A naturally talented singer with voice training under his guru Vasanthi R Nayak of Swara Shree Kalaa  Vedike Trust Mangalore, Shibrur Mukund Kamath, Managing Director of Ideal Ice Creams came out with a song for Kokke Boys, “Thingalavre B Song” based on Kolaveri D by Dhanush.
The parody explains various steps in cooking Thingalavre B to perfection. It also explains how to get rid of the heaviness after one has sumptuous meal with Thingalavre B…that is with thin Buttermilk with phann(Seasoning).
He goes one step further and says …

Late Sri.P.G.Kamath wrote the song “Devaa Tuje…” 25 years ago, in 1985, to include the song in Konkani Geet Chandrika audio cassette brought out by Kerala Konkani Academy. The lyrics of 8 lines are simple Konkani translation of the initial shloka of Ganapati Atharvasheersham starting “Bhadram Karnebhi…”.

That time the singer was a student, Sri. Muralidhar Shenoy from Kochi. Later in 2003, when P.G.Kamath’s anthology of poems titled “POVLLIM” was published, the prayer song was included in the book. And, during the GSB …

With deep respect and condolences we present here a tribute to Pt. Pundalik Prabhu, written by Shri Sudhir Nayak, a noted musician himself from our samaaj.

We had the fortune of featuring Aarti Nayak sometime back with a recording of her scintillating performance. Carrying on the legacy of her father Pt. Ramarao Nayak of Goa and a family brimming with the ocean of music, Aarti has been awarded Sangeet Ratna by Kashi Sangeet Samaj. Her sister Kirti Nayak, shares with us a recording of her magic in Raag Madhuvanti

Shri Ramesh Pai from UAE presents to us a closely kept treasure – A tribute to a great Konkani Poet, and a living legend – Shri Kochi Ananth Bhat. We present here a recording of a poem, narrated by the man himself back in 1994 at a Konkani folklore seminar at Ernakulam.

Ramdas L.K Shevgoor is one of the famous artists in Mangalore. He is the owner of Shevgoor fine arts, Mangalore. Shalmali Prabhu, from Mangalore brings to us an excellent writeup, accompanied by a photo slide-show by Manju Neereshwallya of Studio XL Mangalore. Watch some of the best portraits ever created, and maybe have yours done during your next trip to Mangalore!