KS VasanthaLakshmi, MA, MT, TM Specialist
Editor & Founder
We are proud to say that Sunada is the first ever magazine on Music, Music Therapy and more. We are happy that we are making slow but steady progress with readers appreciating the content. In this issue we are concluding the Origin of Ragas series. While it is good to provide a technical background of music, it is also a good idea to make technology popular by giving it in capsules that are at once palatable and easy to appreciate.
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Volume XXIV, March, 2019
Magazine “Sunada”
KS VasanthaLakshmi, MA, MT, TM Specialist
Editor & Founder
We are proud to say that Sunada is the first ever magazine on Music, Music Therapy and more. We are happy that we are making slow but steady progress with readers appreciating the content. In this issue we are concluding the Origin of Ragas series. While it is good to provide a technical background of music, it is also a good idea to make technology popular by giving it in capsules that are at once palatable and easy to appreciate. As a step in that direction we are now going to start a new series of articles on various Ragas and introduce some popular songs as examples. Happy reading…
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Volume XXV, April, 2019
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KS VasanthaLakshmi, MA, MT, TM Specialist
Editor & Founder
It is very encouraging to receive responses from various parts of the world and from people belonging to various professions. We are happy about making a lot of progress in increasing our readership. This issue covers the versatility of Raga Shankarabharanam also known as Bilaval in Hindustani Music. It is a matter of interest that the notes of this Raga are also a part of the western music and known as Major Notes. The western music does not have this system of complete Ragas based on notes. Happy reading…
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Volume XXVI, May, 2019
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KS VasanthaLakshmi, MA, MT, TM Specialist
Editor & Founder
This month we are concluding the article on Raga Shankarabharanam. We will be covering other Ragas in the future and would welcome contributions from readers and experts who can throw light on the efficacy of these Ragas as therapy. Happy reading….
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Volume XXVII, June, 2019
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KS VasanthaLakshmi, MA, MT, TM Specialist
Editor & Founder
This month we are writing about some effects of the Raga Kalyani. In the concluding part of The Magic of Music we will talk about the effects of music with and without music and also rhythms without active music and lyrics. Happy reading….
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Volume XXVIII, July, 2019
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KS VasanthaLakshmi, MA, MT, TM Specialist
Editor & Founder
Festive season has begun. So much is happening around us. A new thirst to know and understand our culture without getting steeped in superstitions is a change I love to watch around me. This month we proudly present an interview with my Guru Bhai Shri K.V. Brahmanandam. So here we are with some more interesting articles in Sunada. Happy reading…
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Volume XXIX, August, 2019
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KS VasanthaLakshmi, MA, MT, TM Specialist
Editor & Founder
Belated Happy New Year and welcome back! Sunada had to take an unexpected break due to a family emergency. Now that all difficulties including the newest Corona Virus are behind us, we are welcoming the remaining half of the year with open arms and hope. Vacations are declared, whatever that really means. All the kids are home and are looking for a meaningful and fulfilling way to spend their time.
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Volume XXX, June, 2020
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KS VasanthaLakshmi, MA, MT, TM Specialist
Editor & Founder
Again some unforeseen circumstances forced us to delay and combine the July and Aguust issues of Sunada. We are also paying a sincere homage to my Gurji Late Shri. M.S. Balasubramanya Sharma, who taught me everything I know about music today which has helped me to grow in the field of Music. We conclude the series of articles written by children of all age-groups.
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Volume XXXI, JULY &
AUGUST, 2020
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KS VasanthaLakshmi, MA, MT, TM Specialist
Editor & Founder
1969 వ సంవత్సరంలో శ్రీ మహాత్మాగాంధీ శతజయంతి ఉత్సవాలు యూకే లోని లండన్ లో ఉన్న సెయింట్ పాల్స్ కేథీడ్రల్ లో జరిపారు. ఈ ఉత్సవానికి స్వతంత్ర భారత దేశపు చివరి గవర్నర్ జనరల్ శ్రీ లార్డ్ మౌంట్ బ్యాటన్ గారు అధ్యక్షత వహించారు. బ్రిటన్ భారతదేశ రాయబారి తో సహా ఇరవైఐదు దేశాల ప్రతినిధులు హాజరు అయ్యారు.
