All music, to me, is a journey. Mine has taken me across continents and through countless rhythms, from the electric pulse of rock to the improvisational freedom of jazz and the deep-rooted traditions of Indian music. Looking back, I see not a series of changes but one continuous path, a lifelong search for sound, connection, and meaning.

In the early 1970s, I was the drummer with Human Bondage, one of India’s leading rock bands. We played with the fire of youth: loud, curious, and restless. By the mid-seventies, something shifted. I felt drawn back to the intricate rhythms of my homeland, to the layered beauty of Indian percussion and the melodic cycles that hold both time and timelessness. That pull changed everything. It wasn’t about leaving rock behind but about rediscovering where I

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