I have always wished I had gotten some formal musical education in my childhood, so that instead of just listening to Indian Classical music with a kind of blind appetite, I would have been able to tell the ingredients apart, would have been able to connect certain melodies that have entered into me to their well known names.

But since I have no formal training (but then perhaps, it is for the better for I have chafed at "pleasures" such as mathematics that I was forced to enjoy, and learned to partake in illicit activities such as reading Russian novels camouflaged by textbooks at an early age) I am limited to putting my ear as close I can to the speakers of the stereo and let the notes devour me, on this muggy night. So here is some music: Pt. Jasraj's soulful performance of Rag Bihag (or Behag as it is sometimes spelt) - an important evening raga. The rasa (mood) is romantic combined with pathos, as in longing for one's lover. For the technically minded, here is Rajan P. Parrikar's extensive tour to Bihag-desh. Also this performance is 30 minutes long.