Varkala flute

This recording is from an impromptu performance by a Hindustani flute player along the red rock cliff in Varkala, Kerala, India, January 2005. I no longer know the musician's name, but he hand made his own flutes, one of which I bought. Unfortunately it was badly damaged in transit. This recording popped up during an iTunes shuffle. A Proustian delight, South Indian style...

 

 

Nos. 10 & 11 of Worldly Remains, Gandhi Smitri (New Delhi, India)

 

Gandhiji's spectacles and their case (Nos. 10 & 11) as seen in the display of his 11 worldly remains at Gandhi Smitri

No. 9 of Worldly Remains, Gandhi Smitri (New Delhi, India)

The walking cane found in the display of Gandhiji's 11 worldly remains at Gandhi Smitri

No. 8 of Worldly Remains, Gandhi Smitri (New Delhi, India)

A shaped stone (possibly for knife sharpening?) found in the display of Gandhiji's 11 worldly remains at Gandhi Smitri

No. 5, 6, & 7 of Worldly Remains, Gandhi Smitri (New Delhi, India)

A set of table wear made of wood (except, of course the knife blade) found in the display of Gandhiji's 11 worldly remains at Gandhi Smitri

No.4 of Worldly Remains, Gandhi Smitri (New Delhi, India)

Knife [type unknown] found in the display of Gandhiji's 11 worldly remains at Gandhi Smitri

No.2 & 3 of Worldly Remains, Gandhi Smitri (New Delhi, India)

 

A set of metallic fork and spoon found in the display of Gandhiji's 11 worldly remains at Gandhi Smitri

No.1 of Worldly Remains, Gandhi Smitri (New Delhi, India)

1 of Gandhiji's 11 worldly remains as displayed at Gandhi Smitri

Radel Taalmala Digi-100

Along with Arav's first set of tabla, I bought one of these at the harmonium manufacturer Sharma Musicals in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India (45 minutes east of Delhi)

Radel Tallmala digi-100 Electronic Tabla

M.K. Gandhi quote from Gandhi Smitri (New Delhi, India) - 090928

It has been my misfortune or good fortune to take the world by surprise. New experiments, or old experiments in new style, must sometimes engender misunderstanding.

M.K Gandhi

[One of hundreds of quotes posted on the wall at Gandhi Smitri in Delhi, the site where Gandhiji lived his last 144 days and where he was shot by a Hindu extremist on 30 January 1947]