My interview on Sangam Talks Two Years Ago

 

My interview on Sangam Talks Two Years Ago

 Shrikant G. Talageri

 

Someone sent me the following tweet put up on 8 August by someone named Hamsanandi:

https://x.com/hamsanandi/status/1953549251990237459 

“Was listening to an interview of Shrikant Talageri - He said as a child , his dream was to have a room full of books and a room full of music records. Exactly the two things I used to dream of too

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I did not fully remember all the details of the contents of the video of this interview (that he is referring to) uploaded by Sangam Talks on youtube over two years ago, so (having some time on my hands) I saw the whole video over again now. It is a general autobiographical or personal sort of video. Unlike most of my other videos (where, while I have no problems with the contents, I don’t really like my own voice or style of speaking, and generally prefer my writing to my speaking), I quite liked my own presentation in this particular interview:  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTLugnmBrL4 

[Note: anyone watching this video should disable the sub-titles which seem unrelated to anything that I am saying].

I felt the above video should be seen by other people as well, at least by those who read my blogs. If this seems conceit to anyone, well, I have never bothered what people think. At any rate, having completed 67 years of age today (14^th August 2025), I decided to mark the occasion by indulging in this piece of conceit (drawing attention to my above interview) as a sort of (what I hope is a) final epilogue to, or concluding shot for, my blogspot: after this, there will be no major political or historical blogs, though there may be occasionally blogs on lighter topics, like films and music, when the mood strikes me.