Thursday 28th  11.00 a.m. – 12.15 p.m.

Residence of:           Gopi Vaid

Guests welcome

The Sixth String of Vilayat Khan

This morning we have Namita Devidayal who will read extracts from her new book ‘The Sixth String of Vilayat Khan’  interspersed  with  music  by   the   late   maestro.   She will discuss the man and the musician and how he traversed between being mad and divine.

This is Namita’s third book. Her first two are ‘The Music Room’ and ‘Aftertaste’. Namita is a senior journalist with ‘The Times of India’ and a graduate of Princeton University.

The book has received much acclaim since its publication. According to Gopalkrishna Gandhi, grandson of the Mahatma and the former governor of Bengal, “the book is just like the maestro

— flamboyant and confident”

The book for discussion for March is “EDUCATED” by Tara Westover.

Gopi Vaid 

Rhodie Hakim

Parnika Khanna                                        Helen Hiranandani