December 2008

December 31, 2008

A Short Discourse on Music

Author: Ashutosh Ghildiyal

“Music – everybody listens to music these days. Is there anything surprising in that? If we look backwards in time, we will see that it was not always so. Music then was music – not the good music-bad music, rock music-classical music, this music and that music. Music can only be music – neither good nor bad – whatever else there is, is non-music. Music in the past was not merely a form of entertainment but something more. Moreover, only the few used to listen to music, as was the case with all art. There were few pretences in this regard and it was not a means of achieving fame or success. It was life for some, means of worship for some, and for some it was a means of great expression, beyond words and images. The tones, the sounds employed, the instruments were all a very personal medium for the musician to reach into himself and go beyond it,” I said to my friend Jitendra, one day after listening to Bach.

It had been a year since I started taking music seriously and found great pleasure in doing so. Earlier, all I used to listen to was some Hindi film music and some of the latest, most popular English and Hindi pop music. It was always a means of entertainment for me, a means of passing time, a means of having some activity in the background while doing something else so that I didn’t get bored. I had never actually paid attention to it before.

Jitendra said, “Like all other arts, music has declined in the last 30 or so years. Music has now become associated with images, ideas and for entertainment, partying and all the rest. Most so-called music these days is nothing but empty sounds, put together by a lot of people, using all kinds of artificial means to manipulate the sounds to achieve one end – popularity. That is what popular music is. Moreover, a division has been created, probably on the basis of outward form – between classical and popular music. But if one listens, actually listens, what one hears is only music. If one simply listens, without comparing what one hears to his or her idea of music, only then one can see what music is.”

I was new to Mumbai and Jitendra was my only friend here, so usually on weekends and whenever I had a day off, I went to his place to stay over. He was an old friend of mine, from the time when I was in Delhi. We used to stay together at a paying guest hostel. Our rooms were close by and we often used to spend time together.

I said, “In India, only classical forms of music have survived, probably because it has been not popular and most of its exponents have not succumbed to the motives of personal ambition or fame. In the West, the same is the case with classical music, though there the quality depends upon the interpretation of the performer or the conductor. In popular music, several good attempts were made, in rock, punk, and jazz in the years before the 80s. Since then, there has been a gradual decline in popular music. In India, Bollywood music, except in a few cases, has been melodramatic, sensational and mediocre. The decades of the 60s and 70s were especially productive for music in many ways – there was a regeneration, a breaking from the traditional forms, but soon afterwards, it collapsed again.”

I had been finding myself becoming more and more intimate with music lately. I saw the beauty, the importance of music as a part of human existence. At first, I used to resist anything new, since it was not already known to me. I used to remain content with what was familiar since it gave me a certain degree of comfort. Now I was realizing how small my world was and how vast were the unexplored territories. Music was what helped me realize this more than anything else. I started listening to it openly, afresh, with no expectations whatsoever and found that by listening without an idea, I could listen so well. Music was teaching me how to listen.

“One can’t define what music is – any attempt to define music physically does not suffice. One has to hear, with clear senses, untainted by expectation or comparison to see the beauty of music,” he said, as if reading my thoughts. “Music is always out of time. If you are actually, attentively listening, there will be no sense of time. It is this quality of music that has made so many of the great composers exalt it as a divine virtue. Music has an effect on the body and the mind – not as two distinct effects but as one total effect. It affects the senses in various ways, and when one is in harmony with the music, then it ceases to be something separate, something outside of oneself – you become the music. Music is harmony and music is beauty. Music has the quality of expressing the inexpressible. One can’t approach music with one’s own peculiar likes or dislikes and tastes, which are all a part of one’s own conditioning. Music is something both extraordinarily complex and simple at the same time. We are not used to listening to anything except our own thoughts, therefore we can’t sense the beauty of music. Because we are always trying to do things according to our own peculiar tastes and likes and dislikes that we have built up, we become deaf to all other sounds. But when we drop all that and simply listen, then sound becomes a most wonderful thing – the complexity of it, the depth, the clearness, the penetration, the opening of many doors it leads towards, is inexpressible and beyond words.”

