Princess Shahana: Little Ms. Mischief!

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Little Ms. Mischief!

Now Shahana is close to 4 months old and looks like she is going to be one mischievous baby!! Here are some latest pictures.

In an introspective mood!

Meditate.....and thus, we attain nirvana.

......And she wants to run already :)

She's going to be a handful when she really begins to stand, walk, run.

Little Baby... All Smiles....

1 comment:

Anonymous said...: Princess Shahana is cute. Congrats and enjoy Anshu and Anand !

-Anil Gaddam (old NIITian); March 17, 2008 at 10:07 AM

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Source: wikipedia - Link

Shahana is an Indian classical raga.

In Carnatic Music, Shahana is janya of the 28th mela Harikambodhi. It is a vakra sampurna raga and an upanga raga characterised by soft, weighty sancharas. Emphasizing the rishabham, panchamam, dhaivatham, and shadjam lend particular beauty to this raga during alapana. Gandharam is seldom rendered flat, and should never be given prominence in an alapana. The same goes for nishadham; it is almost always rendered with gamakam. There is, however, one particular sancharam where it can be rendered without gamakam to beautiful effect; singing or playing S N D ,,, in the lower octave, as seen in Thyagaraja's composition Giripai Nelakonna, accentuates the raga's colors well. Other than that, the raga is typically rendered in accordance with the arohana and avarohana given in most music books. However, a word of caution; this raga requires many years of experience at both performing and listening to other artists to master. Though singing the raga may seem simple, perfectly rendering the many subtle, delicate phrases and gamakas calls for a more practiced hand.

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Another meaning - In urdu, the word "Shahana" also means aristocracy.