Find your inner Tyagaraja in the Land of the Grizzly. Cruise the Inside Passage with Dikshitar. “Access to celebrities” (on and off the ship) and idli-vada-pongal included in the price.
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Photo credit: Denali National Preserve.
Although the option of a smartphone-friendly version of this site was available to me years ago, only very recently has it been enabled (i.e., only recently did I acquire a smartphone). The menu choices are somewhat different when viewed on a smartphone but all the content available on the desktop version is accessible. There may be a glitch here and there as regards layout; those will be fixed by and by.
Ramashreya Jha “Ramrang” (Aug 11, 1928 – Jan 1, 2009)
Panjim, Goa (August 2007), © Rajan Parrikar
This entry notes the passing of Dhondutai Kulkarni on June 1 at the age of 86. She had the distinction of being the one and only pupil of Kesarbai Kerkar.
The very first time I saw Dhondutai was in 1978 at the inaugural Surashree Kesarbai Kerkar Samaroh in Panjim, Goa. As Kesarbai’s sole musical heir she was accorded the privilege of opening the conference and, if I recall correctly, she began with Raga Poorvi. It was a strong performance and the memory of her fluency still lingers in my mind well after three decades.