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When going solo sounds hollow

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From: The Hindustan Times
Date: 20080627
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Hindustan Times

NEW DELHI, India, June 27 -- Earlier this week I visited Ashok Mitra, writer and former Union Finance Minister. After the recent passing of his wife Gouri, he lives alone in Kolkata. Old friends like Raymond Chandler and Rabindranath Tagore keep him company. Strange shelf-fellows, but he has always been a man of adventure. And music? He dismisses the question: "Music is not to be listened to alone.

A dated sentiment in the iPod era, but Mitra is not alone in supporting it. Throughout its brief history, the music industry has promoted private listening. The parlour stereo gave ...

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