“Indian classical music is a timeless art. It knows no age. It has no yesterdays or tomorrows. Just as there are no old ruins, no old seas, nor an old wind,” says music critic Raghava R. Menon. For centuries indian classical music was handed down generations of musicians who listened and learned and in turn passed it on. Only at the turn of this century did a written grammar evolve. But of course, theory and learning are never enough. One must listen. And listen. Till the music washes over you. And nuances are felt. To feel that ‘moment’ in a raga is to touch the sky.

“Indian classical music”, the great singer Kumar Gandharva used to say, “is like a code. It’s a complex code, but once you crack it, you have unfolding before you a whole vista of things wondrous, joyous and indescribably beautiful.”