Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Late arrival

(YouTube)
I know I'm late. But the reason I'm posting this is because this composition is so catchy, trance-like that it lingers on and stays with you: that is important to initiate someone who knew nothing about it before Baulsphere. Of course, those who have been listening to them for years might be disappointed.

Well, not exactly. I came to know about Bauls at college; they came to Presidency quite a few times.

Better late than never, as they say.

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, in one night.

Read it in a single reading on Thursday-Friday. Perhaps, my first book completed in a single reading. Reminded me of the beginning of Gregory David Robert's Shantaram:

"I realised, somehow, through the screaming in my mind, that even in that shackled, bloddy helplessness, I was free: free to hate the men who were torturing me, or to forgive them...when it's all you've got, that freedom is a universe of possibility."