Music

May 278 min read

SALA 2023: Remembering the Highlights

Yes, it has been several months since the South Asian Literature and Art Festival (SALA 2023) at Menlo College in Menlo Park, California....

Sep 23, 20223 min read

Ramayan, Naatak's 100th Production

During the pandemic shut down, I had watched a few of Naatak's zoom plays. Ramayan was my first live Naatak play in a theater since the...

Aug 8, 20209 min read

The Show Must Go On! (COVID-19 and the Art of Zoom)

The COVID-19 crisis has dealt a staggering blow to the performing arts. Theaters have had to close. As have concert halls, including...

Apr 19, 20206 min read

COVID Times, Virtual Living and Counting our Blessings

The world as we know it has changed. We are suddenly in the midst of a pandemic. Covid-19. Four syllables that have thrown our world into...

Mar 17, 202013 min read

Black Lives and the Journeys to Racial Justice (Part II: Non-fiction & Art)

In this America, Miles Davis, Trumpeter, composer, jazz innovator, While standing outside a jazz club in New York where he was performing...

Feb 2, 20204 min read

"Triumphant Music": the Marcus Shelby Quartet and "Black History Life!"

The Marcus Shelby Quartet performed a special concert called “Black History Life!” at the California Jazz Conservatory on Addison Street...

Dec 31, 20191 min read

Magic in the Moonlight: Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, Arizona

Towering saguaro cactii, the blush of a gorgeous sunset in the blue desert sky, and a crescent moon greeted us as we entered the Desert...

Dec 23, 20192 min read

Musical Instrument Museum (MIM): Connecting the World Through Music

What an amazing place! The Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix, Arizona has been touted by tripadvisor.com as "Phoenix's #1 attraction...

Sep 13, 20196 min read

Friends Across Oceans (for Shafali, the newest one)

Grab your cup of tea, glass of wine, handkerchief, tissues if you are up for this sentimental post. All set? Here we go. One summer...

Apr 12, 20193 min read

Nature Never Did Betray the Heart that Loved Her

There are places that calm one's spirits, still one's restless mind and offer comfort, solace. These are the places where I love to walk,...

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