Rageshree, Drut Teentaal, Tarana (June 2012)

तारेदानी , देरेना तदीम ।
उद तन तननन, {दीम, दीम, दीम, दीम, दीम} ।ध्रु।
उद तन देरे ना, {ता, दीम, दीम, तननन } ।

तारेदानी , तद्रे दानी, तारेदानी, देरेना तदीम ... ।१।

Naad-Yoga

I hate the term "Voice Culture". Culture has nothing to do with it.

Everyone has a beautiful voice. It's just a matter of allowing it to shine through, in all its glory.

Riyaaz is a great word, but has become tightly associated with classical music, and has connotations of pain, extreme effort, long hours.

I have coined the term 'Naad-Yoga' to describe my daily vocal practice sessions -- yoga for the voice.
It combines exercising the mind, body and soul to enhance the quality of 'Naad' in one's life.
It's about technique rather than long hours, enjoyment, rather than pain.

Vocal Yoga

Riyaaz is vocal Yoga.

On MapReduce and Expertise

By analyzing the building blocks and techniques of putting them together, we can become experts in anything, if we sufficiently practice them both and make sure that the analysis covers all bases, equally. (This is MapReduce as applied to skills!)

Cramps, Uscles, Ermas and the Theory of Everything

I was lying in bed, sleep deprived and fatigued.
And then it struck me. A cramp.
And then it struck me. A brilliant insight into the theory of everything.
To cut to the chase, String theory is hokum.
I propose a replacement - Uscle theory (Or simply, U-Theory).

Matter is simply the manifestation of a Cramp on a Muscle. Muscles are tiny fibers that are present everywhere. We'll call them Uscles (for extra coolness).

There are infinite parallel universes. Each universe lies on a Derma, alternatively known as Erma (for ultra coolness).

The Big Bang can be elegantly explained as two Ermas colliding. A large transfer of energy takes place and one of the Ermas expands seemingly forever, as a balloon. As the balloon expands, matter is formed within it. This takes a very long time (about 10^5 times as much as it took for the transfer of energy to occur).

This is what is known as the "birth place of stars". It contains ample quantities of water and other complex organic compounds capable of sustaining life. As this matter grows within the balloon, a star is born. There are 3.6 * 10^5  "stars" being born every day! Of course, some of these will become White Dwarfs, Red Giants or even Brown Dwarfs. Few of them will attract another star and form a partnership with it, tightly orbiting, in what is known as a Binary star system.

The theory is simple, elegant and intuitive, and 11 orders of magnitude cooler than "String Theory". And, as if that weren't sufficient, the mathematics is breathtakingly beautiful and therefore must be right.

On barriers and faith

We often create for ourselves purely psychological barriers that impede creation of magic, musical or otherwise.

Inhibitions are rooted in fear of failure and letting them go is a matter of faith in yourself and your guru(s). 

Of course, that's easier said than done -- I know!

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