Muses and Apsaras

I just created this blog today and this is the third post. Looks like Calliope is sitting right on my shoulder and inspiring me to express my self today. (should I compose an ode to her?)Or maybe it is just the excitement of going home, or of creating a blog. Talking of Calliope, I wonder if the muses have any additions to their ranks. I mean of late there seems to be more prose than poetry in this world (pun intended). So I wonder if the muses have changed their areas of specialisation or if they have recruited more nymphs for positions like "muse of internet blogging" or "muse of emailing". No offence to Calliope or the other muses of course. I mean when we have Erato, who is the muse of erotic poerty, why can't we have muses for blogging or emailing? I would really need a muse for emailing. Calliope, Zeus bless her, seems to desert me whenever I sit down and try and mail one of my friends. I try and think of something nice to mail about, but what is nice or exciting about waking up in the morning and going through your routine for the day? If you did something exciting like bungee jumping for a living, then you might have something exciting to write about. But I guess after the first two or three jumps, even that begins to pall and becomes routine. So the point I am trying to make with this rather long winded explanation, is that I don't know what to write when I want to email a friend.

Thinking of muses again, it is surprising how we so readily take to Greek mythology. Greek mythology is great, fun to read and quite complicated too. Rather like our own Indian mythology. But, so far, I have not come across muses in Inidan myhtology. Unless we equate our Apsaras to the Muses. Greek Mythology has nine muses now though it started off with three: Aiode, Melete and Mneme. We but have four Apsaras (that I can remember now) Urvasi, Menaka, Rambha and Tilottama. I guess these are the most famous of our apsaras, delighting Indra and his court with their graceful dances. No wait, Indira's court has 26 apsaras. But so far I have never heard of any of them performing specific functions like being the muse for something. Hmmm...a good research project to undertake. I guess I shall hie to it!