Dreams Come True - 1

I decided that I will play the flute ever since I heard somebody playing one in the Student Activity Centre at IIT Delhi. The sound was so melodious and so mesmerizing, I still can’t forget it. I used to play the violin at that time and instantly switched to the flute. I bought scores of flutes of all kinds from all places around the world to fulfill my hobby and blew in it till the neighbours’ ears grew sore with the cacophony of somebody learning a new musical instrument. 

Though I could always play light songs on the flute, I was always puzzled by classical music. I used to go to the SPIC Macay concerts at IIT where the masters used to come to perform. But it always intrigued me. It became another dream to learn classical music one day. 

And then somebody in a junior batch in my hostel joined in and used to sit on the stairs and play something heavenly on his guitar. I was pulled towards it one day and he told me that he was playing ragas on the guitar. That strengthened my resolve even further.

The thought was always on my mind but I kept doing delayed gratification till last year when I found a teacher and went to meet him. Right the next month, we started our Diamond qualification and the idea again went out for a toss. 

Finally after finishing Diamond, I had decided that I will surely fulfill this dream. After a lot of searching I found the right teacher and started learning a month back. Tuesdays and Fridays, 7:30-9:00am are magical two hours of the week. I’m loving it and I know I will take it all the way. It’s such a joy to learn what I’ve been dreaming about for all these years.