,ba.announce
From: tealas@sco.COM (Teala the disenchanted)
Subject: Indian Classical Music Concert, Oct 10th
Keywords: Rajeev Taranath and Shamim Ahmed Khan
Organization: The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc.
Distribution: ba
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 05:01:58 GMT

		Rajeev Taranath & Shamim Ahmed Khan
			   In Concert
			with Swapan Siva

		 Saturday,  October 10th at 7:30pm

		At the Society of Abidance in Truth
			   Santa Cruz, CA

	      Tickets: $12 in advance, $14 at the door
	 available at Cymbaline Records (Santa Cruz, Capitola)

	   (408)425-0328 or (408)425-7287 for information

  The Society of Abidance in Truth presents Shamim Ahmed Khan on
sitar and Rajeev Taranath on sarod, accomplished masters and foremost
disciples of Ravi Shankar and Ali Akbar Kahn.  This unique concert
will feature them in duet, carrying on a tradition established by
their illustrious teachers.  They will be accompanied by Swapan Siva
on tabla.
From: madhv-s@acsu.buffalo.edu (Sriganesh Madhvanath)
Newsgroups: rec.music.indian.classical
Subject: Re: L.Shankar's concert in Boston
Date: 5 Oct 92 23:58:30 GMT
Organization: State University of New York at Buffalo/Comp Sci

In article <Bvnu8r.610@vuse.vanderbilt.edu> rst@vuse.vanderbilt.edu (R. Sritharan) writes:

>This "singing along" must be fairly recent as he did not do it
>before. I happened to get hold of one of the newer recordings of 
>Shankar's where there are at least three singers doing this in 
>chorus: I did not think it sounded good at all.

I remember Mardigras '88, the annual festival of IIT Madras, where L Shankar
 his wife (Caroline ?), Zakir, and Vinayakaram presented their brand of
 indo-jazz. The first half of the program was Carnatic, and quite pleasant.
 The second half was a different story, mainly because of Shankar's
 unbridled vocalizing. 

Well, what _can_ you expect from a group that called itself "The Epidemics" ?
;)

Sriganesh
-- 
% "SRI_G" Sriganesh M,  Grad student, Dept of CS, SUNY at Buffalo
%		        email: madhv-s@cs.buffalo.edu
From: mahesh@astro.ocis.temple.edu (Mahesh(the magician) Prakriya)
Newsgroups: rec.music.indian.classical
Subject: About L. Shankar concerts in U.S...
Date: 30 Sep 92 19:21:32 GMT
Reply-To: mahesh@astro.ocis.temple.edu (Mahesh(the magician) Prakriya)
Organization: Temple University

Hi. I would like to find out if L. Shankar is performing in Philadelphia sometime
this fall. I know that he is performing in NY this Saturday, but if he is coming to
Philadelphia, then I may wait. 
So I'd appreciate it if someone could e-mail me his concert tour in US.

Thanks --  Mahesh
________________________________________________________________________

Mahesh Prakriya			mahesh@astro.temple.edu
1527 W. Cecil B. Moore #3		prakriya@moe.eng.temple.edu
Philadelphia, PA, 19121-3425		MAHESH@TEMPLEVM.BITNET
________________________________________________________________________
From: madhv-s@acsu.buffalo.edu (Sriganesh Madhvanath)
Newsgroups: rec.music.indian.classical
Subject: an EYE-opener
Date: 1 Oct 92 02:20:37 GMT
Organization: State University of New York at Buffalo / CEDAR Research Group


I have just been going through the latest issue of "the eye", the spic-macay
publication. This magazine is the most beautiful thing to have happened
to the youth scene after spic-macay. I urge each and every one of you to
subscribe to this magazine, if you haven't already. This magazine is full
of extremely meaningful articles about things that _really_ matter, 
painstakingly written and put together.

Previous issues have covered areas such as esoteric and dying art
forms, conservation, and mysticism.

It is amazing that the magazine comes so cheap ($20 per year) when you
consider that each bimonthly issue costs Rs 45 to mail.

The Eye needs subscriptions to survive. As a matter of principle they do not
accept ads, so subscriptions are all the more crucial.

Please take the time to look at this magazine, and I can assure you it
wont be wasted. And please spread the word.

For more information, please get in touch with me or with the nearest
spic-macay chapter.

