Crafting with Colour A Video Conversation with Karthik Print.Able is happy to introduce Karthik who is being interviewed in this post. The interview is in Kannada, and we include a short clip from the video at the end of this post. The video opens with a scene of Karthik at a table covered in newspaper covered in various colourful painted objects – diyas, statues of Ganesha, a candle holder. He is painting a diya. You can tell that he is concentrating very hard on his task, holding the small clay lamp with care, and turning it as he paints. The interviewers first question (not heard) is ‘What are you doing?’ We share the clip from this point to when he talks about the colours he likes. The conversation in the video has been transcribed to English text, and is appended below.   It closes with the interviewer asking what he likes to paint, other than the diyas, and our eye is drawn back to the range of colourful, carefully painted objects on the table.  The Interview...

A Carnatic Classic - Guruleka Eduvanti  Sung by Koustubha Srisha  Listen to Koustubha Srisha’s rendition of a classical Carnatic kriti, ‘Guruleka Etuvanti’ composed by Thyagaraja in the Raga Gowrimanohari set to Khanda Chapu Tala. ( Turn on your volume . Article continues below. ) Of himself, Koustubha modestly says: I am Kousthubha Srisha.  I have been learning music for the past 18 years. I have completed my junior senior exam under my guru Vidushi Meena Ganapathi. Now I am pursuing my vidwat in Carnatic music.  l studied in Deepika School where I completed my 10th standard. I then studied In Brindavan and completed my 12th. I am teaching music in the Ramana Maharshi School for the Blind and      Mahatma Vidyalaya in Muthanallur, 20 kilometers from Bangalore.  I am learning film songs from play back singer Shree Badriprasad I am learning tabla from Pandit Kedarnath Havaldar under whom      I will take the junior tabla exam. Koust...