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Volume XXXII, October, 2020
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KS VasanthaLakshmi, MA, MT, TM Specialist
Editor & Founder
In the past few months the Sunada team has been trying to dig into the past and see how the frequencies of the brain waves can be matched to the frequencies of various musical notes. The idea was to see how the brain waves which when recorded during an ailment can be brought back to their normal levels with music therapy, using suitable compositions to various patients. The reason being, what is melody for one can cause a malady for another. Music is completely subjective and enjoyed best at individual levels. We are trying to establish the relationship between musical frequencies and the brain wave frequencies. This issue deals with the Fibonacci numbers and how this ratio is present in the musical notes and their various frequencies. A lot of material had to be researched through the internet and put together in a relevant manner. Happy reading…
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Volume XXVI, April, 2018
Magazine “Sunada”
KS VasanthaLakshmi, MA, MT, TM Specialist
Editor & Founder
We are proud to say that Sunada is the first ever magazine on Music, Music Therapy and more. We are happy that we are making slow but steady progress with readers appreciating the content. In this issue we are concluding the Origin of Ragas series. While it is good to provide a technical background of music, it is also a good idea to make technology popular by giving it in capsules that are at once palatable and easy to appreciate. As a step in that direction we are now going to start a new series of articles on various Ragas and introduce some popular songs as examples. Happy reading…
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Sunada
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Volume XXV, April, 2019
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KS VasanthaLakshmi, MA, MT, TM Specialist
Editor & Founder
In the last few issues the Sunada has tried to understand how music therapy began in the west. This month, we are introducing a new feature by the name “Nectar to the Mind”. In this, books written by great writers of yester years. “Chitta Bodhamrutam” is a set of poems written on Rama, by Late Bhavaraju Bapiraju in chaste Telugu. I have made an attempt to translate these little known poems with the idea of popularising and want everyone to enjoy the essence of these. As always we are covering some very talented people who are doing some excellent work in the area of music in various capacities. This time we have put up a write – up about a musician from Air Force and one can see how music knows no boundaries.
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Volume III, May, 2018
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KS VasanthaLakshmi, MA, MT, TM Specialist
Editor & Founder
The heat is on. Even though rainy season has set in some parts of India, some are still reeling under the sweltering heat. Hope this second poem from “Chittabodhamrutam” will have a cooling effect on the minds. It is my good fortune that I am getting to know some very young and dedicated doctors of India, who are not practicing for making money, but to offer some solace to the elderly through various methods. We are introducing Dr. Vivek Bhavaraju, a very highly qualified Medical Doctor of repute who is doing yeomen service to the society by taking care of the elderly citizens from his organization by the name Naimisha.
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Volume XVIII, June, 2018
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KS VasanthaLakshmi, MA, MT, TM Specialist
Editor & Founder
The much awaited monsoon has finally arrived. The cool breeze and the occasional showers have ushered in a pleasanter time. This month we are presenting the Film Music in the genres of music. Although somewhat useful on certain occasions, we discuss why it is mostly unsuitable as therapy. A young Mridangam player has taken upon himself the burden of carrying the mantel of his father’s legacy and through his own efforts established Rudraksham which teaches students Mridangam and other percussion instruments. Team Sunada is also very proud to introduce a new feature in which we are publishing poetry written by amateur writers. It is just not some poetry, but it is about Music. Happy reading…
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Volume XIX, July, 2018
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KS VasanthaLakshmi, MA, MT, TM Specialist
Editor & Founder
This book of poems written in chaste Telugu has been liked by the educated and erudite of Andhra Pradesh. Not only is the author my grandfather, but he also served in the British Government before India got independence. This is just a very humble attempt to translate this great work so that it reaches a larger audience.
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Volume XX, November, 2018
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KS VasanthaLakshmi, MA, MT, TM Specialist
Editor & Founder
SUNADA is rejuvenated with the overwhelming welcome received on its re-entry. We are tracing the origin and evolution of Ragas in the Carnatic style of singing in a few articles. In the coming issues it is also our endeavour to duscuss about Ragas which can be used in Music Therapy. As part of the Chittabodhamrutam series, we are presenting the sixth translated poem of Late Bhavaraju Bapiraju.
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Volume XXI, December, 2018
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KS VasanthaLakshmi, MA, MT, TM Specialist
Editor & Founder
Come January, everyone is busy organizing Thyagaraja Aradhana celebrations. It just goes to show the greatness of the Carantic Music Saint Poet, the Song Bard of the South. SUNADA is doing the same by paying ahomage in the form of a Sanskrit Shloka. The article on the Origin of Ragas in Carnatic style of singing is continued in this issue as promised. There are also some pictures taken at the launch of the biography on Shri P.B. Sreenivos.