How well he could put it all into words! The things that I had faintly realized and which were not so clear to me became clear as light on hearing him.
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The above extract has been taken from the short story, Music and Intelligence, featured in the book - To Think or Not to Think and Other Stories, by Ashutosh Ghildiyal

About the Author:

Ashutosh Ghildiyal is a salaried professional based in Mumbai, India. He was born in Lucknow in 1984, where he completed his schooling. He completed his graduate studies in New Delhi and his post-graduate education in Mumbai. He is the author of To Think or Not to Think and Other stories (Book), various blogs and short stories.

Email: ashutoshghildiyal@hotmail.com
Blog: http://ashutosh-ghildiyal.blogspot.com

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A Near Death Experience Gives Gift Of Healing Music

Author: Marcey Hamm

This is my story about me dying in a car wreck and from that car wreck, I was given this gift of composing music. Many people attribute their healings from listening to this music. I am not a musician and I can’t explain how I compose this music. My life and thousands of other people’s lives worldwide have greatly changed from listening to these compositions.

Many people call it, miracle music. Also, other people who have had near death experiences, have heard my music on the other side while they were dead. I can’t deny the phenomenon that has been happening in my life or in other people’s lives when listening to this music. And, no one can explain it. This is an amazing story that may change your life.

A truck rear ended my car and I died instantly.

All the traffic was at a stand still and a truck not paying attention to traffic, blasted into the rear end of my car. Not wearing a safety belt, I was thrown against the windshield and all of a sudden I was in this white silver light. A man’s voice, whom I couldn’t see, said to me “You can either come with us now, or you can go back.” When he said this to me, I thought of my computer studio that I had built. It took me ten years to build it and I had just finished it three days before this accident. I built this studio from an engineering point of view to see if I could do it. The next thing I knew, I was back in my injured body.

How the music started pouring through me like Niagara Falls.

After I recovered from my injuries a year later, I went into my computer studio for the first time. When I turned on all the equipment, I suddenly felt real tired. I thought this was strange since I had a good nights sleep, but I couldn’t fight it. So, I laid my head back on my chair and took a nap.

Suddenly I was engulfed in all this music and color. It seemed like a few minutes in this lucid dream, but when I opened my eyes, it was eight hours later. I was shocked. Then I noticed my control panel flashing which indicated that something had been recorded. I put the equipment in play mode and this music came over my sound system. It was the same music that I had just experienced in this lucid dream.

How the music became public.

I had joined a meditation class during this time in my life. I was curious and wanted to know more about it. After my experience in the studio, I thought this music would be great for meditation. So I took a copy of it to class. Everyone loved the music and my friend Leona pulled me over after class and said the following, “Marcey, you have a gift and you need to get this music out into the world.” I thought my friend had lost all of her senses. I told her she was nuts and went home.

Leona wouldn’t let this go. She called me everyday until I made this music public. After many months, I finally made her agree that if I went to a public fair on a weekend to sell my music, would she leave me alone. She said she would.

I named my first composition Inward Harmony. I took my music to a weekend fair with a table and two chairs. I set it up so someone could sit down and relax with the music using a headset.

My first customer heard my music while he was dead.

My first customer came up to my table. He put the headset on and stood there listening to my music. Within a few seconds, he turned white as a sheet. I thought my music was killing this man. I was thinking to myself that I was going to be put in jail for murder.I was getting ready to call for security when all of a sudden, this gentleman took the headset off and walked away. I fell back on my chair and was very relieved.

This man came back within thirty minutes and told me what happened. He told me that he had open heart surgery seven years prior and was pronounced dead for sixteen minutes. He told me that during the time he was dead, this music he heard on my headset, was the same music he heard while he was dead.

I started shaking. He asked me for a pen and a paper. I shakingly gave it to him. He wrote all this down on the paper, signed it and gave it back to me. He told me that he would be in my first chapter in a book that I would write some day. Then he turned around and left.

The miracles and phenomena all started happening.

From that weekend forward, my music started traveling so fast to the people by word of mouth. My first album called, Inward Harmony, reached Holland in the Netherlands within thirty days.

A lady in Ft. Worth, TX was in a house fire with second and third degree burns. She listened to Inward Harmony and within five days, her doctor could not find one blemish on her body. He couldn’t explain what happened.

