Mamamale Kaani - Grandma's Lullaby

Konkani Seethakalyan Lullaby by Smt. Nirupama Pandurang Shenoy.

Sitting at our desktops, far away from the lap of our mother, or even the loving care of our grandma, Don't we wish that we get to hear that soothing lullaby once more?

Ananth Joisa's Grandma Smt. Nirupama Shenoy, blesses us with that rare privilege by gracing us as our Seniormost artist. At her strong 73rd year, She has had the privilege of singing this lullaby to 25 of her children/grandchildren over the years.

The lullaby of Seethakalyan, an episode from the Holy Ramayana, speaks about how religious values begin from the hand that rocks our cradles, or should i say.. the voice that sings the lullaby :-).. now thats the beauty of our GSB culture!

More glories straight from the song:

sampoorna_seethaka...

Sweet 16 edition!

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At our Sweet sixteen, Radio Idli stays young and vibrant as ever with great showcase of talent and good participation. This edition comes loaded with lots of music as ever.

We begin with the speciality of the issue, an Innovation by Vivek as he records a duet with Archana over a phone call!! Hats off to Vivek and his great efforts that keeps the spirit of Radio Idli of being able to sing together regardless of distance!


Vivek and Archana

Pal Pal_archu_vive...

Hats off to Vivek for the great effort and idea! Do i see more of you getting ideas of a telephone-band??

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Archana

After the phone call its time for Archana to sing one of my alltime favorites. I am sure there will be many more who like this song! I am glad that she picked this song almost when i was about to give her a farmaish :-).

So here we go.. Pyaar hua chupke se by Archana!

Pyaar hua chupke s...

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Dinesh Kamath!

After seeing the first two songs by Daughter Archana, Dineshmaam picks up the microphone and proclaims..... Geet Gaata Hoon Main!!

Geet gata hoon mai...

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Silken Voice Reshma

Reshma has been giving her wonderful contribution as a very strong support to our Radio Idli initiative. She has been generous enough to even share lullabies that she sings to her son Atharva, our youngest singer!

Reshma sings another great song for us today!

bekaraardiltugaaye...

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Ashwin Kamath

Sings his heart out to his "Kali" .. Hopefully she turns out to be Anarkali and not Chipkali :-P.. But hearing his wonderful voice, every Kali would like to "Chipko" to Ashwin!! Amen for Ashwin :-)

Raat Kali ek Khwab...

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My personal apologies to Radhika for being unable to upload her song, which will feature on top in the next weeks edition!


Till then.. All of you . have a great weekend! Stay tuned .. fine tuned and Stay Sixteen :-) Beautiful!

Dont forget to check the Arti Video special below!

Video Special - 3 Magnificent Arti's

Contributed by: Harish Shanbhag, Nikhil Pai and Nagesh Pai.

As GSB's we have been ardent followers of the religious traditions carried forth by our ancestors. Our religious festivals have given us the spiritual strength and also strong social bonding.

We are proud to share three wonderful videos as a part of our journey to the religious side of the GSB world.


ARTI # 1 Shrimad Sudhindra Teertha Swamiji performing an Arti to their deity, at a function in Vashi, New bombay.

Please click the following link
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2679238695095950159&hl=en


ARTI # 2 Arti of our loving Lord Ganesh at Wadala Mutth Celebrations, Mumbai. (courtesy Harish Shanbhag)
Please click the following link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yB0YE6B_AI


Arti # 3 Arti of Shri Ram at the Shri Rama Mandir, Wadala

The beautiful Rama Temple at Wadala Mutth is a source of Divinity for most mumbai GSBs. Harish and Nikhil have given us the pleasure of the video in the link below

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWbF4XCgsqQ


May God Bless us All!!

The Southern Samba(r)

Hi all..

So what if Southern Samba(r) has come with a delay, lemme tell you, it's come with lot more action. Had I uploaded on Saturday, I would have had only contribution to entertain you. But during the weekends, a few hands shot up and rose to the occasion, to make the Samba(r) as delicious as it'e ever been.

First of all, I would like to announce that to give more time to our friends to answer the quiz and to give more time to the quiz-master himself to prepare the quiz, our audio quiz DHUN will henceforth be bi-weekly. But worry not, it will still be as exciting, and none of the partcipants will go unrewarded.. because not only will DHUN now be a bi-weekly quiz, but it will also be a point based league !! Meaning the points you score every week hence forth will add up to your tally and you shall be seeing your name in a league table !! So do hurry up and send in your answers, even if you know only one or two. Coz every answer will make a difference to your standings!

