On 18th of September, 2009, I got a chance to listen to my first western musical concert. It happened to be presented by the Embassy of Mexico in Epicentre, Gurgaon. I got bit late to reach the concert (which I do not like and prefer not to replicate) but still enjoyed it to the fullest extent.  Read More →

On 16th of September, I happen to hear a Hindustani Vocal Classical recital by Abhishruti Bezbaruah in Epicentre, Gurgaon. There are many first-timers about this concert and I will need to enlist them to make this expression of appreciation more intense. To put the whole experience in a nut-shell, I would say: after the concert,... 

When I started my career in online writing industry 5 years back, I read one sentence that was pretty heartening: content is the king. I was reasonably happy that I am already working in a domain called king. However, as the years passed by community and networking sort of tried to replace content and gain that place. They admittedly... 

Recently, I was chatting with a friend on Gtalk and we were often sending indirect messages using the “status update” that is a regular feature of any IM. This actually gave me a funny idea and I thought to write about it.  Read More →

I have completed 30 chapters of first sector of Mahabharata text with Hindi translation. Due to the job that I recently took up and change in my residence, I get lesser time to read it but still manage to read around 1 chapter in a week. It is during this 30th chapter that I came across another very nice revelation–how... 

I am beginning to marvel at the turn events can take–never imagined that I would be able to attend such kind of beautiful things in my life so easily. Epicentre has really provided me this opportunity and I just love to be there. Yesterday, on 7th of September, 2009, I happened to attend a violin concert in Hindustani... 

It was 3rd September 2009 when I got the chance to attend a classical vocal recital in Carnatic Style. Once again, the show was in Epicentre, Gurgaon. This was first time I was listening to pure classical in Carnatic style apart from the fact that I have heard a lot of Bhajans and even semi-classical creations from students... 

After shifting to Gurgaon, Haryana, I benefited myself from one privilege which is not readily available in cities even like Chandigarh (leave aside the fact that I come from a very small town in Punjab)–attending recitals based on Indian classical art. Be it dance, music, or even theater–you won’t get these...