“A power house of talent has descended on the orchard of Carnatic Music to make it resplendent in all its varied hues and nuances, weaving around it a magnetic field that not only sustains the audience interest but makes them crave for a little more of it. This sudden and brilliant outburst of musical wizardry is from the tender hands of Master Shrinivas who with a caress of the strings of the tiny instrument Mandolin sets the pace for a thoroughly enjoyable fare of Carnatic music that normally has come to be regarded as the preserve of a few savant grade senior musicians”.
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WHEN TRAIN SURFING GOES WRONG
Kids in places like South Africa go train surfing for thrills. My buddy Jamie-James recently made a film about it called Sanza Hanza. But in the Indian subcontinent, people ride roof because there's no room in the over-crowded carriages, or they can't afford a ticket.>Although the video above makes it look like a fun roof-top party, thousands of deaths from falls or electrocution occur on the region's crumbling railway system every year. One incident in Lucknow in January saw 200 people get swept off a train roof by overhanging tree branches.
A recent incident at Etawah station was caught on phone-camera by someone standing on the platform. The film shows a young man climb onto a train and act erratically in front of the gathered crowd. Then, almost by accident, he grips the high-voltage cable.
WARNING: GRAPHIC
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