The Taala Veena

Opening the innings for the South Zone, is a lady. Introducing debutant Veena Gopal with a konkani prayer that will sooth your nerves..

varaha deva song V...

Nitin Prabhu

We do not intend to let happen to us, what happened to team India at the world cup. So we believe in giving youngsters a chance right at the beginning. "Om", the origin of Brahma, Vishnu and Maheshwara and the source of the universe, presented to you by Nitin Prabhu..

Omkara by nitin(mp...

Sunny ko kuch.. Kehna Hai
After the momentum has been set up, it is now time to steady the innings with someone to play the sheet anchor role. And who better to do this job than the experienced RI campigner Sooraj Kamath himself ;-)

Kehna Hai.mp3

Nikhil Rao
Its the slog overs now and we have the right person to repeatedly send the ball into the stands and turn the crowd crazy.. Nikhil Rao providing the finishing touch to the innings with a cameo..

aadat! nikhils.mp3

So that brings us to the end of this innings of Southern Samba(r), please keep tuned in to catch our "Extra Innings" without Mandira Bedi ;-)

15th Full Moon Edition!

RJ: Nagesh Pai

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Listeners Bandhavaano!

Amidst this hot summer, i welcome you all to the soothing moonlight of our fullmoon edition. We have a great assortment of a video interview (chutney chat of our artist ARCHANA), duet songs, karaoke and a sweet lullaby for you this week!

So here we begin.
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RJ Nagesh Pai begins :-)

I would like to share a piece of music from the musical classic - Shankarabharanam. this is an Alaap, with wordings as simple as sa re ga pa and dha :-).

Shankarabharanam.m...

Note: if you have problems playing the song from the blog here. click the name "shankarabharanam" in the widget above and play from the esnips site that opens.

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Fresh Launch!- Varsha Kamath!

Following her brother, Ashwin Kamath, Varsha makes a debut today on Radio Idli with a lovely song mixed with the background music by her brother. Radio Idli welcomes her and wishes her all the good luck for great performances as this one, edition over edition!


Here is Varsha Singing Apki Nazron ne samjha...

aapki nazaron ne s...

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Chutney Chat with Archana!

One of our most consistent and top artists, Archana Kamath is interviewed upclose by our host - Ramesh Mallya on this cheeky video of Chutney Chat.

You will need to click the link below to access the video:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8861330680652187872&hl=en


Do comment on how you liked the video!

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Archana Sings!

After her interview, its time for her to sing for us yet again! Here she goes:

mera sayaa arch 2....

Now thats quite an assurance that she will be always there for Radio idli with her great voice, even as someday we pray she becomes India's famous Singer!
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Dual Duets!

We have a bouquet of two duets this week

1) Ashwin and Varsha Kamath - Bhai behan Jodi!

Dekho na.mp3

2) The evergreen Father-Daughter duo! Archana And Dinesh Kamath sing Teri Bindiya re...

Teri bindiya arch ...

That was a double Sundae treat for our weekend ears!

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Reshma's silken lullaby

What could be more generous than a mother sharing a lullaby that she sings to her young son? Reshma shares with her the song that calms her son Atharva to relaxing slumber.

aadideva.mp3

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LAte night Addition!!

Vivek Pai has a spot submission that he did as a promise made to himself that he would contribute to the 15th edition.

Here is his entry!

pyaar deewana hota...

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Voices from our brethern across the world arrive here at Radio Idli. Most of them began as mere listeners and were encouraged to contribute. An appeal to every listener... Feel free to have your voice up here. you will be heard and thats a promise :-)

Stay tuned! and hey... Stay beautiful :-)

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The Southern Samba(r)

Preetiya Bandhu-Bhaginiyare,

Namaskaara !

Sunny Returns
Starting your evening, leading from the front this time, Sooraj Kamath, the Sunnyboy, sings 'Ab Tere Bin' from Aashiqui..

Ab tere bin.mp3

Malabar Special
Amita Shenoi presents to you 'Zara Zara' from 'Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein'..

Zara.mp3

This finishes our limited edition of Southern Samba(r). Since it is exam time, a few artists have gone into hibernation, but are bound to retun soon. So stay tuned.. :)

Radio Idli - Edition Fourteen!

Presented by RJ Nagesh "Anna" Pai
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Listeners dearest! Hope you all had a lovely weekend. After a splendid 13th edition presented by our team buddy RJ We-Wake, and the great Southern Sambar edition and quiz hosted by RJ Sunnyboy - SOoraj and Quiz Master Vivek, you all would be asking for more!!

At Radio Idli, whats hosted is talent contributed by each of our listeners. We do not hire any professional talent. A special message to you all.. please contribute your voice/ original music/ narrations/ informative videos to radioidli@gmail.com and share it with the rest of your Samaj! The feedback that you get will add confidence to you and the Radio!

