Author: Chinni

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MAUI 1997-2002 MAKING MUSIC AROUND OSHO’S MUSICIANS Part 2

I arrive in June from Pune via South Africa, broke and in a troubled relationship. I’ve got my room back in Shastro’s house and am given a little box room off the garage to use as a studio. Anugama loans me an eight track recorder and a funny little drum machine which displays “bummer dude” whenever I make one of my frequent blunders in using it. I stuff the room with borrowed instruments, most of which I’ve never played before – Celtic harp, santoor, bass, keyboards – as well as my trusty sarod and embark on what I plan to be a follow up to the previous year’s ‘Celtic Ragas’ album.

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RAGAS RELAX 2 CHILL MIXES

Chinmaya Dunster with Abhirama Sangeet and Sean O’Bryan Smith Multi-instrumentalist Chinmaya Dunster originally created the project Ragas Relax 2 as a duet with himself during Covid lockdown in 2020. His trademark sarod providing original melodies based on Indian classical ragas ,while his guitar work introduces...

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An English Boy in the New World. Canada 1980-81

Edmonton Alberta, June 1980 English boy follows Canadian girlfriend and arrives in the New World. The first thing that makes me wonder is how, compared to England, the blue skies above feel so distantly remote. When autumn brings the city’s initial snowfall, will come a...

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Devon Crystals. Three extraordinary finds. Plus one.

Prologue 1979Devon is special to me. Not just the voluptuous curves of its verdant countryside but also its underlying geology, which has been quarried and mined for millennia. It may not be Brazil, or Madagascar, where the world’s most beautiful mineral and crystal specimens are...

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Encounters in South Africa 1998

Nelspruit, Transvaal I arrive on 24th March 1998 together with my South African partner Tula, just a day after receiving the news in Cambridge, England that her father is in a coma on his deathbed.After an expensive last minute flight from London, we’re picked up...

Creative Writings

DRAGONY -A Fable

1  Long ago and far away, in a forgotten land called Dragony, there lived the dragons. They were a peaceful folk and serene, not much given to travel, passing the time of their long lives in the practice of their two great passions.     The...

Creative Writings

Staying clear-headed in the time of COVID19

This is my contribution to the many ongoing discussions on how to bring awareness to the risks of COVID-19 and the actions needed to keep us all healthy. I am not trying to convince anyone to take the same position as mine, nor increase divisions;...