For him, it is part of a mission that he believes will never end - popularising the bamboo flute (bansuri). There’s another reason why Chaurasia still travels. He was in Kochi, after travelling a gruelling 10 hours from Kharagpur, for the Kerala State convention of SPIC MACAY, an organisation he has been associated with right from its inception. For, after all, it has been that way for the past 65 years,” says Chaurasia rather nonchalantly. Moreover, it is a struggle that I relish. But this lifestyle does not seem to wear out the maestro.“This has become a routine of sorts. Spending hours in a car, on flights, living out of suitcases, late evening concerts, early mornings. Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia, who turns 80 this July, kicked off the year with back-to-back concerts with hardly a break in between.
