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.
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