Hi all..

So what if Southern Samba(r) has come with a delay, lemme tell you, it’s come with lot more action. Had I uploaded on Saturday, I would have had only contribution to entertain you. But during the weekends, a few hands shot up and rose to the occasion, to make the Samba(r) as delicious as it’e ever been.

First of all, I would like to announce that to give more time to our friends to answer the quiz and to give more time to the quiz-master himself to prepare the quiz, our audio quiz DHUN will henceforth be bi-weekly. But worry not, it will still be as exciting, and none of the partcipants will go unrewarded.. because not only will DHUN now be a bi-weekly quiz, but it will also be a point based league !! Meaning the points you score every week hence forth will add up to your tally and you shall be seeing your name in a league table !! So do hurry up and send in your answers, even if you know only one or two. Coz every answer will make a difference to your standings!

The Taala Veena

Opening the innings for the South Zone, is a lady. Introducing debutant Veena Gopal with a konkani prayer that will sooth your nerves..

Nitin Prabhu

We do not intend to let happen to us, what happened to team India at the world cup. So we believe in giving youngsters a chance right at the beginning. “Om”, the origin of Brahma, Vishnu and Maheshwara and the source of the universe, presented to you by Nitin Prabhu..

Sunny ko kuch.. Kehna Hai
After the momentum has been set up, it is now time to steady the innings with someone to play the sheet anchor role. And who better to do this job than the experienced RI campigner Sooraj Kamath himself

Nikhil Rao
Its the slog overs now and we have the right person to repeatedly send the ball into the stands and turn the crowd crazy.. Nikhil Rao providing the finishing touch to the innings with a cameo..

So that brings us to the end of this innings of Southern Samba(r), please keep tuned in to catch our “Extra Innings” without Mandira Bedi

RJ: Nagesh Pai

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Listeners Bandhavaano!

Amidst this hot summer, i welcome you all to the soothing moonlight of our fullmoon edition. We have a great assortment of a video interview (chutney chat of our artist ARCHANA), duet songs, karaoke and a sweet lullaby for you this week!

So here we begin.
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RJ Nagesh Pai begins

I would like to share a piece of music from the musical classic - Shankarabharanam. this is an Alaap, with wordings as simple as sa re ga pa and dha :-).

Note: if you have problems playing the song from the blog here. click the name “shankarabharanam” in the widget above and play from the esnips site that opens.

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Fresh Launch!- Varsha Kamath!

Following her brother, Ashwin Kamath, Varsha makes a debut today on Radio Idli with a lovely song mixed with the background music by her brother. Radio Idli welcomes her and wishes her all the good luck for great performances as this one, edition over edition!

Here is Varsha Singing Apki Nazron ne samjha…

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Chutney Chat with Archana!

One of our most consistent and top artists, Archana Kamath is interviewed upclose by our host - Ramesh Mallya on this cheeky video of Chutney Chat.

You will need to click the link below to access the video:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8861330680652187872&hl=en

Do comment on how you liked the video!

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Archana Sings!

After her interview, its time for her to sing for us yet again! Here she goes:

Now thats quite an assurance that she will be always there for Radio idli with her great voice, even as someday we pray she becomes India’s famous Singer!
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Dual Duets!

We have a bouquet of two duets this week

1) Ashwin and Varsha Kamath - Bhai behan Jodi!

2) The evergreen Father-Daughter duo! Archana And Dinesh Kamath sing Teri Bindiya re…

That was a double Sundae treat for our weekend ears!

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Reshma’s silken lullaby

What could be more generous than a mother sharing a lullaby that she sings to her young son? Reshma shares with her the song that calms her son Atharva to relaxing slumber.

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LAte night Addition!!

Vivek Pai has a spot submission that he did as a promise made to himself that he would contribute to the 15th edition.

Here is his entry!

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Voices from our brethern across the world arrive here at Radio Idli. Most of them began as mere listeners and were encouraged to contribute. An appeal to every listener… Feel free to have your voice up here. you will be heard and thats a promise

Stay tuned! and hey… Stay beautiful

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Preetiya Bandhu-Bhaginiyare,

Namaskaara !

Sunny Returns
Starting your evening, leading from the front this time, Sooraj Kamath, the Sunnyboy, sings ‘Ab Tere Bin’ from Aashiqui..

Malabar Special
Amita Shenoi presents to you ‘Zara Zara’ from ‘Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein’..

This finishes our limited edition of Southern Samba(r). Since it is exam time, a few artists have gone into hibernation, but are bound to retun soon. So stay tuned..