A man in San Antonio, TX lost most of his hearing from working on jet engines. His wife played Inward Harmony each night while they slept and all his hearing came back.

A woman, who always had miscarriages, bought Inward Harmony in hopes the music would help her. For the first time, she was able to carry a baby to term and she had a healthy baby boy.

The testimonials continue and are endless. The phenomena that people experience with this music changes lives. I have seen plants, animals, children, adults, weather, pregnant woman, men going through mid life crisis and much more, experience miracles and all kinds healings with this music. No one can explain it.

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Go enter my CD contest. The winner gets a free autographed music CD. Also, you can listen to my music and listen to people’s phenomenal testimonials. Like I always say, the proof is in the testimonials and experience is always your best teacher.

Marcey Hamm, composer
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December 30, 2008

60 Musicals Songs for Men That Cross the Fourth Wall

Author: Jeremy Fisher
You’re a Musicals singer looking for a song that can reach out to an audience, one that you can play to them directly. You’re looking for a “House number”.

A song that can reach across the fourth wall of a theatre (the invisible wall between the characters and the audience) is called a House number. Characters in a play don’t usually realise that they are being watched by a house full of people, so House numbers can be rare.

In Musical theater there are only a few true House numbers, but you can actually make other songs cross the fourth wall fairly easily. Here are 60 songs for men that can be sung to the audience directly. I’ve listed the songs in three categories: the true House number
the song to audience
the soliloquy.

The first category is the true House number: The singer is fully aware that the audience is there and “comes out” of the show.

If You Want To Die In Bed, and American Dream from Miss Saigon, and Oh What A Circus from Evita are good examples of the true House number. Sondheim writes excellent House numbers, such as Comedy Tonight and Everybody Ought To Have A Maid from A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, or Invocation to the Gods And Instructions to the Audience from The Frogs (not often performed as it’s set in a real swimming pool).

In the second category, the character plays to an audience on stage as part of the show. The most obvious song for the men is Master of the House from Les Miserables. The MC from Cabaret usually expands the Berlin nightclub audience to include the actual theatre audience with songs such as Willkommen and If You Could See Her. In Barnum, The Museum Song is sung to a general group of people, as is Bigger Isn’t Better. Springtime for Hitler is sung to the audience in The Producers, as is Beautiful Girls (from Follies).

Consider the songs Use What You Got from The Life, Pinball Wizard from Tommy, and I Am What I Am from La Cage Aux Folles. Stand Up And Fight from Carmen Jones, and Get Me To The Church On Time from My Fair Lady can be a house numbers. You could also get away with All I Care About Is Love, and Mr Cellophane, from Chicago An unusual one is Come Up To My Office from Parade, where the leading man “re-enacts” a scene in a courtroom, according to the imaginary version of his young female co-workers.

Tribute Musicals are a useful source of House numbers such as That’ll Be The Day and Johnny Be Good from Buddy, or I Want To Break Free from We Will Rock You. Virtually any song from Hedwig And The Angry Inch would work, including Sugar Daddy and Angry Inch. 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee has an implied audience for the spelling contest, and the “children” sing songs such as My Unfortunate Erection straight to them. I Can Do That (from A Chorus Line) is sung to Zach who is actually seated at the back of the real audience.

Then there’s the third type - the unifocus song (the soliloquy) that has an outward feel, or asks questions, or contains rhetoric. Funny from City of Angels. What Is It About Her from Wild Party, and Don’t Take Much from The Life work well. All I Need Is The Girl from Gypsy will work, as will Tonight At Eight and She Loves Me from She Loves Me. Check out How To Handle A Woman from Camelot, Being Alive from Company, and two from Parade (Pretty Music, and Big News).

Oddly enough, Anthem from Chess could work as a fourth wall number as the Russian could be sharing his story with the audience. You might also experiment with songs like Make Them Hear You from Ragtime, If I Were A Rich Man from Fiddler on the Roof, or Thank Heaven For Little Girls from Gigi. And two to include in this list are And They’re Off from A New Brain, and Dressing Them Up from Kiss of the Spider Woman.

