Back in 1983, I was riding a motorbike on a quiet residential street when a car sped in from a side road and T-boned me. Two cousins not yet in their teens, riding pillion were thrown off to one side, largely unhurt. However, I suffered a couple of fractured ribs, a broken left clavicle (collar …
Musicians don't retire
Most people go through life focused on retirement as the culmination of all their life’s work, the ultimate destination. “When I retire” and the so called post-retirement “bucket list” of all the things that we will finally be able to do, are our prime motivators. We are prepared to put up with everything to get …
A timeless Treehouse
Summertime was special for us kids because friends and family would come visiting after the school term ended in June. I looked forward especially to the arrival of my “cool" cousins from Delhi. (Incidentally, "cool" was an expression used in the 1960s solely in the context of temperature related matters!) While it was hot, …
