Bangalore Meetups

kiwi_razz · Dec 9th, 2004, 11:13

Last time I was in India 5 years ago, I spent the whole year after it glued to the LPTT - India branch. I suspect the same will happen this time but with IM.

www.realindiamike.com - the "real" india travel forum. haha.

When I finally get home (to London) then I'll organise my best photos and post them on here as well.

usha · Dec 9th, 2004, 14:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by kiwi_razz

Last time I was in India 5 years ago, I spent the whole year after it glued to the LPTT - India branch. I suspect the same will happen this time but with IM.

www.realindiamike.com - the "real" india travel forum. haha.

When I finally get home (to London) then I'll organise my best photos and post them on here as well.

Your Avatar is one of the 'Kathi' vesham from Kathakali..
U must have taken the photo on your last visit to India and Kerala?

sudheer poppa · Dec 9th, 2004, 14:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by usha

Your Avatar is one of the 'Kathi' vesham from Kathakali..

I thought it was dakshaganam mask

natasha chanda acharya · Dec 9th, 2004, 18:27

Okay! here goes.
I got the passes for everyone. That is - myself, whole bunch of friends, sudheer, star crosser, and phantom! Let the bidding begin!!

And i got extra passes for beautiful people trying to get in with "compliments from IM" as Vinay suggested.

So the game plan is :
We are meeting at Barista - Barton Centre, MG Rd. at 6:00 pm.

For the benifit of StarCrosser: Barista is the name of a cafe. Barton Centre (building) MG rd. - any rick will take you there. Its a fairly prominent place.
hey, just pulling your leg.

If i didn't know better, i'd think Big Ben was the name of a wrestler!

From Barista, we'll proceed to Palace Grounds.
the programmes on are -
Shiv Kumar Sharma - Santoor (Indian Cassical music)
fashion show - this is where we go for a round of the food festival. For hungry souls like me and Sudheer! Yes, there is a food festival on at the same place!
Strings - Pakistani pop band
Sayed Adil Hussain - Sufi music.

And depending on whoever wants to go home at whatever time, we bid adieu.

All those in favour, say aye!

sudheer poppa · Dec 9th, 2004, 18:35

Three aye from me....

Great job natasha. Kewl that you got the passes (hardwork that is), now all of us are ready meetup.

Yooo Hooo anyone more out here in Bangalore and VVIP in Mysore, why not drop down for this meetup.

Volga Volga - we shall try to send something to you through the strings.... what says thou ???

starCrosser · Dec 10th, 2004, 09:00

You're never gonna let me live the Strings comment down are you Natasha ???

Thanks for getting the passes it all sounds great, oh and the food sounds fab too, I've been living on rice and fish curry here in Kerala so pretty sick of it now!!!

See you there everyone, looking forward to it!

usha · Dec 10th, 2004, 09:40

Quote:

Originally Posted by natasha.ca

hey Usha!
You should be in Bangalore with all the fun happening here. no, i am not a member of SPICMACAY, but my hubby dear used to be. i don't know how long i can go on using this excuse but here goes for all it's worth - since i am new to Bangalore / South India, i haven't really "networked" much here. But thanks to all you guys, I'm begining to now.

Sad

I cant reach bangalore and listen to Pt Shivkumarji. I still cant forget the evening when Pt Shivakumar Sharama & Ustad Zakir Hussain performed together. WWWoooooowwwwwwwwwww

.. This time who is accompanying Pt Shivakumar Sharama ? I mean who is the person who will be playing Tabla??

natasha chanda acharya · Dec 10th, 2004, 10:25

usha,
it doesn't say anything in the schedule but his son, Rahul Sharma is playing with him. So it's a santoor duet.
I have heard most of them. Dover Lane music festival in Calcutta used to be really good and i was quite a regular at it. Since my mom-in law is also into music, it makes life easier for me. So we would leave the men in our lives watching cricket and go wandering off to the all night concerts. Had some really good time.
and of course, they are amazing. thankfully i have a few musician friends in Bangalore so we get together and jam up once in a while.

bijapuri · Dec 10th, 2004, 10:27

aaaaa!!!!!! SKS with Zakhir Hussain? WHY DID I LEAVE?!

Saw them in SFO several years back, possible the best of the several times I've seen SKS.

natasha chanda acharya · Dec 10th, 2004, 13:52

bijapuri,
yes, too bad you aren't here. when are you planning to get back??

usha · Dec 10th, 2004, 15:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by natasha.ca

usha,
it doesn't say anything in the schedule but his son, Rahul Sharma is playing with him. So it's a santoor duet.
I have heard most of them. Dover Lane music festival in Calcutta used to be really good and i was quite a regular at it. Since my mom-in law is also into music, it makes life easier for me. So we would leave the men in our lives watching cricket and go wandering off to the all night concerts. Had some really good time.
and of course, they are amazing. thankfully i have a few musician friends in Bangalore so we get together and jam up once in a while.

