

I am not allowed to visit India right now due to the present circumstances.

I was waiting in the US hoping that Balu would recover. The last time we sang together was in a concert in Singapore. Balu knocked on my door, mimicking room service, and cooked meals for me. Once, when we were in Paris together, we did not get food one night. He would always treat those around him with love and affection. Balu used to say that I'd sung the song Agaram Ippo Sikaram Aachu song in Sikaram as a gift to him. Anyone who listens to those songs would never say that his was an untrained voice. He had sung like a trained classical singer in Sankarabaranam. He would sing, and he would also compose music. Even though Balu hadn't learnt music, he possessed great musical knowledge. Perhaps we might have been brothers in a previous life. Even though we weren't born to the same mother, he behaved with me like a brother. I do not know how much Balu loved me, but he used to call me Anna. "Among the friends who work with me, Balu was like my brother.
