Herbal Hi- Tech Holi ? , International Art Of Living Ashram , Bangalore

I was privileged to encounter and to be a part of wonderful Herbal HiTech Holi celebration on 20th March 2008 at International Art of Living Ashram situated on Kanakapura Road , Bangalore.

It was called a High Tech Holi celebration was different from the celebrations I had seen, played hitherto. There were sprinklers on a high-roof building which could spray the Holi colors on the masses who were part of the celebration upon a single button press. The Holi Celebration was herbal as opposed to jazzy, harmful artificial dyed colors like fluorescent Red, Green et al used in the cities. Sri Sri happend to describe the Holi Colors as an amalgam of Sandal Wood paste, Turmeric, Rose Water and Flowers.

Thanks to Ashvin's mom and dad in making my long awaited visit to Lotus shaped International Art of Living very well away from the hussle of Chaos in the City. I was indeed happy to get the aerial view of lakes , meadows and hills around , a perfect change to soothe my staring , strained eyes off the monitor .

My realm of research ....

All the while I have been thinking that I am the only girl who decided to take up Medical Imaging with a strong cause. I find this link as an inspiration to keep up my spirits no matter what comes my way!

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/12/education/12intel.html?ref=education

Jazzing the night....

I had been to a concert at Hotel Grand Ashok on Feb 24th called the Jazz Incident - French Alain Brunet Trio with tabla player Manosh Bardhan and sarod player Debi Prasad at the Grand Ashok. The Performance included Alain Brunet on vocals and trumpet, Luc Fenoli on the guitar and Jean- Louis Do on the drums. The two different disciplines of music brought out an exquisite combination. Thanks to Krishna for the concert pass...

This introduced me to the profoundness of Sarod, I am thinking of taking up the classes on Sarod.