The magic of todays edition is just three songs ... and in three different languages!

If you think thats all of it.. wait for the DHUN QUIZ hosted by the cooks of Southern Sambar :-) and few more videos on its way!! you will see the first few winners there!!
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Note: Our audio host esnips may be slow and may take time.. After you click the play button you may need to wait for two minutes before your audio treat begins! :-)

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Reshma...

The magic of the southern edition spreads to the main edition too. Reshma sings a wonderful Kannada Song.

ellillada parimala...

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Sachin Kulshekhar

After dazzling us with His devotional song in the last edition, Sachin enchants us with AR Rahmans Tu Hi re from Bombay. This is one splendid Solo!!

thu hi re _ sachin...

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Archana Kamath

After Kannada and Hindi its time for a Marathi Abhang. Archana sings Amrutahuni Goda in her Amrutahuni Voice!

amrutahuni_goda_2t...

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DONOT FORGET TO ANSWER THE DHUN QUIZ BELOW!!!!!
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DHUN

Hi all,

Since DHUN is vast in itself, I have decided to carve it out of 'Southern Samba(r)' weekly edition.

Let me first begin with last week's questions and answers..

1. Staring (Mukhda) of a very famous song from a very famous movie.Identify ?
ans: 'Dilbar mere kab tak mujhe' from movie 'Satte pe Satta'

2. With what would you associate this tune ?
ans: Streethawk ( tv serial ). Street Hawk was a television series that aired back in 1985 on ABC. The show was about a cop name Jessie Mach who was picked to test a top secret government project called Street Hawk, an advanced motorcycle that could go upto speeds of 300 MPH and had immense fire power. His partner Norman Tuttle, the designer of the motorcycle, was in charge of the project. Jessie would cruise the streets of L.A. on the bike while Norman sat back at command center guiding Jessie. Together they would fight crime on the Streets of Los Angeles. Music Provided by Tangerine Dreams

3. The female voice is that of S.Janaki.Now guess the male voice ?
ans: Kamal Hassan

4. Guessing the musical group is simple.What i want is this song was used as a theme for certain event.Name the event ?
ans: Cricket World Cup 2003

5. This tune is a portion (Antara) taken from one of the all time classic hindi movie songs.Name the song and the movie ?
ans: Gaata rahe mera dil (Guide)

Radio-Guru of the Week:

For the first edition of audio quiz we have a tie between 3 participants, who have got 4 answers right each. The winners are:

Sujay Bhat
Nithyanand Rao
Nitin Prabhu

Other participants were: Archana and Dinesh Kamath ( 3 correct ), Ashwin Prabhu ( 3 correct )

Hearty thanks and applause for all the participants.

Please note: While answering, please take care to be more precise ex: Do not reply as ' Cricket World Cup' or even worse as 'World Cup' when the answer expected is ' Cricket World Cup 2003 ' :-).

Next comes this week's trivia

2.1.

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Q: Guess the song ? ( Guessing the movie would earn yourself a bonus,but no point for guessing the singer :) )

2.2.

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Q: Guess the song/band ?

2.3.

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Q: This is one of those south-indian classic karnatic composition which is actually a song from a malayalam movie released in 1991.But what i am looking here is the singers.(Both male & female )

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Q: Anybody who follow sports on ESPN/STAR or now a days TEN sports this one should be a sitter.Guess for what sporting event this is a theme ? (Hint : earlier ESPN/STAR and now a days TEN sports)

2.5.

2.5.mp3

Q: Just guess the song and the female singer of this song ?

Hope you enjoyed quizzing last week and continue quizzing this week. Please send me your answers at sooraj.kamath@gmail.com . This time I am expect more participants and more 'Radio-Guru's.

Regards,
Vivekanand Shenoy &
Sooraj Kamath.

The Southern Samba(r) Quizzeria

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Presented to you by RJ Sunnyboy (Sooraj Kamath - sooraj.kamath@gmail.com)
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Hi Everyone - Vanakkam !

Good day. Hope you all had a wonderful week!

We start the session this week with DJ Deepak's invocation of Lord Ganesh, a compilation of Vathapi Ganapathim.

DJ Deepak-Vatapi G...

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Quizmaster Vivekanand! presents Dhun


We all live a life of purpose. We identify what we want in life, set goals and chase them. Some of us want to be in responsible positions of recognized corporations, some of us want to become sportsmen, musicians, singers and the list goes on. Whatever we aim to be, there is one thing common to all of us. i.e. We aspire..


