The dance is a poem of which each movement is a word.

"There is no other knowledge, no other learning, no other art, not even yoga or action that is not found in dance."

Dancing is like dreaming with your feet! 

Things perfected by nature are better than those finished by art.

When the last tree falls.

When the last river is polluted,

And, When there is no 

breath of fresh air left

We will realize that

    WE CANT EAT MONEY.

- Latrinalia

Come forth into the light of things,

Let Nature be your teacher.

You will find something far greater in the woods than you will find in books. Stones and trees will teach you that which you will never learn from masters

The sky is the daily bread of the eyes.

Nature is an endless combination and repetition of a very few laws.

How I do love the earth. I feel it thrill under my feet. I feel somehow as if it were conscious of my love, as if something passed into my dancing blood from it.

Nature is a self-made machine, more perfectly automated than any automated machine. To create something in the image of nature is to create a machine, and it was by learning the inner working of nature that man became a builder of machines. 

Hug.

Silence Plzz,,,

“When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence”

“Have you ever heard the wonderful silence just before the dawn? Or the quiet and calm just as a storm ends? Or perhaps you know the silence when you haven't the answer to a question you've been asked, or the hush of a country road at night, or the expectant pause of a room full of people when someone is just about to speak, or, most beautiful of all, the moment after the door closes and you're alone in the whole house? Each one is different, you know, and all very beautiful if you listen carefully.”

I am watching you.

Every breath you take,

And every move you make,

Every bond you break, 

Every step you take, 

Ill be watching you. 

Every single day,

And every word you say, 

Every game you play, 

Every night you stay , 

I'll be watching you. 

Every move you make, 

Every vow you break,

Every smile you fake,

Every claim you stake, 

Ill be watching you.

Uppp...

"The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up"

Up & Up & Up....... Till U Cant Stand Up

Territorial claims

Territorial claims: Current boundaries

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Disputed borders are both a cause and a symptom of tensions between big neighbours in South Asia. When the colonial power, Britain, withdrew from India it left a dangerous legacy of carelessly or arbitrarily drawn borders. Tensions between India and China flare on occasion, especially along India's far north-eastern border, along the state of Arunachal Pradesh. In recent years Chinese officials have taken to calling part of the same area “South Tibet”, to Indian fury, as that seems to imply a Chinese claim to the territory. A failure to agree the precise border, and then to demarcate it, ensures that future disagreements may flare again.

Pakistan, too, is beset by difficult borders. Afghanistan, to the north, has long been a hostile neighbour. This is largely because Afghanistan refuses to recognise the frontier—known as the Durand line—between the countries, drawn by the British.

Most contentious of all, however, are the borders in Kashmir, where Pakistan, India and China all have competing claims. By the time of independence, in 1947, it was clear that many Indian Muslims were determined to break off from Hindu-majority India. It fell to a British civil servant, who knew nothing of the region, to draw a line of partition between territory that would become Pakistan and India. Pakistan was given Muslim dominated areas in the far north west, plus territory in the east (which itself got independence as Bangladesh in 1971). The rulers of some disputed areas, notably Kashmir, were told to choose which country to join.

While Kashmir's Hindu rulers prevaricated, hoping somehow to become an independent country, Pakistan's leaders decided to force the issue. Since Kashmir was (and is) a Muslim majority territory, Pakistan felt justified in seeing Pushtun warlords charge in from the north-west of Pakistan, late in 1947, to seize control of Kashmir. In response India, apparently invited by Kashmir's rulers, deployed its national army and stopped the invaders taking Srinagar, Kashmir's capital, located in the Kashmir valley, the most coveted part of the territory. The resulting line of control, by and large, remains the de-facto international frontier within Kashmir and, in effect, is accepted by Paksitan and India. Huge numbers of Indian and Pakistani soldiers remain in Kashmir today as both countries profess to be the rightful authority for the rest of Kashmir.

Complicating matters, China has also extended its influence, and control, over portions of Kashmir, largely with the support of Pakistan, an ally.

The interactive map above allows you to view the various territorial claims from each country's perspective.

INDIAN CLASSICAL MUSIC

The music of India is said to be one of the oldest unbroken musical traditions in the world. It is said that the origins of this system go back to the Vedas (ancient scripts of the Hindus). Many different legends have grown up concerning the origins and development of Indian classical music. Such legends go a long way in showing the importance that music has in defining Indian culture.