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Volume XXII,January,2019
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KS VasanthaLakshmi, MA, MT, TM Specialist
Editor & Founder
We are proud to say that Sunada is the first ever magazine on Music, Music Therapy and more. We are happy that we are making slow but steady progress with readers appreciating the content. Happy reading…
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Sunada
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Volume XXIII, February, 2019
Magazine “Sunada”
KS VasanthaLakshmi, MA, MT, TM Specialist
Editor & Founder
Questions frequently asked when we talk about music therapy and how it alters the state of mind, are about the different states of mind. In this issue we are discussing about how Music Therapy is administered. We are also giving some examples of how some astrological placements of certain planets determines whether one becomes a singer or a writer. “I see music all around me. It is in Mother Nature. I found music where ever I traveled the world path. I have learned to live in different cultures although we could not understand each other. But we understood each other. That is because music speaks the language of the soul and emotions.”
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Volume VII, July, 2017
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KS VasanthaLakshmi, MA, MT, TM Specialist
Editor & Founder
Continuing our tradition of dispelling the doubts expressed by various readers about how Music Therapy works, our science team is making constant efforts to answer and sometimes find answers to these doubts. As part of this continuous process, this month there is a special article on the Alpha state of mind and how some Carnatic Ragas can help achieve that state of restful, yet wakeful alertness.
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Volume VIII, August, 2017
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KS VasanthaLakshmi, MA, MT, TM Specialist
Editor & Founder
In this issue continuing the series of Alpha Ragas. Now we will talk of Mohana Ragam to show its uniqueness as an alpha Raga despite having all major notes. Our endeavour is to spread awareness about how Carnatic Music has the special ability,quality and pliability depending on the Mood as well as the situation. It appeals to one and all in its light and classical form. It is therefore very suitable for use in Music Therapy.
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Volume IX, September, 2017
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KS VasanthaLakshmi, MA, MT, TM Specialist
Editor & Founder
Its Deepawali time and the noise of crackers and festivities is very much in the air. Beg your pardon….no noise of fire crackers this year. Yet, having put up with the tremendous noise pollution till now, the absence of Noise has a strange effect. For those who believe that Goddess Lakshmi has to be ushered in by bursting fire crackers, it must feel like blasphemy. But it is not so. A community event for fire works display similar to Dussera should be fun. It would be interesting to see our readers’reactions to this issue.
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Volume X, October, 2017
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KS VasanthaLakshmi, MA, MT, TM Specialist
Editor & Founder
Come November and everyone is talking about Childrens’ Day. While we do a lot of talk about Chacha Nehru, his love for kids and not to forget red roses, there is really a lot of criticism about what is not being done for the welfare of children. However much we do, it is just not enough ever. I personally know of at least two organizations which are rendering yeomen service to the welfare and education of street/poor kids. We are presenting a face to face chat with Ms. Rekha Malhotra who is doing great work in this area.
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Volume XI, November, 2017
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KS VasanthaLakshmi, MA, MT, TM Specialist
Editor & Founder
Starting this month, we have started anew series of articles on the effect of avariety of genres of music on thepeople. Although manyIndianreadersare not very familiar with westernmusic, we thought it would be a goodidea to start with the great MaestroMozart and the famous‘Mozart Effect’as it was the first time that any musicwas actually used physically toinfluence and better a situation. Whilemusic does notalter the basicpersonality of an individual, it doesdeal with various moods and can bringabout a considerable change in thebehavior patterns, often for the better
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Volume XII, December, 2017
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KS VasanthaLakshmi, MA, MT, TM Specialist
Editor & Founder
Baby Sunada completes one year. Despite some teething problems, we have learned a lot of things about running a magazine, the pains, pleasures and everything else. Taking the suggestions offered by our valued readers, we are changing the format of the magazine so that it becomes easier to turn the pages and makes it a more pleasurable experience to read. We hope the readers welcome the new Avatar.. Wewelcome your continued patronage and readership and valuable suggestions. And, baby Sunada needs all of your best wishes and blessings. We assure our readers that we will keep up our efforts to make this a magazine of high standards.
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Volume XIII, January, 2018
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KS VasanthaLakshmi, MA, MT, TM Specialist
Editor & Founder
February somehow, always feels short and sweet, despite the fact that it is smaller only two days than the normal months. However, it is very power packed and here are some articles to prove it. It is short and strong and yet meaningful. “A thing of beauty is a joy forever” said John Keats. A thing is considered as beautiful only when a harmonious combination is present in its entirety. It goes without saying that music is definitely a product of notes arranged in harmony. It is a distinct probability that the Greek Gurus gained their knowledge of the philosophic and therapeutic aspects of music from the Egyptians”. Research about the origin of Music as Therapy shows that the ancient Greek Philosopher and Mathematician Pythagoras indeed the first one to use Music for Therapeutic purposes.