Thanks,
Sriganesh



-- 
% "SRI_G" Sriganesh M,  Grad student, Dept of CS, SUNY at Buffalo
%		        email: madhv-s@cs.buffalo.edu
Newsgroups: rec.music.indian.classical
From: balarama@cae.wisc.edu (Prabhu Balaraman)
Subject: Re: L.Shankar
Organization: U of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering
Date: 30 Sep 92 17:43:48 CDT

> I guess, the purpose was to
> be able to play a lot more octaves as compared to the normal violin.
> This probably suits him since he usually plays jazz.

   I was wondering about the connection between octaves and jazz. If
   Iam not mistaken, the presence of octaves makes the music more
   " pleasant " be it jazz or carnatic music. I have listened to
   L.Shankar's carnatic music albums " Soul Searchers " ( RTP in Kapi) 
   and " Nobody Told me " as well as his "jazz" albums. I should
   say that I have been equally attracted to both his Carnatic Music
   and "jazz" and find them equally "pleasant".

   On a tangential note, is there any reason why octaves always sound
   more "pleasant" ( for lack of a better description) than music of
   one frequency ? ( I guess, ofcourse, that any music instrument
   produces harmonics and octaves and that 'one frequency music' might
   be an oxymoron..). For the mathematically inclined, does this have
   anything to do with Fourier Cosine Expansions ?! ( y = Cos At + Cos 2At+
   Cos 3At + ...= Something more "pleasant" than y = Cos At ?!)

   Thanks much
   PB
From: hsingh@ecs.umass.edu
Newsgroups: rec.music.indian.classical
Subject: LOOKING FOR A PLACE IN NEW YORK.......HELP ME........
Date: 3 Oct 92 19:21:51 GMT
Article-I.D.: ecs.18633.2acdf2cf

I would like to know if anyone knows a indian music place in New York...
It's called MANTRA ....  I HAD their number but seemed to have lost it....
it's located in Flushing Meadows NY.... I would really appreciate it if 
anyone could mail me their phone number or address....

Thank You,
Harsimrat

413-546-1696
hsingh@ecs.umass.edu
From: ramasubr@ecn.purdue.edu (SUBU Ramasubramanian)
Newsgroups: rec.music.indian.classical
Subject: Re: Lyrics request: carnatic
Date: 5 Oct 92 23:02:37 GMT
Reply-To: ramasubr@ecn.purdue.edu
Distribution: usa
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network

In article <1992Oct4.044849.28437@noose.ecn.purdue.edu>, ramasubr@ecn.purdue.edu (SUBU Ramasubramanian) writes:
|> 	Could someone post the lyrics to one or more of the following songs:
|> 
|> 1. SrivaLLi ( Natabairavi)
|> 2. Giri pai (Sahana)
|> 3. Nagumo (Kalyana Vasantham)
|> 4. Koluvamaragada (Thodi)
|> 
|> Thanks
|> 
|> Subu

I got the lyrics for 1.

I made a mistake in 3. It should have been "Nadaloludai" in Kalyana Vasantham.

I shall post these lyrics together, after I get them all or 3 of them.

Thanks

Subu
Newsgroups: rec.music.indian.classical
From: kippenj@epas.utoronto.ca (J. Kippen)
Subject: Re: GREAT MASTERS Part XIV: Ustad Amir Khan
Organization: University of Toronto - EPAS
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1992 13:05:31 GMT

Thank you for interpreting my motives Shiv, but I'm afraid what you
say about us here in Toronto is not entirely accurate.  Sure
John Wilton would like to contact someone in Amir Khan's family, but
I'm no go-between, and have never met or spoken with JW before.  I
have other things I'm interested in finding out, including information
about Rosette Renshaw and her role in the Amir Khan story.

Jim Kippen

Newsgroups: rec.music.indian.classical
From: jain@spectra.com (Sadhana Jain)
Subject: Re: oops....  Concerts in San Diego?
Organization: Spectragraphics Corporation
Distribution: ca
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 92 23:03:13 GMT


There is one today at 8pm in Carmel Mountain High School, Carmel
Mountain Road, Penasquitos! Debu Chowdary sitar.
In general, you can pick up a copy of India Currents at Indian stores/
restaurants for a San Diego cultural calendar.




