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Love is Divine, so is Music. When you make a heart-to-heart connection with God, your world changes forever. When Swami came into my life, He brought the sounds of music into my heart. Now, my daily practice is to tune into Radio Sai's video interviews with celebrated lyricist and singer, Smt Jyotsna Reddy. She is a living legend, directly mentored and chosen by Swami from the time she was 19 years old to write and compose Sai bhajans. I adore her, let me tell you! Her parents had been devotees of Shirdi Sai Baba, who told them that their daughter would become a noted singer. A beautiful singer, a remarkable lyricist and a humble devotee, her  experiences with Swami are inspirational. Her innocence, simplicity and love for Swami can be experienced in every word that she speaks throughout the video series.  World over, most bhajans that we sing today are composed by  Smt Jyotsna Reddy. To surrender is the highest form of love. If you have loved someone deeply, yo...

When I was a child, Mahashivaratri bhajans used to be conducted at home. It meant 24X7 work for my parents, especially my mother. But this is the one festival that we loved to get ready for.  You had to prepare in advance for hosting so many people overnight. They had to be comfortable yet alert because no one who stays can be allowed to fall asleep unless they are unwell or on medication. So, if there were aunties who wanted to take a ten-minute nap, I would time it and call them exactly in ten minutes! The joy of watching grown-ups make a fool of themselves over getting few more minutes of sleep cannot be underestimated especially when you are ten or twelve years old! Perhaps it is those beautiful growing up years that make it difficult for me to stay away from an all-night vigil during Mahashivaratri. I can't stay away from it no matter where I am, even if the following day is a working day. This year too, I attended the Mahashivaratri bhajans at the Sai Center, Lo...