To satisfy the ever growing demand for lyrics A CD titled "Lyrics for 4000 Kritis" has been released. All the proceeds from the sale of this CD will go towards the promotion of Karnatak music in North America. This CD contains the compositions that are not readily available on the market. The composers featured are: Ambujam Krishna, Swami Dayananda Saraswati, G.N.Balasubramaniam, Kotishwara Iyer, Muttiah Bhagavatar, Periasami Tooran, Patnam Subramania Iyer, Poochi Srinivasa Iyengar, Papanasham Shivan, Purandaradasa, Sadashiva Brahmendra, Shuddhananda Bharati, Subramania Bharati, Swati Tirunal, Tanjavur Shankara Iyer, Tiruvettiyur Tyagayya, Tulasivanam, Mysore Vasudevacharya and Vinai Kuppier. The files are available in both MS Word and Text formats. Roman characters are used in the ITRANS format thus eliminating all diacritical marks. The price of the CD is US$ 25.00 postpaid anywhere. Contact me for details. Thanks.

-- Lakshman (shalak@gate-way.net), March 25, 2002