Newsgroups: rec.music.indian.classical
From: prasad@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu ()
Subject: Request for Lyrics
Organization: University of Hawaii
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 02:15:25 GMT


	Could someone please post the lyrics to the following songs:

-	VAtApi Ganapatim
-	Siddhi VinAyakam anisham

Thanks,

Prasad

Newsgroups: rec.music.indian.classical
From: sri@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (a.natarajan)
Subject: appappaa-logy! (apology)
Organization: AT&T
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 13:02:46 GMT
Keywords: 1991 1992 BC (Before Confusion) RUM


Respected music, gossip lovers!

As though they were just waiting for me to make this minor slip,
iitians ans non-iitians alike are sending me e-mails pointing out
that I might have been under the influence of RUM when I asked people
to go back to Novenber, 1992. I am deeply sorry (!!??!!) if
I had hurt you.
What I meant was go back to 1991. I took the vacation in November 1991
and returned on Jan 26 1992. 

You see what one has to pay if one is slightly ahead of his times!
Respectfully
Natarajan.
(Thank God I made this error in this net rec.music. Imagine the number of emails
I might have inundated with, if I had made this slip in SCI or SCT!)

Newsgroups: rec.music.indian.classical
From: rst@vuse.vanderbilt.edu (R. Sritharan)
Subject: Re: L.Shankar's concert in Boston
Organization: Vanderbilt University School of Engineering, Nashville, TN, USA
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 18:05:14 GMT

In article <1992Oct5.162902.23823@jade.tufts.edu> rsaigal@jade.tufts.edu (Ranjani Saigal) writes:
>Newsgroups: rec.music.indian.classical
>Subject: L.Shankar in Boston -A review?
>Summary: 
>Followup-To: 
>Distribution: world
>Organization: Tufts University - Medford, MA
>Keywords: 
>
>
>	All in all I am not sure if I am a fan of L.Shankar's. He is a genius
>but I think I am too common a person to like his music.If he plays at
>different tempos with more variety WITHOUT SINGING, I may listen to his music
>again. But for now, I think I will stick with my favourite, Lalgudi Jayaraman.
> 

This "singing along" must be fairly recent as he did not do it
before. I happened to get hold of one of the newer recordings of 
Shankar's where there are at least three singers doing this in 
chorus: I did not think it sounded good at all.

A trivia: About three to four years back when Lalgudi G. Jayaraman
gave a concert in the Krishna Gana Sabha in Madras, he also sang
along (something I have never seen him do in concerts myself). But,
one of the reviews of that concert that I read suggested that he
could sing well also.

-- rst
From: murthy@ssd.dl.nec.com (Vasudev Murthy)
Newsgroups: rec.music.indian.classical
Subject: Info Requested on SRA Calcutta
Date: 1 Oct 1992 09:53:30 -0500
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu

Hello,
   I hope this is an appropriate forum for this question.

   I am looking for some information concerning the Sangeet Research
   Academy, Calcutta.

   1) How far is it from the International Airport? How much
   will a Taxi cost?

   2) How far is it from the Ramakrishna Mission?

   3) How far is it from the Marathi Mandal Guest House?

   4) Where is Purna Das Road relative to SRA?

   I am also curious to know about Customs at Calcutta
   Airport (Dum Dum?). How do they compare with other
   International Airports?

   Since I doubt there will be much interest about this, e-mail
   responses will be appreciated.

   Thanks in advance.

   Vasudev

-- 
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murthy@asl.dl.nec.com      my own  and have nothing to do with
(214) 518-5031             Advanced Switching Lab, NEC America, Inc.
1525 Walnut Hill Lane Irving TX 75038
Newsgroups: rec.music.indian.classical
From: dann@stein.u.washington.edu (Daniel Neuman)
Subject: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan at UW
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1992 16:53:09 GMT

For those interested, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan has just started a two term
residency in the Ethnomusicology division of the School of Music at the
University of Washington as a visiting artist.

Also...I am planning on organizing a tour of Ustad Sabri Khan, sarangi
artist, along with his three sons, one of whom also plays excellent
sarangi and the other two who are excellent tabla players. The tour is
being planned for November-December, 1993 (next year). If you have any
interest in sponsoring them, please drop me a line via e-mail at
dann@u.washington.edu.

