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You know S, it seems funny me writing this letter to you when I could just as well turn around and tell these things to you, but then Santulan from Write Tribe came up with the latest in his Letters Unsent series where we had to write a letter to our current love / spouse / crush or ex-love / spouse / crush. Since you fit into all six of these choices, here goes my letter to you.
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Dear S,
One of the very first things that impressed me the most about you (even as early as the ponnu paakal [which for the uninitiated is the Tamil Brahmin Iyer way of the groom’s family visiting the bride’s family to see the bride, and fix the wedding]) was your interest in Carnatic music and the fact that you could not only sing but also play the violin. And later on when I learnt that you had actually passed an exam in Carnatic violin, my respect for you grew manifold. After all, you are well aware of the extreme levels of music ignorance that my family and extended family enjoy.
In any case, while it was not my expectation that you play the violin or sing for me every day, the fact remains that somewhere in my heart I did expect to hear more music in my life. However, professional life, the commute to work and the mundane chores of daily life caught up with both of us and the violin and the songs got relegated to a dusty corner of all the houses we have ever lived in during these last 6 yrs. That being said, the stints at various family weddings when you and your sis combined together to string up some beautiful songs, the CERA Family Day at Adyar last year when both of you rehearsed and sang that wonderful song from Mozhi remain memorable.
Putting all these aside, the last 7 odd days have been wonderful from a musical perspective. Starting sometime last week when you enquired about violin classes in the neighborhood to brush up your violin skills and the fact that you have dusted your old song book and sing at least once in the evenings during the mandatory puja of the Goddess during the Navaratri, my hopes in you continuing down the musical path have been renewed.
Please treat this letter as a sincere request from a fan of yours who is desperate to hear you play the violin regularly again, and hear you sing again to please continue down this path of musical resurgence. What better way to use this post than to let you know that I really love your music and to ask you to restart that hobby of yours again.
Yours lovingly……J
