Yesterday night I had a great time listening to a beautiful ghazal [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghazal] by Farida Khanam – Aaj Janay Ki Zidd Na Karo [http://www.channeldosti.com/ghazlein/Farida%20Khanam/Aaj%20Janay%20Ki%20Zidd%20Na%20Karo.rm] . I guess I must have heard it before but…
[http://gnoos.com.au/]I received an e-mail from Ben Barren [http://benbarren.blogspot.com/] in the morning with an inivitation to try out the private beta of an aussie blog search startup – ‘gnoos [http://gnoos.com.au/]‘ (beta site [http://beta.gnoos.com.au/] / blog [http://blog.gnoos.com.…
Much after Fred Flintstone yelled “Wilma-aaaa”, vocal percussion or multivocalism evolved to be considered the fifth element of hip-hop. Such human orchestration is primarily concerned with the art of creating beats, rhythms, and melodies using the mouth. Beatboxing, as its commonly called as well, is a true musical art – for…
Historical Sounds in MP3 Format [http://www.freeinfosociety.com/site.php?postnum=460] is a list of some funky retro recordings, like, Apollo 11 – One Small Step For Man; Apollo 13 – Houston We Have a Problem; Albert Einstein – Non-Violence; Adolf Hitler – War Declaration; Bill Gates – Vision; Mahatma Gandhi – Soldier of…
In the next 20 days, thirty-two teams from across the globe make up the field in Germany for the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals [http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/]. Here’s a schedule and results highlight [http://in.rediff.com/sports/fifa06schedule.html] for the Football World Cup 2006.…
Google finally puts Australia on the map! Here’s Melbourne on Google Maps [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=melbourne&ll=-37.817378,144.963913&spn=0.100892,0.284271&om=1]…
[http://www.ninapaley.com/Sitayana/] Nina Paley [http://www.ninapaley.com] has an interesting animated series titled “Sita Sings the Blues [http://www.ninapaley.com/Sitayana/]” (a new twist on an old myth). It is an animated feature based on Sita [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sita]‘s adventures in…
“We are still in the dawn of the scientific age, and every increase of light reveals more brightly the handiwork of an intelligent Creator. We have made stupendous discoveries; with a spirit of scientific humility and of faith grounded in knowledge we are approaching ever nearer to an awareness of…