Thirteenth century Japanese author and Buddhist monk Kenko Yoshida once commented on a kind of a recluse:
“A certain recluse, I know not who, once said that no bonds attached him to this life, and the only thing he would regret leaving was the sky”
As all of us know, at the peak of his career that too in his thirties Mali ( T.R.Mahalingam), the legendary flautist from Karnatic music had lost his interest in performing for the public and most of the time he had withdrawn into his own inner worlds. I am sure Mali had a sky within which he considered as intimate and valuable. Here is a one hour video footage from one of his elaborate concerts. The concert starts with an amazing Anandabhairavi. This video recording is believed to be his last concert on 31 December 1985. He died at the age of 60 on 31 May 1986.
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