NJ Nandini

How to be satisfied in life? You've got to find what you love, and once you find, just do what you love. This is precisely what keeps the tough going when the going gets tough. Am I getting a bit too preachy here? Not at all. May be I am throwing light on a simple fact which is capable of bringing joy to one's life. All of us know who Steve Jobs is and what he has done. A child who was put up for adoption by his parents, a college drop out, a man who was fired from the company which he started, and of course 'the' man who has changed our lives with an 'i'. Apple, was started by Steve and his friend in his parents' garage, when he was 20. In ten years it became a $2 billion company with more than 4000 employees, with Macintosh, their finest product capturing the imaginations of thousands across the globe. And say what, he got fired from his own company..!!! From the perverted genius he was, he got reduced to a laughing stock. But one thing Steve never...

Dear Friends,  Excerpts of my article published in Brahma Sandesham, September 2011 Edition Note:  Being a Carnatic Music student, recently, I happened to read the biographies of some of the stalwarts in Carnatic music. Among which life history of   Sangita Kalanidhi Sri   G N Balasubramaniam fascinated me a lot. I am sharing some of the golden episodes that took place in his life and musical voyage. Gudalur, 19kms away from Mayiladuthurai- GNB’s ancestors hailed from this village. His father, GV Narayanaswami Iyer was a great lover of music and  had good association with stalwarts of those days. This made him  proficient in “Lakhshana & Lakshya” aspects of Carnatic music.  Later on, he moved to Madras and worked in the Hindu High School, Triplicane. His love for music and his earlier contacts with great vidwans brought him in close contact with Parthasarathi Swami Sabha. Later, he became the secretary of this sabha, and also the headmast...