Weekend after weekend is passing like a blur and all that I remember about last weekend was the concert. Of course I had guests for good part of the two days, but they were my mother's guests for all practical purpose. And when I left at 4 o'clock for the concert, they weren't very happy!! I didn't bother much anyway.
Concert was...alright. The first one especially I came to like only towards the end and I felt there were instances when he was racing a bit. The second and the third one were better, may be also because there was tabla accompaniment. They played jugalbandi, seemed to be enjoying themselves better and the audience also looked much happier. For one thing, Shiraz Ali Khan didn't look at people even for a second and while enjoying his Sarod, I was forced to concentrate on the handsome Arijit Tagore who seemed to have connected better with the audience. In fact, it was Arijit who got the first claps for a spirited performance in the second piece. I heard some elderly ladies commenting on how Shiraz needed to open up a little and they were comparing him with his forefathers. May be one day I will also be telling how the famous Shiraz Ali Khan was when he started!!
Gandhi Jayanti today and as usual all the channels are airing his relevance. While Gandhiji was not my favourite leader while growing up(Nehru was), I haven't lost my respect for him. I could never understand how some of my friends who along with me sang songs on him and read the same praises as I did in primary school, became his enemies after they entered highschool. Anyone who was upright or reprimanded others when they cheated, had to face the deriding remark, "She is one Gandhi!!" or was chided, "Don't be a Gandhi now!!". But may be it was only part of the teenage idiosyncrasies; I don't remember hearing such remarks later in life.
After watching Mahabharata on TV, my son told me Shantanu was a not a good guy and he was a greedy fellow. I asked him why he thought so. He says, "He married Ganga and Satyavati just because they were beautiful!". I said I agreed with him.
Our minister Mr. Jaiswal said wives lost their charm after a while and just as an uproar ensued, said he was sorry if he hurt anyone's sentiments. Well, he can't do it, even if it's true!!
Concert was...alright. The first one especially I came to like only towards the end and I felt there were instances when he was racing a bit. The second and the third one were better, may be also because there was tabla accompaniment. They played jugalbandi, seemed to be enjoying themselves better and the audience also looked much happier. For one thing, Shiraz Ali Khan didn't look at people even for a second and while enjoying his Sarod, I was forced to concentrate on the handsome Arijit Tagore who seemed to have connected better with the audience. In fact, it was Arijit who got the first claps for a spirited performance in the second piece. I heard some elderly ladies commenting on how Shiraz needed to open up a little and they were comparing him with his forefathers. May be one day I will also be telling how the famous Shiraz Ali Khan was when he started!!
Gandhi Jayanti today and as usual all the channels are airing his relevance. While Gandhiji was not my favourite leader while growing up(Nehru was), I haven't lost my respect for him. I could never understand how some of my friends who along with me sang songs on him and read the same praises as I did in primary school, became his enemies after they entered highschool. Anyone who was upright or reprimanded others when they cheated, had to face the deriding remark, "She is one Gandhi!!" or was chided, "Don't be a Gandhi now!!". But may be it was only part of the teenage idiosyncrasies; I don't remember hearing such remarks later in life.
After watching Mahabharata on TV, my son told me Shantanu was a not a good guy and he was a greedy fellow. I asked him why he thought so. He says, "He married Ganga and Satyavati just because they were beautiful!". I said I agreed with him.
Our minister Mr. Jaiswal said wives lost their charm after a while and just as an uproar ensued, said he was sorry if he hurt anyone's sentiments. Well, he can't do it, even if it's true!!
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