Booscuthalaa - Untying the Knots

This post is a tribute to all the great souls who have taught me music and continue to be my inspiration in life. Music has always been my passion. One of my significant childhood memories at Vikaasa is that of my music sessions with Mrs. Lakshmi Parthasarathy in a huge "Interest" hall, next to the KG block at school. I used to love the wooden staircase in that building, which by this time, has been demolished and transformed into something else. As a 3rd std. kid, I looked forward to that one interest class we had every week. If I can still sing today(tolerably), it is only due to Mrs. Parthasarathy's rigorous training sessions in those years. Not everyone in m y class liked Carnatic music. In fact, I was one among the very few who could sit through class without getting restless. Ma'am would teach us small songs very rarely. Otherwise, it used to be just swara lessons all the time. Soon, we entered senior school and Vikaasa gav...

This post will be followed only by Vikaasites who have spent a couple of years at Madurai. Had some wonderful teachers at school. I'm just documenting their names here so that I can always return to this post and remember being tutored by them long back. Will keep updating the list as and when I remember more people. Class teachers: LKG - Mrs. Shanthi Bala(now with TVS) UKG - Mrs. Goldein(no idea), Mrs. Joseph(in Australia now) Class 1 - Mrs. Pinto(no idea) Class 2 - Mrs. Gale Wooldridge(still with vikaasa) Class 3 - Mrs. Ahrestani(now in Australia) Class 4 - Mrs. Kamala Menon(now in chennai) Class 5 - Mrs. Renuga(no idea) Class 6 - Mrs. Chandra Alexander(still in Madurai, but not vikaasa)) Class 7 - Mrs. Chandra Alexander Class 8 - Mr. Srinivasan(now in chennai) Class 9 - Mrs. Uma Subramaniam(with TIME, Madurai) Class 10 - Mrs. Vijayalakshmi(still in Madurai, but not vikaasa) Class 11 - Mrs. Uma Subramaniam(with TIME, Madurai) Class 12 - Mrs. Uma Subramaniam(with TIME, Madurai) S...

Loads of hardwork goes into the preparation for a wedding. It is heartening to see your cousins and friends getting married and stepping into the next phase of their lives. Suddenly, so many people around me seem to be tying the knot. Over the past 3 months, 2 of my first cousins got married. Last month, my batchmate at college was the one who entered wedlock. The trend continues at work too. There are only 3 bachelors in my team now, which originally boasted a good number(6) less than a year back, when I joined. Things don't end there. I just heard that one of my classmates from college has got engaged and is getting married very soon. Marriage, according to me, is an overdose of responsibilities. It's fun to attend a wedding, not to be part of it(the bride or the groom!, atleast for now!!!) A big NO No. Funny it may sound, however, I've witnessed a lot of people changing a ton (life takes a U-turn, nothing but a NA...