civilized_naah
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My son takes weekly music (Indian classical) lessons from someone in the Washington area. This teacher is going through an incredible array of misfortunes. He has battled a bleeding disorder since he was 16, something that has never allowed him to leave his regular job (because of health insurance issues) and pursue music full-time. He is a little older than me, barely on the wrong side of 50. In the past couple of years, his internal hemorrhages have become so frequent that he has had to have as many as three transfusions (to replace the clotting factor in his blood) a week. On top of that, he is now dealing with two other major potentially life-threatening illnesses, while worrying about the health of his mother in India, who has been diagnosed with severe kidney disease and has just started dialysis. He cannot even travel to India to see his mother because the regular blood transfusions he needs cannot be arranged for a short term. The overwhelming stress of it all has now triggered heart problems. In February, he had five mini heart attacks in the space of a week. When the angioplasty was started, his bleeding prevented the procedure from being completed. So now, that problem has to be addressed with medicine.
He is incredibly talented - having learnt from several of the foremost exponents of Indian classical music, such as Pandit Chinmoy Lahiri, Pandit V G Jog and Pandit Ajoy Chakravarti. He has performed on stage with many world class luminaries in Indian classical music. On top of that, he is a fantastic teacher, as I know from personal experience. I offered to start an online fundraising campaign for him, but he vehemently refused. In fact, I am writing this without telling him, because he would probably ask me not to.
So, if you are in reasonably good health, count your blessings.
[SIZE=12pt]As you all know, I teach a Civil PE Review Course online. In the past, I have sometimes done a free all day workshop (mainly geared towards the breadth exam) – once to raise funds for CARE, and another time to raise money for the Red Cross right after the devastating flooding in the central states. This time, I am thinking of doing such a workshop to raise funds (donate as you like) to help out this truly outstanding person.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=12pt]I am thinking of a 3 hr + 1 hr break + 3 hr day (online webinar) on Saturday April 4th, which is about 10 days before the April exam. The question is, would there be interest in something like it? I can be reached at [email protected][/SIZE]
[SIZE=12pt]Indranil Goswami[/SIZE]
He is incredibly talented - having learnt from several of the foremost exponents of Indian classical music, such as Pandit Chinmoy Lahiri, Pandit V G Jog and Pandit Ajoy Chakravarti. He has performed on stage with many world class luminaries in Indian classical music. On top of that, he is a fantastic teacher, as I know from personal experience. I offered to start an online fundraising campaign for him, but he vehemently refused. In fact, I am writing this without telling him, because he would probably ask me not to.
So, if you are in reasonably good health, count your blessings.
[SIZE=12pt]As you all know, I teach a Civil PE Review Course online. In the past, I have sometimes done a free all day workshop (mainly geared towards the breadth exam) – once to raise funds for CARE, and another time to raise money for the Red Cross right after the devastating flooding in the central states. This time, I am thinking of doing such a workshop to raise funds (donate as you like) to help out this truly outstanding person.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=12pt]I am thinking of a 3 hr + 1 hr break + 3 hr day (online webinar) on Saturday April 4th, which is about 10 days before the April exam. The question is, would there be interest in something like it? I can be reached at [email protected][/SIZE]
[SIZE=12pt]Indranil Goswami[/SIZE]