AFVOA Newletter August 2020

Section 6 – eConnect Reviews CV 2 No. 02 / 2020 Page 190 of 237 2 If Music be the Food of Camaraderie, Play on (Meeting with Ms Rasika Sekhar) Wg Cdr C Ravishankar Genre: eConnect Review Straight from the Heart Series #3 he flagrant plagiarism of the title must have made the Bard turn in his grave but the honourable cause of veterans’ camaraderie must have made him smile and settle down. Egged on by the success of the path breaking Zoom meet on May 17, 2020 interacting with a film / theatre celebrity, the AFVOA’s chosen flavour of this week is music. Not any music but an eclectic medley from a young and charming genius. It is said that a musician reaches the coveted milestone of performing on stage in her/his chosen genre after many years of practice and perfection – in their parlance ‘sadhana’. When the musicians attempt multiple genres, the factor of time is a linearly driven arithmetic progression for most, with the sole exception of prodigies whose inborn genius absorbs the nuances in parallel. Genres apart, there is also the selection of mode of expression – Vocal and Instruments. This choice is mutually exclusive for T