Until yesterday I wasn't a big fan of his...but today I admire him. Its Pt.Hari Prasad Chaurasia. He was here along with other reknowned (although I didn't knew them before ;)) musicians like George Brooks on saxophone, Kai Eckhardt on Jazz guitar, Steve Smith on drums and Fareed Haque on guitar. Also present were Vijay Ghate on Tabla and Kaveri Agashe performing Kathak. It was awesome evening here....a mega event organized by an Indian Heritage and Arts Society. It spanned almost 4 hours..and every moment was celestial!

Firstly the flute maestro performed with tabla..and later fusion was presented with and without the flute maestro. For the first time I felt we highly under-paid for any event...it was worth even with $100! And we paid 100 times less ;) We were sitting almost on the stage..with all the friends around..and was fun! Enjoyed truely...almost got me in trance! Especially the fusion with the flute maestro...where he played a pahadi folklore...was nostalgic! Was surprised to know, San Francisco has declared July 25 as Pt. Hari Prasad Chaurasia Day!

I feel such events should be like twice a semester...and most of all should be appropriately publicized...not many people...suprisingly, even in the Music department...didn't knew about the mega event! They simply missed a blissful journey!