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Sameer Rahat was performing Urdu blues at a private function when I saw him first. It’s a novel fusion, I thought, of two rich traditions set to music. He did it very well. A gypsy by temperament, he has a need to lose himself in the quest of self-discovery, freedom from contexts: where I belong, parents, situations in life. It came to me, almost, as a rude awakening: he’s so different from his father, yet that difference has something familiar—certain continuity in disruptio

Jan Peters is an environmentalist by heart, a landscape ecologist by training, leading an individualistic life with responsibility, having said that, he’s a traveller by temperament and is open to influences. Curiosity keeps him going, exploring new frontiers. He has been to many countries and witnessed communities, garnering intuitive understanding of the way of life, people, environment, geography, biology, economy of a place and what not. A panoramic picture of a place com