This evening NHK WORLD JAPAN TV Channel's 'Direct Talk' featured Yogisawa Satoshi, a brilliant Japanese author. He has written a few stories on loneliness. Although I was known as a voracious reader during my school and college years, I had not read any of his stories.
After my college studies, I continued my reading habit until a few years after the beginning of the current millenium (year 2002 or so) according to the western calender. I remember my almost daily visits to the British Council Library; it was about 10 minutes walk from the South India Regional Office of Macmillan India Limited. I had to visit the library as part of my job as Education Officer in MIL. This was a time when Internet's influence was beginning to change book reading habits globally.
This evening's spisode of 'Direct Talk' was of significant interest to me after having lost my beloved parents as well as siblings. As I have mentioned in my earlier posts, I can identify with lonely people.
By the way, although I have liked many songs by The Beatles, I identify with their Eleonor Rigby for the past few years more intesnsely than ever before. Paul McCartney wrote the song. Following is a photo of the lyrics of the song as written by Paul:
Courtesy: Sir Paul McCartney
I liked many songs by The Beatles such that I used to sing them in social gatherings of relatives and friends, when travelling in buses (such that only I could hear them), in unofficial meetings of senior officers in the Cambodian Ministry of Education, etc. The Beatles were the best softrock band of their times.
Krishnam Vande Jagad Gurum🙏
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