15
Jan

The sad state of our Kalamandira!

By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD
Last Sunday I had the opportunity of spending a full three hours, with my family, immersed in a rapturous reverie that thankfully we in Mysuru have been enjoying year after year, for the past twenty-three years, thanks to the untiring efforts of its sponsors, organisers and performers of a very beautiful show.
I am talking about Geeth Gaatha Chal, the now very famous musical programme that is almost completely stage-managed by doctors and their family members. This free show has been a unique gift to Mysureans and we can all only agree that this has become a show like none other in our city. It is an event where music lovers can get lost in a state of timelessness for a full three hours, which they sit through hoping that it will never end!
It was at this show last Sunday where I was greeted and accosted by an elderly gentleman who recognised me as a regular columnist of Star of Mysore and introduced himself as a regular reader of what I write.