Suman Kalyanpur (1937-2026): A Serene, Enchanting Star in the Sky of Melody
Today, the world of music feels a little more silent. A gentle, lucid and humble voice has fallen quiet forever.
Today, the world of music feels a little more silent. A gentle, lucid and humble voice has fallen quiet forever.
Some deaths arrive as news. This one arrived as silence, in the exact place where a voice used to live.
We are living in the golden age of authorship. Everyone is now a writer. We are writing bios, poems, how-to guides, and, of course, aggressive complaints against whomever we wish to.
There are those who love to be photographed. You can find them “photo bombing” frames where they have no business to be in. But they are there, smiling sheepishly.
A friend had invited me for dinner to his house. I went over around 7:30 in the evening. We gossiped for about an hour and then sat down for dinner.
The exhibition was inaugurated with the ceremonial lighting of the lamp by Padma Vibhushan Dr. Sonal Mansingh, Hon’ble Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha (2018–2024).
In an e-mail interview with The Statesman, the British writer-journalist talked about the value of empathy and the never-ending search for a unified self in a fractured society.
What could have been the end of her life instead became the start of a new journey. Out of silence and suffering, Parizad found her voice, and with it, a way to guide and heal others.
Published by HarperCollins India in July 2025, this 392-page book straddles the lines of travelogue, memoir, and cultural study, presenting serpent worship not as a relic of the past but as a living, breathing tradition woven deeply into India’s spiritual and ecological fabric.
Pramod Gaikwad, once a businessman, is transforming remote tribal villages through social media, connecting students, women, and teachers to education, health, and hope.
