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“Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.” - Norman Vincent Peale December is here already... The month that brings in the festive fervour, the one that spreads warmth and happiness, the one that makes you take a stock of the year gone by and the one that creates a hope in you to paint the new canvas with fresh and vibrant colours. And also because, HO...HO...HO it’s Merry Christmas. Celebrated across the world as the birthday of Jesus Christ, Christmas is best termed as the ‘Holiday season’ when families travel miles to be with each other. It is that time of year where we want to be surrounded by our near and dear ones and be taken over by childhood festive nostalgia. Though it is a Christian festival, in India, Christmas celebration has entered many a urban household regardless of the religion. Christmas is synonymous with Santa clause, Christmas songs, plum cakes and gifts besides the decorative pine trees...

"Where words leave off, music begins." There are some words that transcend the language barrier, some that resonate with multitude of cultures regardless of the boundaries; where the word in itself becomes the source of joi de vivre. ‘Music’ is one such word. Sometimes, we cross paths with some exceptional individuals in our life and that changes the entire course of the way we think and react. One such priceless encounter was meeting the Sitar Man aka Prem Joshua and experiencing the live music that was played in an event at  “Upvan” Rajwadu, Jivaraj park, Ahmedabad. Music has always been a matter of energy. Sentimental people call it inspiration but in reality it is actually a fuel. A fuel to your soul. A rendezvous with this unrivalled man who plays music that once admitted to the soul, becomes  sort of spirit that never dies. This man along with his band needs no introduction as he is the pioneer of a crossover sound that is nestled at the cusp of...