Banjaran Reshma sings "Lambi Judaai" in that old old Bollywood movie "Hero" - perhaps it is the very early darkness (winter solstice was today) encrusted with ice, some rioja on the table, a day spent reading, all of which turn the mind to this particular mode of longing. And also the realization that the self is not alone in feeling this way, as it attempts to revive hazy vernaculars and memories.

Karajan directing Movement 4 of Dvorak's Symphony No. 9 "From the New World" - perfect music for a "ya Hussein!" morning.