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...find it heartbreaking: every time I revisit one of my favorite monuments, it has either been overrun by a slum, unsympathetically restored by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), or simply demolished. By now, almost all the havelis of Old Delhi have been destroyed. According to historian Pavan Varma, the majority of the buildings he recorded in his book Mansions at Dusk 13 years ago no longer exist...
...intimate warmth of the basement, three different groups quietly waited for what was supposed to be a short period of time as the stage was set up. After just over half an hour, the delayed show finally began with the one-man band, Avi Varma...
Under red-lights more typical of Amsterdam than Cambridge, Avi Varma accompanied by his acoustic guitar and harmonica, performed several songs—or, perhaps more accurately put, a couple variations of the same song. The limited range of notes and identical beat of each song made the Amerherst College student’s performance the musical equivalent of an Ec10 lecture— exciting material made monotonous and boring...
...part, Varma mumbled indecipherable lyrics followed by multiple “ladadada’s,” making one of his few comprehensible lines (“I sound like what’s-his-name”) the most painfully ironic moment of his unmemorable performance...
...Varma does not lack musical talent. His soothing voice, coupled with his impressive improvisations on the harmonica, complemented a welcoming opening act that merited the claps it received from the few audience members present...