When i come to bangalore i will introduce u to my uncles..we used to have saturday musical nights

which continues to go on for 3 am in the morning..

One uncle (Mother's brothers ) plays Tabla as well as sitar, and elder uncle plays flute.. and we ameature singers are (iam a bathroom singer though) give them company

their daugthers too sing beautifully.
see u soon,
usha

natasha chanda acharya · Dec 10th, 2004, 19:01

hey, that's great Usha. We have to meet up so come on1 next stop for you - bangalore! Many moons ago i used to sing for AIR myself but all that has gone down the drain now. i just listen now and do the bartending!!!

natasha chanda acharya · Dec 10th, 2004, 19:02

So guys, I am going offline now and will only get back on monday. So sudheer, and star Crosser, see you tomorrow!!!

sudheer poppa · Dec 12th, 2004, 04:24

This edition of meetup was a real dazzler!!! Might even compete for the post of best IM meetup world wide - that ever was that ever will be

At 6 pm in the decided venue, Starcrosser was present expecting the "on time". Bangalore members to turn up. I was only 30 mins late and conveniently blamed the same on traffic Starcrosser turned out a BIG surprise and we chatted up for a while with the usual pleasantries and self introduction. Then it was my turn to stand in the queue to get some thing to much. The cashier was vying for the Guinness record for being the slowest cashier of the world and I bought a handful of stuff. By then Natasha came along with her lovely husband and we started off like a normal IM meet. Spent about an hour there and we went to Bangalore habba, along with two colleagues of natasha.

At the habba it was Shiv Kumar Sharma with his santoor performance, but we were more of a motley few and were busy continuing out meetup discussions. Then was a fashion show which was quite passable and we continued our discussions and had one (me two) round of chicken rolls. Talks ranged from romance, social work, Kerala (ofcourse), Indian communities in London, bollywood, china (what else to expect when I am there), whole lot of India and travel... And then the Pakistani pop group Strings started playing as we gave them our full attention (which later turned out as undeserved). Their performance (strictly according to my opinion) ranged from below average to just above average. They stopped by about 12.15.

It was open air auditorium and we all were stuck by the Bangalore winter night and the occasional cold breeze added to the chill factor.

And then started Ustaad Sayed Adil Hussain with his amazing sufi/geet/qwaali performance. Most of the songs were originally composed by his master Ustaad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. It was purely magical

. Crowd was hypnotized by the amazing ensemble of his very talented group. After listening to rock/pop by nodding the head, we started really dancing to the tunes to sufi music. His performance went for about 2 hours and while he was in his last song we decided to move on.

All of us had a great time and we found out that we shared so many common interests and thoughts. Natasha and her husband were kind enough to pack all six of us into their car and drop us all one by one. I am home now at about 4 am and wanted to be the first one to update the thread.

Mike we owe you BIG Time for being able to bring people like us together and gift us unforgettable memories..

SHIMLA · Dec 12th, 2004, 08:21

That's great sudheer, sounds like you all had a roaring time !!! Who's radz's counterpart in Bangalore and where are the pics ???

Wish you all many more meets like this one and even better !!!

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Dec 12th, 2004, 04:24	#119
sudheer poppa Senior brick in the wall Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Pole Posts: 1,475	!! Call it a blast, call it a meet up !! This edition of meetup was a real dazzler!!! Might even compete for the post of best IM meetup world wide - that ever was that ever will be At 6 pm in the decided venue, Starcrosser was present expecting the "on time". Bangalore members to turn up. I was only 30 mins late and conveniently blamed the same on traffic Starcrosser turned out a BIG surprise and we chatted up for a while with the usual pleasantries and self introduction. Then it was my turn to stand in the queue to get some thing to much. The cashier was vying for the Guinness record for being the slowest cashier of the world and I bought a handful of stuff. By then Natasha came along with her lovely husband and we started off like a normal IM meet. Spent about an hour there and we went to Bangalore habba, along with two colleagues of natasha. At the habba it was Shiv Kumar Sharma with his santoor performance, but we were more of a motley few and were busy continuing out meetup discussions. Then was a fashion show which was quite passable and we continued our discussions and had one (me two) round of chicken rolls. Talks ranged from romance, social work, Kerala (ofcourse), Indian communities in London, bollywood, china (what else to expect when I am there), whole lot of India and travel... And then the Pakistani pop group Strings started playing as we gave them our full attention (which later turned out as undeserved). Their performance (strictly according to my opinion) ranged from below average to just above average. They stopped by about 12.15. It was open air auditorium and we all were stuck by the Bangalore winter night and the occasional cold breeze added to the chill factor. And then started Ustaad Sayed Adil Hussain with his amazing sufi/geet/qwaali performance. Most of the songs were originally composed by his master Ustaad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. It was purely magical . Crowd was hypnotized by the amazing ensemble of his very talented group. After listening to rock/pop by nodding the head, we started really dancing to the tunes to sufi music. His performance went for about 2 hours and while he was in his last song we decided to move on. All of us had a great time and we found out that we shared so many common interests and thoughts. Natasha and her husband were kind enough to pack all six of us into their car and drop us all one by one. I am home now at about 4 am and wanted to be the first one to update the thread. Mike we owe you BIG Time for being able to bring people like us together and gift us unforgettable memories..

