Thursday, October 2, 2008

THE KALKI DAY





109 years later and he is still in our minds! It was an occasion to remember the contributions of Kalki Krishnamurthy, a freedom fighter, nationalist writer and novelist. The Kalki Krishnamurthy Memorial Awards were distributed to two young artists at the Bharatiya Vidyabhavan Auditorium here on Tuesday on the 109th birth anniversary of Kalki Krishnamurthy The editor of Dinamani, Mr. K. Vaidhyanathan graced the occasion with his presence and presented the awards to singer Gayathri K, and mridangam player, Ganapathy Raman. Comparing his invitation to be present at the occasion, to a Nobel Prize, Mr. Vaidhyanathan was all praises for Kalki and his contributions to the literary world. "Kalki was a great man who commanded respect from all walks of life. His works can be compared to those of Bharathi's with regards to the continuous effort that is put into his writings. In the 19th century when novels were not accepted, every person who read one of Kalki's books always made sure to read all. He gave importance not only to views, but also to news"
Besides the artists, their gurus, Mrs. Suguna Purushottaman and Shri Rangarajapuram Jayaraman were also honoured. Also present during the function was Mr. Kalki Rajendran, son of Kalki. The award ceremony was followed with a performance by the winners Gayathri and Ganapathy Raman, with Hemalatha and Anirudh Adhreya on the violin and kanchira respectively.











Well..i can see you wondering why this piece of information has been put up in my blog. Its just that i was given a wonderful opportunity of initiating this program with my prayer song which i consider very prestigious and a memorable day in my life. The following week, an article about this function had appeared in the tamil weekly-"KALKI" in which a small picture of mine and a few words about my singing were also included, and the pictures that you see are the ones i'm talking about. It was a great evening altogether and looking forward for a lot more opportunities to prove my mettle.

7 comments:

Shalini Gowrisankar said...

That's interesting to know. Congrats!

jayashree swaminathan said...

@shalini: thank u dear!

Unknown said...

good !! ull reach heights in near future.. !! all the best.. !and my prayers will be there for u .. !!

jayashree swaminathan said...

@ giri: hey, thanks a lot..keep checking out my blogs as often as u can.

Aaruush'10 said...

itz realy a gr8 thingz..happen around us,,bt could nt knew...by tis blog..post..we cme to knew...tat watz happening around us!!

Known Stranger said...

barov. another singer getting popular to tamil audiance. I know how good it feels to have our names in papers. I had enjoyed it during my school days and i can understand how elated you would have flet the day when you saw your photo and name in the magazine.

jayashree swaminathan said...

@ vaishnav:
thank u so much and yea...felt really happy and more than me, i wud say, my dad was the one to get excited...too overwhelmed.