Giants In The Sky from Into The Woods, Larger Than Life from My Favorite Year, Corner Of The Sky from Pippin and Guys and Dolls (the title song) will translate well across the fourth wall. And from Les Miserables, you might explore Dog Eat Dog - Thenadier’s great solo scene from Act 2, or King Of The World (Songs for a New World). Then there’s Dentist! from Little Shop of Horrors, Leaning On A Lampost from Me and My Girl, and Reviewing the Situation from Oliver!

You can raid pretty much any revue-style show for material - Sondheim’s shows are a very good place to start - The Ballad of Booth from Assassins, Everybody Says Don’t from Anyone Can Whistle, or These Are My Friends from Sweeney Todd, sung as Todd is reunited with his razors.

Incidentally, The Soliloquy from Carousel won’t work, because the singer is arguing with himself and is definitely not including anyone else except perhaps God. However, This Is The Moment can work because you can share your success with the audience.

Slower songs don’t tend to work but there are exceptions: What More Can I Say from Falsettos, or Higher Than A Hawk from Calamity Jane. A Little Happiness from Personals is a more reflective story that is designed to be shared with the audience.

The point of a House number is to communicate with your audience directly, so remember to use plenty of eye contact when you perform. Enjoy!
About the Author:

Jeremy Fisher trains singers and performers to find and maintain their best. He’s the author of Successful Singing Auditions, and creator of the Voicebox Videos - featured on the BBC and broadcast to 44,000,000 people. He was commissioned by the DANA Centre at London’s Science Museum to create a video on singing with a camera down his throat. Jeremy is fascinated by bringing technology and innate skill together. http://www.vocalprocess.co.uk

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Al Stewart Zero She Flies Rock Music CD Review

Author: Clyde Lee Dennis

The exceptionally talented Rock artist Al Stewart has released him CD entitled Zero She Flies. I am very confident and happy to announce that I believe Al Stewart fans, and Rock fans alike will be pleased with this one. With the release of Zero She Flies Al Stewart’s artistic excellence is on full display as Stewart has once again delivered a brilliant collection of tracks that could very well be him best work to date.

This one will grab your attention right from the outset with My Enemies Have Sweet Voices and won’t let go until the very last note of the very last song Lyke-Wake Dirge, which by the way is another great track.

Al Stewart is one of those musicians that has the ability to just win you over with him talent. The kind of artist it’s really a treat to be able to listen to.

If you’re a Al Stewart fan this is a CD your collection flat cannot be without. In fact, this is one of those CDs that you don’t even have to be a fan of Stewart, or even Rock to know is good. It’s just good music. Period.

While the entire album is really very good the truly standout tunes are track 2 - A Small Fruit Song, track 5 - Electric Los Angeles Sunset, and track 13 - Lyke-Wake Dirge.

My Bonus Pick, and the one that got Sore [...as in "Stuck On REpeat"] is track 1 - My Enemies Have Sweet Voices. Wow!

Zero She Flies Release Notes:

Al Stewart originally released Zero She Flies on June 22, 2007 on the Collector’s Choice label.

CD Track List Follows:

1. My Enemies Have Sweet Voices 2. A Small Fruit Song 3. Gethsemane, Again 4. Burbling 5. Electric Los Angeles Sunset 6. Manuscript 7. Black Hill 8. Anna 9. Room Of Roots 10. Zero She Flies 11. Stormy Night - (Bonus Track) 12. News From Spain - (Bonus Track) 13. Lyke-Wake Dirge - (Bonus Track)

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December 28, 2008

Al Stewart Orange Rock Music CD Review

Author: Clyde Lee Dennis

Orange is the latest Rock CD released by the extremely talented Al Stewart who once again has delivered a brilliant collection of tracks. I’m confident Al Stewart fans, and Rock fans alike will be pleased with this one.

Orange launches with an outstanding track, You Don’t Even Know Me, that I anticipate will be heard on radio stations everywhere, and deservedly so. It really is a very nice track.

Rock music fans will recognize some of the well known guests that have been assembled to play along with Stewart on several of the tracks. Artists like Tim Renwick and Rick Wakeman just to name a couple.

If you’re even mildly into Rock music you’ll enjoy this album. Overall Orange is an outstanding release. I give it my double thumbs up. You will not be disappointed with one single track.