Today I would like to introduce you to one of my friends who aspires to be a quizzer. Vivekanand Shenoy, from Mangalore, is an engineer from NITK, Surathkal ( formerly known as KREC) and is currently working with Juniper Networks. He started as an amateur participant in quizzes in Canara PU College. Later on with the taste of success, Vivek started consistently participating in quizzes. He was an active member of quiz club of NITK college and the Mangalore Quizzing Foundation (MQF). As part of a trio team known as “King Murphy”, which is very popular in these regions, Vivek won various quizzes at inter-college fests i.e. 3 times at Incident (KREC), 2 times at Revels (MIT) and once at REC Calicut. Vivek has also conducted numerous quizzes at KREC and also at Atlantis (KMC).

After playing the role of a participant in quizzes, with the confidence and backup of his success, Vivek now wants to assume the role of a quiz conductor. He has already taken a head-start in this direction by conducting quizzes in corporations such as Huawei Technologies, Lucent Technologies and Juniper Networks during their annual functions.

Today with the help of Vivek, I am launching a new audio quizzing program in Radio Idli called “DHUN”. I thank Vivek for his interest to contribute towards Radio Idli and on behalf of Radio Idli, I wish him all the best in the future. Let us hope we get to see Vivek onTV on the same ranks of Derek O’Brien and Siddharth Basu.
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DHUN

Given below are 5 audio clips and questions associated with them. Listen to the music, enjoy the music, and put your thinking cap on. Most answers will be at the tip of your tongue, but you still need to pen them down and send them to me at sooraj.kamath@gmail.com . The person with the maximum number of answers will be the winner and will be proclaimed "Radio-Guru of the Week"

We request all of you to play this quiz in the right spirit of the contest. Hence please do not mention any answers in the comments section of this blog or anywhere else in radio idli. So now let us begin..

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Q: Staring (Mukhda) of a very famous song from a very famous movie.Identify ?

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2.mp3

Q: With what would you associate this tune ?

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Q: The female voice is that of S.Janaki.Now guess the male voice ?

4.

4.mp3

Q: Guessing the musical group is simple.What i want is this song was used as a theme for certain event.Name the event ?

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5.mp3

Q: This tune is a portion (Antara) taken from one of the all time classic hindi movie songs.Name the song and the movie ?

Hope you enjoyed this eidition of the quiz. We shall be back next week with answers and winners of this quiz, and with more questions next week. So time to sharpen your ears ;)

Regards,
Vivekanand Shenoy &
Sooraj Kamath


Sunny Days, Sunny Ways..

Sunny can rock you - in more than one way. And this time, Sooraj Kamath tries to do so in the real sense. Listen to this song and you will know how ;)

( One request - please listen to this song using headphones rather than speaker )

Sunny will rock yo...

Thats all we have in this edition of Southern Samba(r). Keep Eating, Keep Rocking !!!

Dont forget to check the 13th edition below this! Attraction: Video interview of Samiir Halady (orkut ka chirkut)

13th Lucky Edition

Hosted this week by : RJ We-Wake (Vivek) Pai

RJ talk...
Dear friends, I am pleased to bring to you this week's edition of Radio Idli, which coincidently its 13th (lucky) Edition! It is also a significant one since its the first time someone other than Nagesh anna is hosting it! So sit back and enjoy while RJ We-Wake takes you though this weeks edition!

Im sure that like me you are also eager to hear Lok-Maam's latest, he will be posting his entry very soon!

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Chutney chat with OKC
Our dearest 'Phatka King' Sankalp is gone but we still have our 'wicked' duo Ramesh Mallya and Nagesh Pai to continue the chutney chats! Here they are making chutney of our favorite 'chirut', I mean ORKUT KA CHIRKUT, Samiir Halady! Enjoy

Video available on the link below:

http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=5393840636003550210&hl=en

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Shradha Nayak returns
Shradha Nayak with the beautiful song 'hero' by Mariah Carey!

Hero_ShradhaN.mp3

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Ashwin Kamath's Dedication

Our dearest Ashwin maam here dedicating this song to his secret beloved! :)

roop tera mastana....

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Return of Reshma Shenoy
"Resh maaa" with a word of advice for the 'babujis' looking for love!

babujidheerechalna...

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'Dinesh'maam with a classic
Archana Kamath's father 'Dinesh'maam with a beautiful song.

Chal ud ja reto se...

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Archana's dedication
Archana paying homage to her school friend who passed away few days back due to illness

zindagi ka safar a...

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I hope you all enjoyed todays edition, feel free to mail me with your views and responses, on vive_pai@yahoo.com/radioidli@gmail.com, Take care, God bless!