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Jahnavi

Sweet, sweet is my dear Lord's form, sweeter still His face, so fair, but His honey-scented gentle s

About Me

Hey everyone, I am travelling for the next two and a half months in America so I will be offline for the majority of the time...but say hello and leave a message anyway - I love you!Check out my photos - www.flickr.com/photos/jahnavi

My Interests

dance (Bharatanatyam) been learning for many years now - I love it so much, carnatic music (learning vocal and violin and listening too!),nature,travelling, bees (bzzz!),singing, violin, drawing, painting, photographing,writing, recording, laughing, creating, imagining...

I'd like to meet:

Beautiful Carnatic Violin - one day I hope to be this good...

Music:

Music is my life breath - without it I couldn't exist! - Thomas Newman, India arie, the shins, bombay jayshri, aruna sairam, nelly furtado, alicia keys, a.r. rahman,mychael danna, anoushka shankar, amos lee, angie stone, cheb i sabbah, cassandra wilson, colin hay, eva cassidy, frou frou, iss bagayogo, james newton howard,joni mitchell, my dad!!!, lizz wright, ludovico einaudi, m.s. subbulakshmi, yann tiersen,m.balamuralikrishna, nitin sawhney, norah jones, nusrat fateh ali khan, s gayathri, sudha raghunathan,sufjan stevens,lalgudi jayaraman, the smiths, toumani diabate - - those are just a few but I listen to so much music - a lot of carnatic music...classical music, folk music, opera, film music, cheesy 80s music, disney soundtracks, klezmer/eastern european - I LOVE MUSIC!

Movies:

I love a lot of movies but generally the ones I love the most are either from my childhood (i.e. The Goonies and ALL Disney movies) or that really tell interesting and poignant stories - Whale Rider, Lost In Translation, Amelie, Delicatessen, La Haine, The Story of the Weeping Camel, The Bicycle Thieves, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon,Etre et Avoir, Turtles Can Fly...blah blah blah...anyway, and hindi/tamil movies of course...my ultimate all time favourite movie is Sita's Wedding - I may have watched it over 50 times in my life and I have yet to get tired of it...

Television:

SCRUBS, David Attenborough documentaries...

Books:

whoa - I read too much - too many books to mention...if you really want some recommendations - I keep a book log :D hahaha!

Heroes:

My parents, Srila Prabhupada, my friends and sincere devotees.

My Blog

Madhu Vrata

When oh when will it be me?When will I desire to seeThose feet, the treasure of every heartWhen oh when will I play a part?I could be just a little leafAnd silently watch that butter thiefOr a speck o...
Posted by Jahnavi on Sat, 14 Apr 2007 03:10:00 PST

Cloudnotes (Flying over Las Vegas)

The stewardess rushed by for the third time, squeezing past the huddle of people waiting for the toilet. I sat back in my seat and stared absentmindedly at the seat back screen. Our altitude flash...
Posted by Jahnavi on Wed, 28 Mar 2007 02:33:00 PST

Glorious Spring

First the crocuses appear. Little shoots, pushing their way high above the sparse winter grass. They hide their colours until the last moment, suddenly bursting open to reveal purple and saffron. Then...
Posted by Jahnavi on Thu, 15 Mar 2007 03:55:00 PST