In hindsight, Pandit Ram Narayan’s sarangi resonated with his own past as a happy mix of rural and urban sensibilities. A dreamy lull in his wandering glides was a reminder of the late master’s childhood in the expansive Rajasthan countryside. On the other hand, an acquired cosmopolitanism lent digitised precision to those speedy gaits along the strings. For the record, the classical musician (1927-2024) hailed from heritage-dense Udaipur, but spent much of his life in bustling Bombay — after brief stints in Lahore and Delhi. This month marked the first death anniversary of the Hindustani instrumentalist. The maestro blended binaries in more ways than one. The meditative depths of his dhrupad artistry didn’t stop Ram Narayan from engaging with Bollywood numbers. Neither did the wizard sh

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