While this entire album is outstanding some of my favorites are track 3 - Songs Out Of Clay, track 7 - I’m Falling, and track 11 - It Doesn’t Matter Anymore

My Bonus Pick, and the one that got Sore [...as in "Stuck On REpeat"] is track 1 - You Don’t Even Know Me. What a nice track!

Orange Release Notes:

Al Stewart originally released Orange on June 22, 2007 on the Collectors’ Choice label.

CD Track List Follows:

1. You Don’t Even Know Me 2. Amsterdam 3. Songs Out Of Clay 4. News From Spain, The 5. I Don’t Believe You 6. Once An Orage, Always An Orange 7. I’m Falling 8. Night Of The 4th Of May 9. Soho (Needless To Say) - (Bonus Track) 10. Elvaston Place - (Bonus Track) 11. It Doesn’t Matter Anymore - (Bonus Track)

Personnel includes: Al Stewart, Rick Wakeman, Brinsley Schwarz.

Personnel: Al Stewart (acoustic guitar); Brinsley Schwarz (acoustic 12-string guitar); Tim Renwick (electric guitar); Cal Bachelor, Tim Walker (Spanish guitar); Rick Wakeman, Bob Andrews (organ); Brian Odgers, Bruce Thomas (bass guitar); Craham Hunt, John Wilson, Roger Pope (drums); John Donnelly, Mick Welton, Kevin Powers (background vocals).

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Austin, the “live Music Capital of the World”

Author: Jim Olenbush

Austin, the “Live Music Capital of the World”, is a slogan based on the very essence of this city that is supported by residents and local government alike. There are virtually hundreds of venues where locals and visitors can enjoy every type of live music imaginable.

In 1991, blues musician Lillian Standfield approached the City’s Music Commission to propose Austin be labeled the “Music Capital of the USA”. After extensive research, city officials discovered that Austin had more live music venues per capita than any of the major cities including Nashville, New York City or Las Vegas. It was suggested the city slogan be upgraded to the “Live Music Capital of the Universe”, but the council compromised, and on August 29, 1991, the “Live Music Capital of the World” became Austin’s official slogan.

Since that day, Austin has more than ‘walked its talk’. Not only do they organize a number of regular musical events, they have integrated music into the day to day running of the local government. City officials have also developed various programs to assist up-and-coming musicians with the promotion of their music. Here are just a few of the events and programs supported by this city.

Events

  • Live from the Plaza provides a series of free concerts on the plaza at City Hall.
  • Parks and Recreation provides an extensive calendar of events that have musical performances. They sponsor annual events such as the Trail of Lights (a holiday music venue) and a number of summer concerts.
  • South by Southwest is a major annual film and music festival.
  • The Austin City Limits Music Festival is a three-day music and art festival held in the fall.
  • In the summer, local businesses support a series of free blues shows in Zilker Park

Memorials:

  • Austin Music Memorial at the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Center for the Performing Arts honors deceased individuals who have contributed to the music community in some way.
  • Stevie Ray Vaughan has a striking life size memorial at Lady Bird Lake.

Local Promotion:

  • Music on Hold is a program where local music is played in the City’s telephone hold music system.
  • Austin Music Channel is a local station devoted to showcasing local talent.
  • Austin-Bergstrom International Airport has live music throughout three different venues in the terminal.
  • City council meetings include live music in their weekly sessions.
  • Austin Convention and Visitors Bureau actively promote “Live Music Capital of the World” as a travel destination and also provide assistance in booking local musicians.
  • Texas Music Office - Texas Talent Registry provides a listing of over 1700 bands and their contact information.

Local Government Support:

  • Creative Industries Loan Guarantee Program provides loans to individuals or companies involved in music, film, art and technology.
  • The Austin Music Economic Impact Study describes how music affects the economy and discusses various ideas to promote the music community.
  • Austin Energy is a rebate program that provides energy savings incentives to over 220 of Austin’s live music venues.

