For Days, weeks, whenever the thought strikes me again, I have been going to Google and searched "AnnaPurna Devi'. This year especially, an year of losses, has made me aware that we each are like a record of another. A memory keeper and sharer. Everyone passes. Will Pass. Me too.
Today, needing to work, and not knowing where to start at it, I again googled her name by some instinct. Came upon a article -->
https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/others/sunday-read/the-music-of-silence/articleshow/66199979.cms
and was a little way into reading it before I realized, hey what is going on? Has she passed away?! The article is a old one. I recall reading it 5 -6 years back atleast and it seemed to simply be republished 2 days back. Infact I noticed that detail, and it puzzled me, as I thought to myself "Who else is curious about this Lady besides myself. Amongst the people I know, only I ever send friends emails or forwards on her. No one else is even slightly curious. My FB Posts on her get not even 1 reaction. And for some reason, I deleted all my previous blogger posts indiscriminately. I can so clearly recall writing n reading on her. She has been a one of those stories in my Head I cannot wipe away. I have read everything I could read on the internet about her over the years. Multiple times.
So anyways, at first when I saw this photo, inside the article body, I scrolled past it by reflex, thinking it is one of those irritating inset ads. Since the article is not an obituary, but a republish of an years old article in print, republished years later on a digital site, the article does not mention of her passing away.
Some instinct made me pause and look at the picture and my mind said, hey this looks like someone's wake. not an ad. So I looked and the way the picture displays on my Chrome browser page, the caption was not prominent. Then I googled it. And also noticed the caption, to realize the lady had quietly passed away on the 13th of october 2018.
Her students I guess have given her a respectful send off! This #MeToo is what the news channels have been blaring....but real news, is missed because it is non controversial. I pity a nation, so ignorant, as to not know what treasure they have lost to the clutches of time!
I am sad today. I will return to re-write why I have loved this lady, the idea of her being. Why to me she signifies divinity and is an embodiment of a Goddess. Heavens must be happy to have her.
AND I need to stop deleting my blogs! Damn me.
Here are some fascinating articles on her.
https://thewire.in/the-arts/annapurna-devi-the-timeless-legendary-guru
https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/annapurna-devi-a-yogi-who-lived-in-the-marketplace-untouched/article25226614.ece
https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/art-and-culture/an-unheard-melody-annapurna-devi-pt-ravi-shankar-maihar-gharana-indian-classical-musician-5403523/
This one made me cry. A disciple's true homage to his Guru. Precious words---
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pR2sGAr2IWc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLSLaFnuzhE
Today, needing to work, and not knowing where to start at it, I again googled her name by some instinct. Came upon a article -->
https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/others/sunday-read/the-music-of-silence/articleshow/66199979.cms
and was a little way into reading it before I realized, hey what is going on? Has she passed away?! The article is a old one. I recall reading it 5 -6 years back atleast and it seemed to simply be republished 2 days back. Infact I noticed that detail, and it puzzled me, as I thought to myself "Who else is curious about this Lady besides myself. Amongst the people I know, only I ever send friends emails or forwards on her. No one else is even slightly curious. My FB Posts on her get not even 1 reaction. And for some reason, I deleted all my previous blogger posts indiscriminately. I can so clearly recall writing n reading on her. She has been a one of those stories in my Head I cannot wipe away. I have read everything I could read on the internet about her over the years. Multiple times.
Some instinct made me pause and look at the picture and my mind said, hey this looks like someone's wake. not an ad. So I looked and the way the picture displays on my Chrome browser page, the caption was not prominent. Then I googled it. And also noticed the caption, to realize the lady had quietly passed away on the 13th of october 2018.
Her students I guess have given her a respectful send off! This #MeToo is what the news channels have been blaring....but real news, is missed because it is non controversial. I pity a nation, so ignorant, as to not know what treasure they have lost to the clutches of time!
I am sad today. I will return to re-write why I have loved this lady, the idea of her being. Why to me she signifies divinity and is an embodiment of a Goddess. Heavens must be happy to have her.
AND I need to stop deleting my blogs! Damn me.
Here are some fascinating articles on her.
https://thewire.in/the-arts/annapurna-devi-the-timeless-legendary-guru
https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/annapurna-devi-a-yogi-who-lived-in-the-marketplace-untouched/article25226614.ece
https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/art-and-culture/an-unheard-melody-annapurna-devi-pt-ravi-shankar-maihar-gharana-indian-classical-musician-5403523/
This one made me cry. A disciple's true homage to his Guru. Precious words---
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pR2sGAr2IWc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLSLaFnuzhE
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