the death of all the greats as he was closely associated with each of them since pt jasraj ji passed away last year i have been remembering his work in music i have also known rajan and sajan mishra ji for the past 25 years its like losing a member of the family rajan ji was not only a mentor but like an elder brother to me i have played more than 200 concerts with them losing debu kaku and prateek to covid was shocking too prateek was not even 50 and of course pt anandagopal bandyopadhyay was one of the seniormost tabla players and a fantastic human being we played so many concerts together he shareddeep void in the musical journey its never easy to feel the shelter above your head crumble kaushiki chakraborty feels a deep void in her musical journey because of losing the greats but she has a pertinent point to make whether luminaries or ordinary people every life lost is mourned deeply every life is irreplaceable especially in pandemic times we dread any news of death having said that they were all father figures to me i was fortunate to have grown up with their blessings and learning from them so this loss is deeply personal she said