chaotic order

The advancement of culture happens not by mass movements; but through the conduit of a minority; nay, a very few select individuals – into whom, an inexorable life force pours everything that she was; far too much, far too soon; mercilessly  propelling them into achieving her selfish ends; then, casting them away like flotsam in an ocean: psychologically tortured, physically weak and lost – yet, making sure that the cultural landscape they trod upon will irrevocably remain transformed with their indelible imprint for generations - who would admire with awe over such an achievement made singularly possible in a brief life time of a person. Such is the destiny of a genius. Mandolin U Srinivas will not play the Mandolin anymore: those nimble fingers, graceful hands, delectable artistry, ripened talent will never grace the instrument again. It is an instrument that found its way into a little boy’s untrained hands when he was six years old, an instrument that gave itself up to him, like a