There are some voices one grows up with, and others one has the rare fortune of encountering in person—voices that, even in conversation, seem to carry an echo of the worlds they have created. To have met Asha Bhosle a few times, in the course of official duty, was to experience precisely this quiet astonishment:Continue reading “A Voice for All Seasons: Asha Bhosle”
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When Dusk Sang Vande Mataram
Beating Retreat in a New Key On the evening of 29 January, as dusk gathers softly over Raisina Hill and the sandstone façades of power begin to glow in amber light, India performs one of its most understated yet evocative rituals. The Beating Retreat ceremony, held three days after Republic Day, brings the grand pageantryContinue reading “When Dusk Sang Vande Mataram”
Babuji’s Legacy
( This is a tribute to my father who we affectionately called ‘Babu ji’. It was 45 years ago that he departed but his memories remain in our memories as fresh if he has left us yesterday. An extra-ordinary man who fashioned our lives, and more impoertantly our character, and whose legacy is more thanContinue reading “Babuji’s Legacy”
A Teaser and A Tormentor: Part I
This bird tantalizes me incessantly. Perhaps ‘fascinates’ would be a more suitable term, but its perpetual motion is so captivating and yet so distracting that it effortlessly diverts my attention from any task at hand. An Enchantress Exceedingly agile and animated, it incessantly moves its posterior up and down, never pausing for more than aContinue reading “A Teaser and A Tormentor: Part I”
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