My contribution to a student recital in Kolkata (no I did not travel) this coming weekend. A short bandish (composition) in #raag Kafi by my teacher Debashish Bhattacharya.
Kafi is parallel to the Dorian mode in Western music, but with rules for what notes can be "shaken" or glided.
The instrument is my Pushpa Veena, which is sort of a hybrid between slide guitar and sarod.
Hoo boy it is CHILLY out here this morning. My breath plumes, some of the vegetation is rimed with frost, and my fingertips are keenly aware of the world within a few minutes of my leaving the house. I reach Roosevelt Circle at 7:32, set up my big sign, and hold up EVERY DISASTER MOVIE STARTS WITH A SCIENTIST BEING IGNORED. No Craige today.
Monday is clear, pleasantly balmy, and I'm wide awake as I reach Roosevelt Circle at 7:30. My hand-held sign this morning is 2021 IPCC REPORT: "CODE RED" FOR HUMANITY. Craige is out again today, presumably for health reasons. Traffic is light and I wonder whether the drivers will have enough time to read my message.