Music

I have rediscovered the joy of music. I was up early this morning and listening to music. It was dark at 7 a.m. It was chilly and there was a traffic build-up outside the building. There was an orange tinge in the horizon. And the music purged the mind. Music performs the job wonderfully when you need something to clear the mind and the aid the thought process.

And I seem to be developing a taste for classical music. It is a pity that I won't be around for the music season this year. I wanted to attend and see if I could listen patiently to an entire vocal concert without thinking of the badam halwa and vazhakkai bajji in the academy canteen. I am probably going to have to wait another year for that.

There was an agenda: I would be in a position to identify atleast a few ragas in the period of one year. The 12 months are long over but my knowledge has improved, not at all. But I tell myself, one day it will happen. I will appreciate the music I listen to, a lot more.

My Journey East and The Journey to the West

Beijing - 0n National Day.
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Some amusing mispells...from China
On the freeway - " Caution! Rear end collusion - Keep Space"
On the CD cover of a popular animation movie - " The Loin King"

More...Coming as and when I see them.


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During my visit to The Summer Palace and the North Ocean Palace in Beijing I got to know a little about the history of China. And what surprised me is the close links that India and China share, culturally. Nothing signifies this better than "The Journey to the West" - one of the four great novels of Chinese literature. Hanuman is Sun Wukong. And no, I am not referring to King Kong or Loin kings for that matter.
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The view from my hotel room at dawn..

Im putting up some pictures taken on my Beijing Trip. In this post I'll restrict my pictures to day One of my visit, since I'm too lazy to put up all the pictures right now. Will do it in installments. We left Tanggu in the afternoon and reached Beijing around 7 pm. We checked into our hotels and we were off to taste the best Beijing Duck in Beijing. After dinner we walked into Tiananmen square - very close to where the restaurant was. And these are pictures taken there. Ill make another post with pictures of the Summer Palace and the North Ocean Palace which we visited the next day.


















Tiananmen Gate.















Tiananmen Gate - the other side.

Other Pictures from Tiananmen Square: