On 16th of September, I happened 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, […]
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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
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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
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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 things in smaller towns.
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Birla Planetarium Considered the most modern in the country, Birla planetarium at Chennai has been built in the memory of B.M.Birla, the popular industrialist and visionary. The facility features eight galleries each of them dedicated to the fields of science including Physical Science, Electronics and Communication, Energy, Life Science, Innovation, Transport, International Dolls and Children
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Crocodile Bank Situated at about 40 km to the south of Chennai on the East Coast Road leading to Mamallapuram, the crocodile breeding and research center was established in the year 1976 by wildlife conservationist Romulus Whittaker under the control of Madras Crocodile Bank Trust. At present, the center is managed by a board of
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Churches in Chennai St. Mary’s Church St. Mary’s Church is one of the popular churches at Fort St. George. Standing today as a testimony to some of the exquisite constructions of the British period in India, this old masonry church was inaugurated in 1680 by Streynsham Master. The church features three arched aisles with a
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Snake Park Chennai boasts of a very interesting snake park located at Sardar Vallabbai Patel Road within the campus of the Guindy National Park. The facility houses more than 40 species of common snakes native to India. Visiting hours are from 0830 to 1730, Wednesday to Monday with holidays on Tuesdays. Some of the most
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Government Museum Complex Government Museum Complex located at Pantheon road between Egmore and Anna Salai in Chennai spans over an area of 16.25 acres. Earlier known as Pantheon Complex during the British period, the center was inaugurated in 1856. The museum has departments of National History and Art. The most attractive feature of the museum
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I was recently reading an article on TimesofIndia.com. It was related to the demise of Rajmata Gayatri Devi of Jaipur. In the left side of the article, I noticed that the site had provided a button that could enlarge the picture of Rajmata if anybody wanted to see it. This button would open a new
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It comes as a big relief when you hear about a project that will provide a specific number of identification to all people in India. Many big and small countries have these sorts of schemes and we often watch in those hi-tech movies how they fetch all sort of data about a person from the
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It has been only a few days when I started using Fedora 11. Previous to this, I have used Ubuntu for around 5-6 months and have been using Windows from the time I started using computers. Fedora is not working as easy for me as Ubuntu was but I know this is those initial hiccups
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Though I never attended a Yoga camp where they tell you how to keep your body fit, but I feel that they have certain type of advantage for environment. It is not basically what they are intended for but they certainly do it indirectly. At the outset, these Yoga camps generally pertain to the basic
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I was just trying to add Sanskrit as a “language you speak” in my Orkut profile when I came to know about this strange revelation–Orkut does not believe Sanskrit to be a worthy language that can be mentioned in a social profile. They do not even give the option to select it.
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After my tryst with Ubuntu a couple of months ago, I have now installed Fedora 11 on my system and trying to get my hands on this wonderful Linux distro. This is the first time I am using Fedora and am yet to get full knowledge of its varieties from Ubuntu.
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Sanskrit Numerals With Multipliers of 10 It is often difficult to go beyond 1 billion while giving the names in Sanskrit. You know that 0.01 billion means कोटि in Sanskrit but we often do not know what would a billion mean in Sanskrit. I have complied the names of numerals in multipliers of 10 so
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According to the official website, GNUstep is: GNUstep is a free, object-oriented, cross-platform development environment that strives for simplicity and elegance. GNUstep is based on and completely compatible with the OpenStep specification developed by NeXT (now Apple Computer Inc.) as well as implementing many extensions including Mac OS X/Cocoa.
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Just like most parts of Rajasthan, the climate of Jodhpur is generally hot and arid. However, the rainy season from late June to September just like other parts of North India makes it okay for visitors to bear the heat.
You have heard the popularity and usability of Ubuntu Cloud system and know how it helps enterprises to work faster? Now there’s more. Canonical has launched new professional services to help and support users building private clouds in enterprises.
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Mumbai climate can easily be classified as humid throughout the year. Due to its proximity of the sea and tropical zone, Mumbai climate remains same during the year. The yearly climate can be classified in 3 different seasons: winter that stays between November-February, summer that stays between March-May, and monsoons season that stays between June-September.