Dec 12th, 2004, 08:21	#120
SHIMLA Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Yangon, MYANMAR Posts: 4,125	That's great sudheer, sounds like you all had a roaring time !!! Who's radz's counterpart in Bangalore and where are the pics ??? Wish you all many more meets like this one and even better !!! __________________ Whoever said money can't buy happiness didn't know where to shop !

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Dec 9th, 2004, 11:13	#106
kiwi_razz Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: London Posts: 410	Last time I was in India 5 years ago, I spent the whole year after it glued to the LPTT - India branch. I suspect the same will happen this time but with IM. www.realindiamike.com - the "real" india travel forum. haha. When I finally get home (to London) then I'll organise my best photos and post them on here as well.

Dec 9th, 2004, 18:27	#109
natasha chanda acharya barefeet indian Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: India Posts: 566	Okay! here goes. I got the passes for everyone. That is - myself, whole bunch of friends, sudheer, star crosser, and phantom! Let the bidding begin!! And i got extra passes for beautiful people trying to get in with "compliments from IM" as Vinay suggested. So the game plan is : We are meeting at Barista - Barton Centre, MG Rd. at 6:00 pm. For the benifit of StarCrosser: Barista is the name of a cafe. Barton Centre (building) MG rd. - any rick will take you there. Its a fairly prominent place. hey, just pulling your leg. If i didn't know better, i'd think Big Ben was the name of a wrestler! From Barista, we'll proceed to Palace Grounds. the programmes on are - Shiv Kumar Sharma - Santoor (Indian Cassical music) fashion show - this is where we go for a round of the food festival. For hungry souls like me and Sudheer! Yes, there is a food festival on at the same place! Strings - Pakistani pop band Sayed Adil Hussain - Sufi music. And depending on whoever wants to go home at whatever time, we bid adieu. All those in favour, say aye!

Dec 9th, 2004, 18:35	#110
sudheer poppa Senior brick in the wall Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Pole Posts: 1,475	Three aye from me.... Great job natasha. Kewl that you got the passes (hardwork that is), now all of us are ready meetup. Yooo Hooo anyone more out here in Bangalore and VVIP in Mysore, why not drop down for this meetup. Volga Volga - we shall try to send something to you through the strings.... what says thou ???

Dec 10th, 2004, 09:00	#111
starCrosser Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: UK (my home) Bangalore (my temporary adopted home) Posts: 27	You're never gonna let me live the Strings comment down are you Natasha ??? Thanks for getting the passes it all sounds great, oh and the food sounds fab too, I've been living on rice and fish curry here in Kerala so pretty sick of it now!!! See you there everyone, looking forward to it!

Dec 10th, 2004, 10:25	#113
natasha chanda acharya barefeet indian Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: India Posts: 566	usha, it doesn't say anything in the schedule but his son, Rahul Sharma is playing with him. So it's a santoor duet. I have heard most of them. Dover Lane music festival in Calcutta used to be really good and i was quite a regular at it. Since my mom-in law is also into music, it makes life easier for me. So we would leave the men in our lives watching cricket and go wandering off to the all night concerts. Had some really good time. and of course, they are amazing. thankfully i have a few musician friends in Bangalore so we get together and jam up once in a while.

Dec 10th, 2004, 13:52	#115
natasha chanda acharya barefeet indian Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: India Posts: 566	bijapuri, yes, too bad you aren't here. when are you planning to get back??

Dec 10th, 2004, 19:01	#117
natasha chanda acharya barefeet indian Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: India Posts: 566	hey, that's great Usha. We have to meet up so come on1 next stop for you - bangalore! Many moons ago i used to sing for AIR myself but all that has gone down the drain now. i just listen now and do the bartending!!!

Dec 10th, 2004, 19:02	#118
natasha chanda acharya barefeet indian Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: India Posts: 566	So guys, I am going offline now and will only get back on monday. So sudheer, and star Crosser, see you tomorrow!!!

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