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THE POWER OF MUSIC The experience of attending musical concerts of Pandit Bhimsen Joshi',Hari Prasad Chaurasia , Shivkumar Sharma ,V G Jog  and Budhyajit Mukharjee  in one single week  at Darbar Hall of Gaikwad's Rajmahal  in Baroda is  unforgettable. Most of the time Ustad Zakir Hussain was accompanying on Tabala which was more than icing on the cake . Frankly speaking I don't have any knowledge of "Ragas" of the Indian classical music .For me there is no particular favorite  Raga  nor I can recognize any style of particular "Gharana". To me  "Sarod" sound or "Sitar sound"   or for that matter Veena sound are all the same. I have always failed in distinguishing sound of "Mrudung " and "Tabala" At times I cannot even differentiate between " Dholki sound " and "Tabala sound". Never the less I do enjoy musical concerts as they are treat to ears and somewhat  amazing . In my bucket list ther...

PANEER OF HARYANA In the hostel days  the quality of  food in the mess was always an issue. On Tuesday for Lunch and on on Saturday for dinner, they used to serve  Mutter Paneer. At that time Paneer was not known to me and I never liked  it's soft spongy  touch. Many of my friends however used to get delighted with that tasteless paneer and I used to wonder why they like those white cuboids. 5 years later when I shifted to Haryana in 1983 I came across Paneer again , but this time l found that the  paneer was of superb quality. There was sea change in the taste,texture and size of the paneer pieces compared to what they used to serve in the mess of IIT Powai  . The main reason for this was I was in Haryana. Haryana was well known for milk and milk related products including Paneer.There used to be more than 7 % of fat content in the milk of Murrah buffaloes  and one  was required to dilute that milk by mixing some water for easy diges...

VADODARA EXPRESS There is one train from vadodara to Mumbai starting at 10.45 pm and reaching Mumbai  central next day morning at 6am Almost everyone , except my Gujrathi friends, will agree that during this period of journey there is absolutely no need to eat anything. The real situation however is quite different than this normal thinking  and anyone can verify this by traveling in Vadodara express. As the train starts the discussions on the share market and investment in the property will also start and soon  one after another passengers in the compartment will start opening their four or five stories Tiffin carriers.The whole coach will be filled with different flavors of so many varieties of edible items.If you are not successfully pretending that "you have slept " then at least 3 or 4 persons around you will offer you some food items .While eating ,the passengers around you will be constantly talking either about their business or about politics or about which items...

It was Sunday and in the afternoon we were watching basket ball match between Haryana and Maharashtra.In those days Doordarshan was the sole channel available and whatever they telecasted people  used to either watch merrily or switch off  the TV and used to go to see some movie in cinema theater. The basket ball match was very interesting and scores of both the teams were increasing after each basket scored by the respective teams and scores were going neck to neck .It was a final match and both team's were giving their best for winning the gold medal. Myself and my wife were very happy to see Maharashtrian girls  giving spirited fight to Haryana girls who looked a shade better and physically stronger.Maharashtra not only leveled the score from down score of  7-13 at 21-21 but at half time they were leading 35-32 Then came a sensational comment of my son Amey. He commented on us that  you dont understand  basket ball game because whenever we are loosing yo...