https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Greenfields/I started this blog in mid-March 2006 when I moved to Kabul, Afghanistan, for a four-month assignment. In mid-July I moved back to India, and am continuing the blog. hourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Greenfields/703514I first met Jagjit Singh on a LP (long playing) record in Calcutta’s New Market, in the late 1970s. I was living in the US at that time and on my periodic visits to India, I would go over to the area of the New Market where the music shops would let you hear the latest music. This is where I...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Greenfields/703402Delhi is host to a travelling exhibition of the tribal myths and stories through paintings, pottery, collages, terracotta and metal work. Almost all myths and stories of the tribals are linked to the environment – water, earth, sky, trees and plants, birds and animals – and the stories are woven...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Greenfields/703228We all hear stories from our parents and grandparents. And we tell stories to our children. But, is there an art to storytelling? It seems there is. At a weekend in Bangalore, Acoustic Traditional, a group of people dedicated to revive the art of storytelling and more specifically, indigenous...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Greenfields/702102Today, I spent a good part of the day in a Music Masterclass conducted by Savita Devi, a renowned Thumri singer. It was rather exhilarating, as I was not sure what to expect. It was at the India Habitat Centre in Delhi, is a cosy well lit room. There was a platform for the accompanists and...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Greenfields/702018Yesterday my two sisters and I went to condole with one of our aunts, whom we called Sheela Aunty. Her husband, whom we called Manohar Uncle died on August 19. We did not know about his death. My cousin in the US sent all three sisters an email, a few days after his death. I knew Uncle had not...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Greenfields/701145Last evening my husband and I attended a Dastangoi presentation of the great Rajasthani folk story Chuboli. The story is as follows: Princess Chauboli has vowed that she will only marry a man that can make her speak four times in one night. Seventeen times twenty-four princes have tried and...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Greenfields/700641August is a wicked month, at least in the plains of North India. It’s hot and rainy. So setting out for the hills is always a good idea. However, the downside is that it’s also raining and those who don’t like the rain may want to stay away. My sister doesn’t like the rains in the hills so...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Greenfields/700589I did it again. After swearing I would be more regular with Blogit, I have lost the battle with myself. There are so many reasons - other writing, FB, Twitter, etc. I am back to the blogit archive to retrieve an entry on my mother as someone I know lost his mother and I thought I would send it to...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Greenfields/685441We have a beautiful terrace. South facing, first floor, it captures the sun all day long. Great in the winter, not as great in the summer as it really heats up the upper floor. However, from November-March/April, it is a delight. There are flowers in the pots which Ramu, the gardener plants in...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Greenfields/684609Its happened! The grapefruit in our backyard is now in our stomachs! A few months ago, I saw this fruit on the plant. This was October. I did not look at it too closely in November and December. I was ill and then it was too cold to go outside. We followed the progress and wondered when it would...