Aditi Rao Hydari Instagram – Twinkling eyes that made my imagination soar. Little krishna was sulking and stealing butter in front of me, Radha was drenched in water as she walked home with a broken matka as the cows kicked up dust colouring the orange sky at dusk. A peecock danced in the rain and the monsoon came alive in the scorching heat of a delhi summer. We sat as children right under his nose watching him sing thumris and do Abhinaya. And quite often I fell asleep on my mothers lap and the music still rings in my ears from that time! Chhedo na nand ke sunahoo… the thousand interpretations of that one line, shringaara in every pore of his being. tthank you for being at my arangetram, the first time I ever stepped on to stage. Thank you for my dreams that danced then and now Thank you for sharing your world with me, with us. I realise how lucky I was as a child to have grown up around such greatnesss, so much humility, and at the core of it all a childlike playfulness. You are dance and dance is you Rest in peace maharaj ji May the sun moon and stars dance with you and celebrate you eternally.