The various study groups that I am a part ofĪlso saw an upward trend with regular online sessions while we missed the Of selected verses from Lilashuka’s Śrīk ṛṣṇ akar ṇ ām ṛ tam (which is still in progress). In collaboration with myįriends G S Raghavendra and Srishan Thirumalai, I worked on a modern translation We met up online twice or thrice a week and discussed the chapters we read (he was always ahead of me, thus giving me the much-needed impetus to move forward!) IĮdited and designed a new version of Ram Gopal Misra’s 1983 classic Indian Resistance to Early Muslim Invaders up The original Sanskrit along with my good friend Arjun Bharadwaj in the early days, Opportunity to pursue my activities with greater focus and solitude. The multiple lockdowns in 2020 gave me the Recreated by Nirupama and Rajendra of the Abhinava Rajkumar Bharathi, Praveenĭ Rao, and Pravin Godkhindi and participating in Madanothsava, a 1,600-year-old community festival of spring R Ganesh, Saroj Khan, Rajiv Menon, Nirupama Rajendra, Dr. The seminal work P rekṣaṇīyam attending the day-long dance conference Tha-Dheem that included speakers suchĪs Dr. Village a weekend getaway with friends from my study group editing/designing R Ganesh a trip with my mother to Sosale, our ancestral Some of the memorable episodes from the BC (BeforeĬorona) days include my debut as a pṛcchakaĪn Avadhāna of Śatāvadhāni Dr.
Monthly including the iconic painting of Vikram and Betal), et al. Renowned for his sketches in the Chandamama Ken Robinson (author and educationist), Sankar (artist and painter, Moricone (music composer), James Randi (conjurer, rationalist, and activist), Sir James Lipton (actor, writer, and dean emeritus of the Actors Studio Drama School), Diego Maradona (football legend), Ennio
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Influenced me in some way or the other although I never met them: S P Balasubrahmanyam (playback singer, actor, and TV anchor), BasuĬhatterjee (filmmaker and screenwriter), Soumitra Chatterjee (actor, playwright,Īnd poet), Sir Sean Connery (actor), Irrfan Khan (actor), Prof. Gayatri Rajapur (anĮxtraordinary musicologist and gottuvadyamĮxponent who I first met through her disciple and my friend Vinay Kumar, and later got the opportunity to interact on many occasions during the academicĬommittee meetings of the LGCE I always marvelled at her deep erudition,Ģ020 also saw the death of famous personalities who With him always proved inspirational to me), and Dr. Indian science, and Sanskrit that formed the mainstay of all my interactions To have interacted with on three occasions, thanks to his nephew and my collegeĬlassmate Varun Prakash the eclectic mix of physics, philosophy, ancient Roddam Narasimha (one of India’s foremost scientists whom I was fortunate Voice whom I had the fortune of meeting when he performed with my guru Dr. Jasraj (renowned Hindustani singer with a golden Gitlis (world-famous violinist whose masterclass I was lucky to attend when he Literature to stage lighting, from advertising to colonial history), Ivry World of theatre and a consummate conversationalist with whom I haveĭiscussed themes ranging from the Vedas to folk music, from Bengali School days), Ranjon Ghoshal (renowned actor/director who was my guide in the India – an organization that proved transformational for me as early as during my high To life and meticulousness influenced me in many ways), Subramaniam Chittur (entrepreneur, Rotarian, communications expert, and the man who V Prasanna Bhat (aįinance/management whiz and close friend of my father whose cerebral approach
With over the years breathed their last in 2020 – Dr. Some eminent personages-all renowned in their ownįields-that I had the good fortune of meeting, engaging in discussions, or collaborating Tuberculosis that lasted a couple of months. Knock on my door-albeit for brief moments-during an irksome bout of Me either directly or indirectly passed away and in my own case, I felt death’s 2020 wasĪ ghastly experience for me with regard to death: several individuals who influenced Group of people, the death of a person can cause sorrow to millions. While the birth of a child causes joy to a small Year after year sees birth and death, with the formerĪlways surpassing the latter. 2020 served as a grisly commentary to this famous utterance.