A Song for I

It is a desire to make peace with her past and search for the self that makes Ira invite herself into the life of Himadri, her estranged father an ambitious and successful sitar player. Before Ira knows it she is sucked into his world of searing aspiration, as he makes desperate attempts to preserve his musical legacy through his daughter. A song for I is about Ira, an amateur sitar player and freelance journalist, born to a mother who chose to die rather than live under her husband\'s shadow, and a father who abandoned her at birth.

Ira grows up in an emotionally wracked house hold with her grandparents, the Samaddars, and an enigmatic aunt, Mrinalini, fighting over her destiny. Driven by the yearning to move towards the greatness she believes she is destined for Ira confronts the challenges life throws at her some cordially, some others grudgingly. That\'s when she meets Vishnu, an aspiring rocker. Ira spontaneously embraces Vishnu\'s exciting and dark universe, until she realises she cannot settle for the ordinary. With Indian classical and rock music as the duelling backdrops, A Song for I is about love lost and found, spiritual music, sensual experiences of epiphanies in the Himalayas, and falling in and out of relationships. It is about Ira\'s journey to find her song. (jacket)