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What is it about Shyam Malhar?
Fifty-six-years ago. April 12, 1968. Laxman Singh Bahadur, the Maharaja of Dungarpur, visited the home of Ustad Zia Mohiuddin Dagar at 'Rukmini', in…
Apr 16
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March 2024
Dissolution
On the train to Chennai, as I sat looking out the window at the swathes of brown, green, and pale blue ribboning along, there was a moment when the…
Mar 11
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February 2024
A vocabulary for friendships
Dear reader, One afternoon, recently, K. and I sang together. We meandered towards Malhar. K. explained how the raag’s notes had to be sung in a way…
Feb 24
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Notes on the shrug
Dear reader, I shall move homes. Soon. Till then, here goes. Dear reader, I hope you never have days when you totter in that half world of sleep and…
Feb 4
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January 2024
Notes on Joyful Militancy
Dear reader, I plan to move homes from substack, but till then, shall cross-post. Dear reader, Once upon a time, around five years ago methinks, I came…
Jan 25
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His Shyam Kalyan
There is a raag called Shyam Kalyan. It is supposed to be an evening raag, but I think you can listen to it anytime, as I have, doing some chores in the…
Jan 10
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December 2023
A wish for you
Dear reader, I plan to move to oorupost.wordpress.com. For a few months, I will cross-post, before moving from here. See you there? Dear reader, I hope…
Dec 27, 2023
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An unnatural refuge
Dear reader, I plan to move to oorupost.wordpress.com. For a few months, I will cross-post, before moving from here. See you there? Dear reader…
Dec 21, 2023
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November 2023
A question of nerves
Dear reader, These letters were started as a way to chronicle my middle-ages, and were a way to keep writing at a time when I felt that nerve had…
Nov 27, 2023
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The major and the minor
Sometimes, the book finds you. The mail’s subject was ‘On Revolution’, and it felt like both despair and hope, for we all know where dreams of…
Nov 23, 2023
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CopeCopyCopePaste
A neighbour lost her mother last night. She messaged me late last night, rather early in the morning, at around 2 AM to tell me, rather tell a lot of…
Nov 6, 2023
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October 2023
The crows
My disquiet dream suddenly erupted with the noise of a giant claw raking its nails on a road. I went to the window, and there it was, a yellowed earth…
Oct 11, 2023
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