However the advent of modern historical and cultural research has also given us a good perspective on the field. This has shown that Indian music has developed within a very complex interaction between different peoples of different races and cultures. It appears that the ethnic diversity of present day India has been there from the earliest of times.

The basis for Indian music is "sangeet". Sangeet is a combination of three artforms: vocal music, instrumental music and dance. Although these three artforms were originally derived from the single field of stagecraft. Today these three forms have differentiated into complex and highly refined individual artforms.

The present system of Indian music is based upon two important pillars: rag and tal. Rag is the melodic form while tal is the rhythmic.

Rag may be roughly equated with the Western term mode or scale. There is a system of seven notes which are arranged in a means not unlike Western scales. However when we look closely we see that it is quite different what we are familiar with.

The tal (rhythmic forms) are also very complex. Many common rhythmic patterns exist. They revolve around repeating patterns of beats.

The interpretation of the rag and the tal is not the same all over India. Today there are two major traditions of classical music. There is the north Indian and the south Indian tradition. The North Indian tradition is known as Hindustani sangeet and the south Indian is called Carnatic sangeet. Both systems are fundamentally similar but differ in nomenclature and performance practice.

Many musical instruments are peculiar to India. The most famous are the sitar and tabla. However there are many more that the average person may not be familiar with.

All of this makes up the complex and exciting field of Indian classical music. Its understanding easily consumes an entire lifetime.

Pages for "Indian Classical music"

Fundamentals of Rag - Introduction to the North Indian concept of the rag. Swar (Sur) - The "note". Saptak (The Scale) - Introduction to the scale. Scales and Modes - More advanced material on scales. That - The modes. Jati - The number of notes in the rag. Arohana / Avarohana - Ascending and descending structures. Vadi & Samvadi - Important notes of the rag. Pakad (Swarup) - Characteristic phrases. Samay - Timings Raga / Ragini - The old way of visualising relationships between rags Saptak - The Register Index of Rags - A few common North Indian rags discussed in Chandrakantha.com.   Laharas - A collection of laharas for tabla / pakhawaj solos as well as Kathak dance performances.   Fundamentals of Tal - An introduction to the North Indian approach to rhythm. Avartan - The cycle. Bol - mnemonic syllables Bollywood Film Songs - A breakdown of many popular songs organised by their tals Index of Tals - The common rhythmic patterns in North Indian music. Khali - Waving of the hands. Lay - Tempo. Matra - The Beat Sam - First beat of the cycle. Tali - The claps. Theka - The "Groove". Vibhagh - The measure (bar). Genre - A breakdown of the styles of North Indian music.   Film Songs in Rags - An index of classical based film songs indexed by rag.   Notation - A discussion of the North Indian approach to musical notation

Selected Video:

Dr. N. Ramani performs Rama Kadha Sudha

Indrajit Banerjee: Sitar - Bhairavi Dhun

Shashank

Sri Thyagaraja Aradhana-Thiruvaiyaru

Sarangi Samrat Ustad Sabri Khan Saheb

Devadhi Deva- M S Subbulakshmi

Carnatic - Chitra Veena Ravikiran - Cleveland ( V - 02 )

Tarana : a technical piece of Kathak

*Jay Hind*

“Without music, life would be a mistake.”

If nothing last forever, will you be my nothing?

Wedding Underwater

There was a child at a wedding, he saw the bride wear white. “Mommy”, he asked, “why does the bride wear white?”
“Because its the happiest day of her life.” She answered. The child sat and pondered.

“Then why does the groom wear black?”

*This is meant as a joke, I am not saying that marriage is bad, in most cases anyways.

Every time I see you I want to marry you, then it hits me that we are married.

Marriage is like Boxing. In the beginning they shake hands, but…

Marriage is the only war where you sleep with the enemy

When a newly married couple smiles, everyone knows why. When a ten-year married couple smiles, everyone wonders why

The surest way to be alone is to get married

The secret of a happy marriage remains a secret

In marriage, tears and smiles make the music of life.

Whatever souls are made of, his and mine are the same.

*A couple were asked how they managed to stay together for 75 years.

And their reply was:
Because we were born in a time where if things were broken we would fix them not through them away.

                                               Hakunamatata!!!!