Daniel Neuman
University of Washington
From: lalan@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Janak M. Lalan)
Newsgroups: rec.music.indian.classical
Subject: Dr. L.SUBRAMANIAM CONCERT AT UPENN - SPICMACAY
Date: 7 Oct 92 02:04:43 GMT
Organization: University of Pennsylvania


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Newsgroups: rec.music.indian.classical
From: ramamani@engr.UVic.CA (Subramanian  Ramamani)
Subject: Raga Vs Film songs
Reply-To: ramamani@engr.UVic.CA
Organization: University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 92 21:16:41 GMT

Could anyone please identify the ragas of the following Tamil film songs.

	Song			Movie
	1. Panivizhum Malarvanm			Ninaivellam Nithya
	2. Athisayaragam			Apoorva Ragangal
	3. Sangathamizh 			Manithil Uruthivendum
	4. Chinnamchiru vayathil		Meendum Kokila
	
Also, the following Malayalm movie songs.

	Song					Movie

	1. Pularkalam Pularkalam		Neethipeetham
	2. Rithumathiyay Ponvanam		Mazhanilav
	3. Athirathirumutathu			Kaiyum Thalayum Purathidaruthu
	4. Kallippalakal Poothu			PanchavanKadu
	5. Kalpantha Kalatholam			udayam Kizhaku Thanne
	6. Mariman Mizhi			Aromalunni
	7. Nalantha Thakshashila		Vidharthikale Ithile ithile
	8. Gopura Kili Vathilil Nin		Vila Kuranj Manushyar
	9. Pramadavanam				His highness Abdulla
	10. Nadabrahmathin			Kattukurangu
From: balajiv@reno ( )
Newsgroups: rec.music.indian.classical
Subject: Re: L.Shankar.....
Date: 5 Oct 92 22:48:34 GMT
Organization: Fujitsu America Inc.
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5

Guntur N Balaji (gb29+@andrew.cmu.edu) wrote:
: 
: Hi,
: 
: The exact ordering of the three brothers is as follows
: 
: L Vaidyanathan > L Subramaniam > L Shankar.
: 
: They were born in a musically oriented family.  Their father
: Lakshminarayana was a gifted musician. (  Veena or violin
: I dont remember. )  He died when both L Subramaniam and
: L Shankar were young.  They were brought up by L Vaidyanathan.
: L Vaidyanathan lives in Madras, ( somewhere in Abhiramapuram )
: and still scores music for occasional TV serials etc.

Heck no! One of L. Shankar's recent CD (3-4 years ago) features his
father Lakshminarayan on the violin. If he had died when the brothers
were young, how do you explain his participation in the recording? There
is also a picture of him in one of the other recent CDs of Shankar where
he looks old, so obviously he did not die young. The story of the younger
brothers being brought up by the eldest is a figment of your imagination.
And I'm not even sure if you got the above ordering right, because I think
I read somewhere (other than the net) that Shankar is older than 
Subramaniam (but here I could be wrong). 

: L Subramaniam is a doctor and did his MBBS from Madras, ( I think
: it is the Madras medical college. )  He is a purist and is more

I'm skeptical of your claim that he did MBBS. If I remember correctly
the liner notes on his CD recorded live in France, says he studied
homeopathy, besides relating how the family fled Sri Lanka during some
anti-tamil disturbances. Even in the exhaustive biographical notes on him
there was no mention of his father having died when they were young (whereas
it mentioned that the brothers studied under their father).
 
: 
: G   N  Balaji/...

--
On ne meurt qu'une fois, mais on en profite longtemps.     -Serre
From: rsaigal@jade.tufts.edu (Ranjani Saigal)
Newsgroups: rec.music.indian.classical
Subject: L.Shankar
Date: 30 Sep 92 13:30:43 GMT
Organization: Tufts University - Medford, MA
Originator: rsaigal@jade.tufts.edu


	I am going to be attending a concert by L.Shankar this weekend. Could
someone tell me something about him? He seems to be playing a unique double 
neck violin. Was it his invention? If so what was its purpose? Is he related
to L.Subramanium?

	I would like some details about his style so that I can appreciate 
the music better. I am not even sure whether he plays carnatic or north indian
classical. He seems to have both Tabla and Mridangam at the concert. What are 
his famous pieces? What should I particularly pay attention to at the concert? 

Thanks in advance

Ranjani Saigal 
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