Shanmukha takes off with articles with incisive research and indepth vision encompassing universal concepts in music. The dominance of Laya Pitha over Sruti Matha, the human beings congennial passion for time - measure and unquenchable love of alliteration, rhyme and rythm and how when the spouses go arm in arm, the confluence of Sangita, Sahitya, Bhava and Laya, Saukhyam bestows enjoyment are imaginatively penned in his inimitable style by Garlander. Angarakan, the Planet Mars, brings togeather Muthuswamy Dikshitar, one of the Music Trinity and British composer Gustav Holst on musical Plane. for more read the comparative study a musician - researcher. Music Therapy is the in-thing today, gaining momentum with musicians assisted by medicos. Another researcher, who is versatile on many streams, goes into therapeutic efficacy of Nada Yoga. Papers and lec-dems presented at the Music Symposium - 2001 on Sangeetham and Sahityam, Concept of Intensive Coaching and Adapting Gurukula in Academic Patterns in Percussion are reproduced here. Vistas of Vyyacheri Brothers opens up in a Book Review of compositions of Maha Vaidyanatha Sivam and his brother Ramaswamy Sivan compiled by their scion. Yaga synthesizes with Bharata Natyam is the subject of an informal interview. SHANMUKHA pays tribute to Sangita Kalanidhi the inimitable Ariyakudian KVN.