With a feeling of loss.......

The urge to share my feelings and impressions about KSV  has been there for a week now but a feeling of inadequacy held me back so far. A lot of impressions about him just crowded my thoughts and I had to sort them out first. The urge became persistent that my sense of inadequacy got pushed aside and here I am!

The insatiable longing to listen to good music and learn more about carnatic music  has grown as ii grew up, but with little opportunity to work on it. It is only for the last few years, I am able to pursue my heart's desire, the major factor being my association with Shri.KSV. The fiest few occasions I looked up to him with a sense of awe and a great respect. Apart from that, I could not talk to him freely as I thought that a person of his stature and responsibility will not bother to talk to me. I cannot be more mistaken than that for he was a simple soul with time and ears for every one who approached him. True, he had his typical style of communication - a 'no-nonsense'  approach with characteristic 'நக்கல், and looking at you straight.
I think, he showed the same understanding to music lovers like me as the one he showed to the artists.
I felt proud and honoured to be related to him through my daughter,s marriage to his son. Then I was able to glimpse into the other dimensions and layers that made the man,KSV -his practical attitude, his 'ரசனை, magnanimous heart, love for children, gruff exterior to cover the love and affection......
The time he used to take out his 'வெத்திலை செல்லம்' and start the ritual of paan eating was something to watch and enjoy. It is like sitting on the banks of காவேரி listening to the rustle of the breeze in the paddy fields, the distant calls of cuckoo, the musical flow of the water and let time flow gently to this rhythm without the roller coaster speed of urban life.
This season, what I want to share as my impressions of the concerts, i dedicate it to this great ரசிகன்'