We enjoyed a full day of spectacular music with back to back performances by Pandit Sanjeev Abhyankar (with Sanjay Deshpande on Tabla and Abhishek Shinkar on Harmonium), Aniruddh Aithal (with Sanjay Desphande on Tabla and Abhishek Shinkar on Harmonium), Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan (accompanied by his son Shakir Khan, and Ojas Adhiya on Tabla), and Vidushi Kaushiki Chakraborty (accompanied by her son Rishith Desikan, with Murad Ali Khan on Sarangi, Ojas Adhiya on Tabla, and Jyotirmoy Banerjee on Harmonium). Wow!

I had the distinct pleasure of enjoying a terrific live performance by the Purnaloka Ensemble. Wow! Keep them coming, Purna.

I had a wonderful time birding in Hyderabad. Thanks to Vishwanath Polepeddi, who took me to Ameenpur Lake, we enjoyed watching and photographing the abundant life on and around the lake. Vishwanath, an accomplished artist, photographer, and birder, made the experience possible for me. Thank you Vishwanath, and I hope we get to enjoy more such experiences together.

We had a brief but wonderful experience of the Andamans. Havelock Island is paradise!

We had a marvelous few days hosted by friends and family. We spent much time admiring the flora and fauna of equatorial Singapore.

We enjoyed an evening of delightful Hindustani with Pt. Raghunandan Panshikar in Lexington, MA.

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We enjoyed the evening of music with Rahul Deshpande, Priyanka Barve and their वसंतोत्सव group.

We thoroughly enjoyed Kaushiki Chakraborty’s music, accompanied by Tanmay Deochake (harmonium), Sandip Ghosh (tabla) and Murad Ali Khan (sarangi). She performed completely different raags in the performances in Boston and New Jersey. Here are pictures from the New Jersey concert.

We had a wonderful few days, watching the sun, birds, and stars over the Chesapeake Bay and the Eastern Shore of Virginia.