-: Dreamer's Den! :-

2009 ending was not predicted this way, not in any wildest of dreams by any Kannada person.  Yesterday 29-Dec-2009 C.Ashwath the legendary Kannada singer passed away. Very (un)fortunate and very rare to find any person's death date = birth date and Late Ashwath became an example to prove this. 29-Dec-1939 to 29-Dec-2009 :: Let his divine soul Rest In Peace and let his 'kanchina kanTa' (Bronze voice - because of the high pitch singing which Ashwath used to carry on so well and people would be waiting to hear that!) enthrall the gods in heaven! Just 12 hours after his cremation and people still in shock with Late Ashwath's death, there came another major blow and shock to the people. Dr. Vishnuvardhan , the legendary and leading Kannada film industry superstar passed away in Mysore @ 0230hrs this morning (30-Dec-2009). As of now, his body has been kept in a huge ground where people are paying their respects and in the evening, he will be cremated with State honors.

Starting of this month, had to say goodbye to Sydney where I spent nearly 2 months in this visit and more than quarter of this year in the city! Saying bye was getting difficult as the departure date came closer but unfortunately had to...Wish I could have stayed till New Year day when Sydney would be the first city to Welcome 2010 with its amazing fireworks in Sydney Harbour Bridge and Darling Harbour areas! YouTube videos of this fireworks will leave you in awe and sydney government will be spending some millions of dollars for this amazing show!! Anyways, back to namma bengaluru life now...had been to office for a week post-return and then took off for couple of weeks (and this also is getting over :-(() On the first week of my leave, my parents and my wife and myself drove to some long-pending 'temple tour'...This was the route taken and places covered. Bangalore -> Kukke Subramanya (via Sakleshpur and Shiradi Ghat ) -> Southadka Ganapathi -> Dharmasthala -&