My mother loved Talat’s songs. She also sang pretty well, herself – and hummed almost all the time. Here’s a song she loved. Film: Patita, Singer Talat MahmoodSong: Hai sab se madhur woh geet in the velvety layered voice that is Talat.
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January is Hanuman Jayanti month – and looks like my to-do list is being highly influenced by one of my favorite deity’s tail :-). It’s growing. And growing. Never seems an end to it because am adding new things every day. Oh well, that’s life I guess. But I’ve decided…
The week that went by was quite eventful. We experienced the death and sad loss of our illustrious neighbor Mr Santosh Kumar Gulvady, who passed away quite suddenly at age 72. As usual he went downstairs, after chatting with the neighbors on the same floor, to check the post box.…
…is like Diwali without celebrations. Thanks Bhavna for choosing my post as a winner. Thanks Blogadda. Thanks, Myntra for the gift voucher! My mother would get all excited about any festival. Didn’t really need a reason to celebrate – in fact, she celebrated Vidur’s nakshatram every month. She would build…
Back in 2001. After I posted that pic of Vidur and me – I had the sudden urge to look at some old pix – and – well – this is a pic that brought back some great memories. He was quite caught up with Mariamma – and I had…