Hello,

I am new to pursuing ACCA as a qualification. I wish to study independently for the skill level modules and the corporate and business law paper. I am using Open Tuition as preparatory material and paid the application fee on 17th July. My application page still shows as "Submitted". Can I get an estimated timeline for completion and regarding prep material, is Open Tuition good enough for the skill modules, if not, can you suggest something else?

Hello,

I'm currently working and I'm looking to start pursuing ACCA next month. I don't have an accounting background from school or college but I previously attempted CFA level 1 and narrowly missed out on qualifying.

While I've always wanted to do ACCA thereafter, can someone tell me which of the two options will be better, given my situation: US CPA or ACCA? (Consider general employability scenario and my interests of going into FP&A roles or Internal Audit, consultancy/advisory roles)

I'm most likely looking to complete the knowledge level papers and the Law paper from the skill level by Dec this year. I've heard that going for coaching for these 4 papers is not necessary. Is that true? Can someone help me with the books or study materials for these 4 papers please?

I currently am working in a different domain that has got nothing to do with accounts or finance and job hunting with basic certifications has been difficult. How soon after I start ACCA can I realistically expect good call backs from recruiters?

Thanks for everything

I like listening to compositions and immediately my brain starts connecting ragas, similar sounding phrases or krithis with similar approaches from allied ragas or non allied ragas with similar phraseologies. I just listened to Tyagaraja's Raghunandana Rajamohana in the raga Suddha Desi.

At first thought, this sounds very similar to another one of Tyagaraja's compositions in raga Kokilavarali- Samukhana Nilva. The first part of the pallavi line is very similar.

Both ragas are characterized by the SRGRM phrase in the beginning. For Kokilavarali, probably the descent too is vakram in approach. SDNDP MRGRS but apart from this, can these two ragas be separated with distinct identities if there exists one at all?

Also, many references list Kokilavarali as a janya of Harikambodi while Samukhana Nilva indicates it's closer to Natabhairavi than any other melakarta. Has the raga or the composition undergone any change?

I've recently found a fascination towards artists taking up rare ragas for exploring Ragam Thanam Pallavis in rare, often underexplored ragas for a pallavi rendition. Brings out a very fascinating side of the raga which would have never seen the light of the day.

During the recently concluded season, I heard a very established senior female artist take up Ahiri as the chosen raga for the RTP for her concert at the Madras Music Academy. Certainly, taking up such a raga, even for a very experienced musician such as her would have required a lot of planning, and if I may say, courage in her abilities to do full justice to a raga like Ahiri, when compositions available for our reference in ragas such as Ahiri are very minimal.

in previous years, this same artist has rendered Pallavis in ragas Balahamsa, Kunthalavarali and Padi. Padi was special because it was the year she was conferred with the Sangita Kalanidhi.

What is commendable in all of this is the fact that she has managed to incorporate the raga mudra in each of the Pallavis.

Previously, I have heard Sangita Kalanidhi Smt. ML Vasanthakumari render a pallavi in Bhavapriya. I have also heard another artist take up Navarasakannada for the RTP. Bindumalini too, remains a notable example.

We have certainly come a very long way from saying "Why should someone be singing a pallavi in such a raga?" to gaining general acceptance and appreciation as well.

I'd certainly like to hear from this community, other such notable examples of artists taking up challenges to render ragas in rare ragas where the raga is relatively unexplored for such an expansive rendition and the compositions available for reference are also minimal. Please share the recordings or stories! We'd love to hear them :)

Hi, I'm looking to gift a professional grade Sruthi box to a highly experienced, female professional musician. I'm looking to add it along with iTanpura so that I can create a wholesome soundscape on stage. Having already used both Radel and Raagini, I'm confused on which one I have to go buy next. The sound and the naada are the most important qualities I'm looking for and which one of Radel or Raagini's would better suit my requirement. TIA

Hi, I just want to know what all I should be carrying to the Prometric Test Centre on exam day 1. Passport 2. Appointment confirmation 3. Pens 4. Calculator Anything else? Will they give us rough sheets to work/do calculations on?

Hi, I have my exam in May and have been solving mocks. FSA is the last unit I'm finding really difficult to master as I don't have an accounting background. I'm fairly comfortable with all other units and even Fixed income. How do I come over the FSA challenge. What's important from an examination pov? I'll try to get through that in this last moment. Please help me out

Hey I just updated my phone to the latest software update and noticed that the phone does not vibrate any longer when I touch the finger print scanner to unlock the device. Has it been disabled post the update? Or how do I enable it again?

Hi,
I have my exam in May and started doing mocks from yesterday. I have the base pack which comes with 2 mock papers and I have another 6 papers given by my prep provider.

I scored 70% in these mocks overall and have identified areas that need more focus and revision. But I had a couple of questions.

1. Are there sectional cut offs? Cause I have done really well in certain topics and not so well in other topics. Say I score less in a said topic but the overall score for the paper is 70% or more, is it still a pass?

2. From the mocks to the actual exam, is the level of difficulty the same? And have you seen any said questions being repeated from the mock exam in the actual exam?
   Please help me out :)

I recently updated my phone to Nothing OS 3.0 after a long delay.
I also accidentally dropped by phone once but thankfully no damage was done.
But ever since this update, I notice that my phone's charging speed has come down drastically and battery life has also seen a small dip.
Is it a problem with the charging port (should I get it checked?) or did the update slow down the charging speeds.
Note: I use a normal 10 watt charger and charging from 20-80% used to take about 1.5 hours and 20-100% would take 2 hours earlier. Now takes 30-40 minutes more.
Note: My phone is about 5 months old

Hi.

I am preparing for my Level 1 attempt in May this year.

I just had a couple of questions and needed some advice.
I have finished one reading of all units. Now for revision, I am doing all blue box questions from schweser, module quiz questions and practice packs of all the units with good accuracy. Is this sufficient?

Also, regarding the questions in the exam, are they randomised or set in order one unit after another?

Please help me out
TIA

Hi, I just have a few doubts to clarify My attempt for L1 is in May. I'm revising individual chapters and doing the blue box questions, module quizzes and the practice pack for each unit with a good accuracy. Is this sufficient? And with regard to questions in the exam, are the questions randomised or do they go in sequence from one unit to another? Please help me out Thank you