Of Kirtans and Tantriks
Happened to catch this story on NPR yesterday.
Kirtan on NPR
(There is a link to the audio of the whole segment if you want to listen to it.)
I must say that Pop Kirtan sounded pretty interesting.
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A few days ago I read that Ganguly is being helped by a Tantrik.
Tantrik and Ganguly
I think the tantrik was approached during lunch of second ODI.
Here is the accomplishments section on the tantrik's CV.
1. Made a team lose ODI by 1 run (started after lunch, very difficult.)
2. Made the same team lose next 3 ODIs. Woke up at 4:00 am every match day to make things easier.
3. Moving on to test series: Fought with another tantrik helping the team but won the battle eventually. I was better in first innings and he tried to catch up in the second innings but never could. Team could not take the last wicket to win the match.
4. Was better prepared for the second test and was successful. Team could not win this match either. The other tantrik is powerful but I was the winner.
5. Trying a new proactive strategy for the third test.
Windies threaten to go on strike.
Third test may never happen. Thinking out of the box here to achieve the goal of the said team not winning a test series overseas. Might exceed expectations by making them lose the series.
Kirtan on NPR
(There is a link to the audio of the whole segment if you want to listen to it.)
I must say that Pop Kirtan sounded pretty interesting.
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A few days ago I read that Ganguly is being helped by a Tantrik.
Tantrik and Ganguly
I think the tantrik was approached during lunch of second ODI.
Here is the accomplishments section on the tantrik's CV.
1. Made a team lose ODI by 1 run (started after lunch, very difficult.)
2. Made the same team lose next 3 ODIs. Woke up at 4:00 am every match day to make things easier.
3. Moving on to test series: Fought with another tantrik helping the team but won the battle eventually. I was better in first innings and he tried to catch up in the second innings but never could. Team could not take the last wicket to win the match.
4. Was better prepared for the second test and was successful. Team could not win this match either. The other tantrik is powerful but I was the winner.
5. Trying a new proactive strategy for the third test.
Windies threaten to go on strike.
Third test may never happen. Thinking out of the box here to achieve the goal of the said team not winning a test series overseas. Might exceed expectations by making them lose the series.
posted by Nikhil at 7:57 AM
1 Comments:
Interesting. The way I look at it, the Hindu gods names and the way they are typically chanted have some sort of soothing quality to them, so any kirtan or chanting for that matter, sounds really nice.
I always find it amusing when the "westerners" get interested in Indian music/religion where as Indians prefer western pop over our own music. I wonder how many Indians still listen to bhajans. (I do)
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