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Sharada, fog of mercy
O Sharada! Your spotless white saree, wraps your broken shell; A gauze bandage covering cigarette-butt burns. I can’t see ’em, My injured Goddess. You hide them just well....
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Blowin’ In The Wind – Bob Dylan
[Folk singers Joan Baez and Bob Dylan perform during a civil rights rally on August 28, 1963 in Washington D.C.] http://petervas.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/dylan.mp3 This recording is part of...
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The Star-Spangled Banner
The American National Anthem http://petervas.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/anthem.mp3 Notes American A capella
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Babu’s Gents Beauty Barler
http://petervas.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/babu.mp3 I entered the barber shop via a hidden and decrepit side-street. I gently stepped over Jimmy – that lazy dog sprawled across the entrance to...
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Hum Ko Man Ki Shakti Dena
http://petervas.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/02-humko-man-ki-shakti-darshan-dyo.mp3 Album Title: Divinity 4 – Spiritual Music for Peace Artists: Akhlak Hussain, Ashit Desai, Rakesh Chaurasia...
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Aye Maalik Tere Bande Hum
The song ‘Aye Maalik Tere Bande Hum’ is from the 1957 classic Do Aankhen Barah Haath directed by V. Shantaram The song pleads for the strength to be virtuous, embraces death as a reality,...
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A Delivery in the Slow Mail
“Coach S3! This way, slowly, slowly” puffed the old man with a sense of urgency, as he navigated through a chaotic sea of humanity towards an impatient train. The Chennai Mail threatened to leave...
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The anklet bells went dead
Bhanu Devi left the small water tap running while she scrubbed off the dried-up blobs of henna paste on her palms and feet. As the olive green henna dregs, washed away on the white tiles of a...
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Lesson One – Mayamalavagowla
I am a closet guitarist. When the institute where I train, offered me a chance to take a few free classes, I asked more out of a whim: you wouldn’t happen to teach carnatic vocals, do you?...
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Pieta Carnatic
A Good Friday reflection, set to the Carnatic raaga, Jounpuri. Aadi taalam Mahakavi Bharathiyar, wrote this poem when he had misplaced a photograph of his mother. He pines to see her face...
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Dancing queen on rope
Suspended, a dancing queen, in mid-air http://petervas.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/rope.mp3 walks a tight rope, little girl as we squint at the bright sun and gaze up she moves, she sways to the drum...
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The Politics of Captain Nemo – Anil Menon
Like many current science fiction authors, Jules Verne would’ve been surprised to learn he was one. His ambitions were somewhat different. As he told Alexander Dumas, pere: “Just as you are the great...
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The Pearl Fishers of Mani Ratnam’s “Kadal”
A brief history of Christians in coastal Tamil Nadu A picturesque Manapad, the cradle of coastal Christianity in Tamil Nadu. http://petervas.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/pearlfishers3.mp3 ஏலே கீச்சான்...
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Goan Sausage Kati Roll
My daughter loves my cooking. Only because it is usually experimental stuff and the exitement is in waiting to see how the dish turned out! Some consolation if it actually turns out good. So I made...
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Amidst the heat and dust, a 100% desi-margarita
I came across a fascinating story recently. The famed Tequila and Margarita of the West being processed and manufactured, right here in India. The guy behind this was Desmond Nazareth. This being...
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Stairway to Heaven – Led Zeppelin
There’s a lady who’s sure all that glitters is gold And she’s buying a stairway to heaven When she gets there she knows, if the stores are all closed With a word she can get what she came for Ooh,...
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Nagumomu – Your smiling face
http://petervas.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/nagumomu.mp3 nagu-mōmu kanalēni nā jāli telisi nanu brōvaga rādā śrī raghuvara nī Knowing my sorry plight of being unable to see your charming face with a...
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சுட்டும் விழிச் சுடர் தான் – Subramanya Bharathiyar
சுட்டும் விழிச் சுடர் தான் சுட்டும் விழிச் சுடர் தான் கண்ணம்மா சூரிய சந்திரரோ வட்டக் கரிய விழி கண்ணம்மா வானக்கருமை கொலோ பட்டுக் கருநீலப் புடவை பதித்த நல்வயிரம் நட்ட நடுநிசியில் தெரியும்...
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Raghu Dixit – Hey Bhagwan
छोटी सी यह ज़िन्दगी उससे छोटा एक सपना एक बार इस धरती पे देखलूं खुदा अपना My life on earth is brief, I’d like to see my small dream come true. हे भगवान् मुझको तू ज़िन्दगी दुबारा दे Dear Lord,...
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Nee Nenaindal – Shankar Tucker Feat. Vidya and Vandana Iyer
Pallavi: Nee nenaindal agadadu undo Nirajadala nayani mahalaksmi Once You have determined That it be so Is there anything in the Universe That cannot happen thence, O lotus-eyed Goddess Mahalakshmi?...
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