Ustad Bismillah Khan

The shehnai will never sound same again. It lost its greatest living master, Ustad Bismillah Khan. The person who has become as part of varanasi as its ghats and temples is no more. his preference was shehnai and its sadhana, not money...he preferred to stay back in a decrepit lane of Varanasi and play in the ghats of ganga rather than searching fortunes near Thames or Mississippi...unlike many of his contemporaries. He became one with his music.

Demise of Hrishikesh Mukherji

Demise of Hrishikesh Mukherji. Grandmaster of common man movies. with his demise ends an era of movies with which common Indians can identify. Creators of masterpieces like Anand, Chupke-chupke, Mili, Golmal...i can keep watching them again and again.
Not sure if the same will happen to current bollywood hits like 'Krrish' or 'Fanaa' or the like. The mastery of a film maker lies in the endurance factor. generations after the movie was made make u feel like watching them again and again. With family, friends...generations...i was not even born when he made mos of his masterpieces. still cant resist 'Chupke-Chupke' or 'Golmaal' whenever it comes in TV. or 'Babumoshay' pieces of anand....