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My Memories With Music Maestro Pankaj Mullick

KERSI MEHER-HOMJI shared with us a letter from the music maestro, as a tribute on his recent birth anniversary.

Virat Nehru wrote: This is so sweet.

Raj Saneja wrote: Wonderful article. I love Pankaj Mullick’s songs like Yeh Raatein Yeh Mausam and Tere Mandir ka Hoon Deepak to name a couple. Didn’t know he was such an erudite. It shows what a great singer and a great human being he was.

Pooja Tripathi wrote: Read Pankaj Mullick’s letter here, not once but twice. I only knew of him as a singer of yore. Perhaps he had a career in writing? Oh, and bring back the art of letter-writing, I say. How many of us even take time over a simple thank you note?

Torsha Sen wrote: A great piece. It inspires me to write something similar, perhaps in 50 years’ time. One of my own treasured possessions at the moment is a hand-written note of appreciation from Amitabh Bachchan.

I have been to literary events in India where the intelligentsia is calling out Modi as a fascist, but at the same time when I talk to taxi drivers who may not be that literate, they speak highly of him. Great man, India is strong now… on the global front. Look, I am no statistician but I believe there are more taxi drivers than there are literary types.

Booker Prize winning Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka, on ABC’s Q&A

Loving Right Now

What we were into last month: We ate Malai Cheeni Toast (yum!); read Asma Khan’s Ammu; listened to William Dalrymple and Anita Anand’s podcast on the Koh-I-Noor, and watched tenor Shanul Sharma as Gandhi at Opera Australia.

William Dalrymple wrote: What a fab mix! Manish Kaptta wrote: More than enough for mind body and soul - heavenly experience.

Pravin Shah wrote: How exciting that an Indian is singing Italian opera, and is being applauded. Are these songs on YouTube?

Vimala D’Souza wrote: Wish I could be in Melbourne to see Shanul Sharma perform for Opera Australia. Hope he comes to Perth with this performance.

Soumi Paul Mukhopadhyay wrote: Thank you for picking me as the winner for your Sydney Writers’ Festival contest. This is unexpected! I’m looking forward to the event The dinner that changed my life and hear Asma Khan and all the other eminent food writers and chefs talking about food. Very grateful.

Ambika Girglani wrote: Thank you so much for your Sydney Writers’ Festival contest, and thank you for my prize – tickets to the Story Telling Gala featuring among others, Booker Prize winner Shehan Karunatilka. It was an amazing event.

Hasveen Chahal wrote: Thank you for sending me to Sydney Writers’ Festival to see Annabel Crabb interview Indian-origin food writer Asma Khan.

Where In India

Known as the 'Mosque of the Four Minarets’. The monument was created to represent the first four caliphs of Islam respectively. Where in India?

Caption Contest

What are Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and NSW Premier Chris Minns listening to here?

Hetshri Pandit wins a movie ticket for her response wrote: Brown munde

Chitra Iyer wrote: Bruce Springsteen

Amit Suthar wrote: Love Charger

Viral Kothari wrote: Looking at their stunned faces, must be some Bhojpuri song

Adlakha Kunal wrote: We are Family

Harshil Gupta wrote: Tiwariji's totala translated commentary.

Saroni Roy wrote: Naatu Naatu?

Sarah Macdonald wrote: They both love some giutar shredding so perhaps a translation with Gang of Youths as background music. Due to government spending reduction measures, one headphone per two leaders.

Aruna D'ugu wrote: Listening in for tips on how to get the reception Modiji got. Prathibha Shivashankar wrote: Waiting to hear The Boss order his fans to re-elect Albo for the next 10 years

Raj Saneja wrote: Listening with concern to see if Boss Modi, after changing the names of Parramatta and Harris Park to Parmatma and Harish Park, asks for their names to be changed to Krish and Anand.

Ian Hendry wrote: Morrison’s resignation from politics

Ritesh Verma wrote: Speech of their boss

Rachna Gupta wrote: By their expressions it seems they are just blocking one ear.

Dhaval Patel wrote: They want to make sure PM Modi's speech has a better understanding at both state and federal level.

Gaurav Wadekar wrote: Keenly listening to see if Mr Modi will announce the ban of $100 and $50 notes here in Australia

Mala Mehta wrote: Great capture!

Sheba Nandkeolyar wrote: How did you manage to this photo? A masterpiece!

Libby Conway wrote: Hilarious!

Amit Sharma wrote: Going green, using less plastic. The team that shares that vision, shares the headphones too.

Where In Oz

With a diameter of 64 metres, this is one of the largest singledish telescopes in the southern hemisphere dedicatedto astronomy. This giant dish was the primary receiver of Apollo 11 TV transmissions. Where in Australia?

Sridhar Kumsy, Kerren Lumsden, Gurmeet Singh and Manoj Jindal got the right answer: Parkes

Traditionally India has sought to realise its own interests, less in competition with single forces than by working with everyone at the same time. That goes back to ancient times. There is a document called Arthashastra by Kautilya that actually deals with that kind of ability, to work across boundaries with everyone, rather than singling them off.

Allan Behm, Director, International & Security Affairs Program, on ABC TV’s The Drum, talking about India’s multipolarity

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