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This article was written on behalf of Jim Olenbush, fully accredited Austin REALTOR

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December 27, 2008

A Short Discourse on Music - III

Author: Ashutosh Ghildiyal

I said, “Look, researchers believe that certain types of music actually create new neural pathways in the brain. That means that the brain can function in a different field than that of memory alone. After listening to classical music, adults can do certain spatial tasks more quickly, such as putting together a jigsaw puzzle. Why does this happen? The classical music pathways in our brain are similar to the pathways we use for spatial reasoning. When we listen to classical music, the spatial pathways are turned on and ready to be used. The music most people call classical – works by composers such as Bach, Beethoven, or Mozart – is different from other kinds of music as it has a more complex musical structure. Researchers think the complexity of classical music is what primes the brain to solve spatial problems more quickly. So listening to classical music may have different effects on the brain than listening to other types of music.”

I wanted to tell them about my favorite composer and also give an example which might seem a little accessible to them. So I told them about Bach. “One of the first and most highly reputed classical composers is Johann Sebastian Bach. Bach’s contributions to music, or, to borrow a term popularized by his student Lorenz Christoph Mizler, his ‘musical science,’ are frequently bracketed with the contributions of William Shakespeare in English literature and Isaac Newton in physics. Someone suggested that Bach’s music is what the people of Earth should use to communicate with the universe. Bach is the also the most represented artist on the Voyager Golden Record, a phonograph record included in two Voyager (Spaceship) missions. Bach’s compositions are three of the 27 recordings chosen. Also, several notable composers such as Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann and Mendelssohn began writing in a more contrapuntal style after being introduced to Bach’s music.”

I told them that Bach’s music, revered for its intellectual and technical beauty, was not always appreciated during his own lifetime, and he was considered to be “old-fashioned” by his contemporaries. Nevertheless, Bach is now considered one of the most famous and influential composers of all time. Today the “Bach style” continues to influence musical composition, from hymns and religious works to pop and rock. Many of Bach’s themes – particularly the theme from Toccata and Fugue in D minor – have been used in rock songs repeatedly and have achieved notable popularity.

Someone commented, “If the theory is based on the complexity of music (I approach it from the mathematical perspective), then it is not limited to orchestral music. An extreme example would be Math Rock.”

Theory again! I really dislike these words: theory, idea, opinion, point of view! I said, “Firstly, it’s not a theory – it’s an actuality, as anybody can observe for himself. Secondly, classical music is not limited to orchestral music. Also, though the musical structure might be complex, the actual music is really very simple. Because it is simple, it can operate in the most complex fields. Like Bach’s music; when they map it, they see all the complex structures and all the intricate details, but when you listen to it, it’s the simplest form of music ever written. It’s like nature.

“The type of music labeled as rock was at its best in the 60s and the 70s. Some of the best music in categories such as rock, punk and jazz was created then. It was created by people who wanted to break from the tradition and structure of classical music, since tradition is always a limitation, and wanted to create something new. There were some great musicians in this period who have been highly influential. Examples would be Bob Dylan, The Velvet Underground and John Coltrane. However, through time, even that became a tradition, a genre, which others followed, remaining within the same field, so it became repetitive.

“Math Rock, as I understand, is based on conscious and deliberate effort towards creating music within a particular frame, according to certain pre-formulations. Since it uses mathematics, it is based on measurement, which means comparison, which also means time. Since there is a framework defined already, it remains within the field of the known. Therefore, the spontaneity, the timeless factor, is missing. Since they try to manipulate, twist and syncopate to confuse, to delay, to create something that is a twist on rock, punk, or pop, it simply remains a modification of the existing structures.”

Nobody said anything after that. I guess they were either bored or had had too much of this. There was nothing more said and we left for our respective tasks.

“Anurag, you certainly did try to prove something there,” said Virendra. “I doubt whether it was for yourself or for them. It’s not something you can propagate through words. It is enough that you understand. You don’t have to show it to others too, you don’t have to convince them.”

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 The above extract has been taken from the short story, “Music and Intelligence“, featured in the book: To Think or Not to Think and Other Stories, by Ashutosh Ghildiyal 

About the Author:

Ashutosh Ghildiyal is a salaried professional based in Mumbai, India. He was born in Lucknow in 1984, where he completed his schooling. He completed his graduate studies in New Delhi and his post-graduate education in Mumbai. He is the author of “To Think or Not to Think and Other stories” (Book), various blogs, articles, and short stories.

Email: ashutoshghildiyal@hotmail.com

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