The Rhythm of Life and Death

Contents: Preface. 1. High culture radiant moon and the tale of a taxi driver in the metropolis. 2. Petals of the same flower. 3. The mystery of fog and my engagement with Laxmi. 4. The moment of meditation. 5. As Music unfolds itself. 6. Gift. 7. Reading as enchantment. 8. My philosophers at Khirsu. 9. God or no God. 10. Evaporation of identities. 11. On football octopus Paul and my enchantment. 12. Some rare moments. 13. My Kurukshetra. 14. Even domestic work is an act of prayer. 15. For my own quest. 16. Horizons beyond the research Committee. 17. On bio data and final laughter. 18. From revolution rhythm of living. 19. Silence is purifying. 20. On pain and compassion.

Reality is not just what is explicitly visible what statisticians measure tabulate and quantify. That is merely surface reality. Beneath it lies the deeper reality which reveals itself when the mind is without any armour when the heart opens up and when reason becomes free from all sorts of cunningness and instrumentality. Only then does music touch us and take us to the depths of our existence.

The book is full of revelations an intimate engagement with the freshness of the morning and the depth of the dark silent night. (jacket)