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Volume XIV, February,2018
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KS VasanthaLakshmi, MA, MT, TM Specialist
Editor & Founder
A great poet once said “if winter is here, can spring be far behind?” Indeed spring is here in all its vivacious and vibrant colours. There is some unexpressed happiness in everyone’s faces. The very clichéd but beautiful expression that spring brings with it all new hopes and widens our horizons. Recognizing this mood at the time of these new beginnings, we will be talking about the effect of Lullabies on babies and children. Whenever I ask anyone about what Raga appeals most, pat comes the reply that Mohana Raga is most pleasant and appealing. Here we are presenting some more facts which will give a better insight into this Ragam which will help us to explore the reasons for this effect in a more scientific manner in our later issues taking into account the frequencies of the notes used in this Raga. Happy reading…
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Volume XV, March, 2018
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Indian Music as Complimentary Therapy: Available at: https://amzn.eu/d/g5Zlpso
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“Leading Note – the Magazine of the British Association For Music Therapy – VOL 7 JULY 2014 “Nada, The Sound Of Therapy and More…The Indian Context”
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Science India – June 2014 ” – VOL 17, NO 6, JUNE 2014 – COVER PAGE ARTICLE “Relevance Of Human Perception of Music in the use of Music as Pprscripted Therapy “
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North American Telugu Association, Edison, New Jersey, USA, July 1-3, 2011 “Thyagaraja”
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Papers In International Conferences
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Music of South India (For beginners) – Can be purchased
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Coming soon…….Raga Chikitsa in Telugu
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Relevance of Human Perception of Music in the Use of Music as Prescripted Therapy – 4th Andhra University, December 2010
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Music as Therapy: Projected & Actual Effect of Ragas, 5th International Conference on Music Therapy Bangalore University, 2012
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STUDENTS AND PRACTITIONERS OF MUSIC THERAPY – 6th World Music Therapy Conference, New Delhi, March 2014
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Standards for Music Therapy in India
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KS VasanthaLakshmi, MA, MT, TM Specialist
Editor & Founder
At a time when lots of web magazines are in circulation, we are venturing to launch a new one, completely dedicated to Music, Therapy and More. We intend to bring to our readers world class articles related to Music, Music Therapy and many other connected subjects. We are sending the inaugural edition of this new venture and hope and trust that readers will not only
welcome it as a pioneering effort but also enjoy reading it.
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Volume I, January, 2017
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KS VasanthaLakshmi, MA, MT, TM Specialist
Editor & Founder
We have received an overwhelming response to this maiden venture, and we are continuing with the strength that gratitude provides. This month the whole of India celebrates Maha Shivaratri and we wish all our readers “PIOUS BLISSFUL MAHA SHIVARATRI”.
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Volume I, February, 2019
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KS VasanthaLakshmi, MA, MT, TM Specialist
Editor & Founder
March is the month of colours and the great fun festival Holi where we play with colours. We wish all our readers a Very Happy and Colourful Holi. May this festival bring in all the beautiful colurs of life. This is also the starting month of the Hindu Lunar New Year, the Chaitra, which ushers in the new year or Yugadi or Ugadi. We are t
presenting a very insightful article on the relationship between astrology and music. In keeping with the colourful season, we are giving a little insight into the colours of music and sounds.
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Volume III, March, 2017
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KS VasanthaLakshmi, MA, MT, TM Specialist
Editor & Founder
The name of Lord Rama is considered as one of the easiest to pronounce and chant as a means of meditation. We wish all our readers worldwide a very Happy Rama Navami. Continuing with the spirit of colours, this month also we are presenting a few more interesting facts about colours. Starting this month we are also starting a new feature on Music Therapy and will offer small articles on different methods of Self Music Therapy. We trust that this will be useful to one and all.
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Volume IV, April, 2017
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KS VasanthaLakshmi, MA, MT, TM Specialist
Editor & Founder
The summer heat of the month of May becomes bearable only because it ushers in Mothers Day. I have yet to meet someone whose eyes do not acquire a softer hue and an expression the minute mothers are mentioned. We wish all the mothers, past, present and future a wonderful mother’s day. In honour of those mothers who have left for the heavenly abode let us just take a few seconds to remember and pay our respects to them. Talking of mothers, this month we are also paying a tribute to the mother earth by taking a vow to keep it green. We take this opportunity to wish out readers worldwide a very Happy Earth Day! Be kind to your mothers and Mother Earth and save it for the future generations!
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Volume V, May, 2017
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KS VasanthaLakshmi, MA, MT, TM Specialist
Editor & Founder
This month, we are show casing interesting effects that meditation has on the human brain. The pictures show various stages of this effect. This gives us a new insight into the working of the brain and how we can in fact control our emotions from going awry. Learn the art of meditation and see for yourselves. Team Sunada is still learning to cope with new technology. So just enjoy the content only.
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Volume VI, June, 2017