The portrait of a music legend

New Delhi, Jan 28 Not many know that when renowned Indian classical musician and Padma Vibhushan recipient late Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan was just a child and had has difficulties in speech, his father would put him on his chest, face downwards and sing, so he would imitate and try to sing along. The nugget from his inspiring life, and many others, find place in the book 'A Dream I Lived Alone'.

Guru to renowned artists such as Asha Bhosle, Manna Dey, Geeta Dutt Roy, A.R. Rahman, Hariharan, Waheeda Rahman, Shaan, and Sonu Nigam, among others, the music legend passed away on January 17 at the age of 89 in Bandra.

Performing since he was eight years old, his career spans over a period of seventy-five years.

The book, co-written by the late Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan and his daughter-in-law Namrata Gupta narrates his life's story-from practicing music in a graveyard as a young boy to teaching stalwarts of the music industry.

Calling his journey is as lyrical as his songs, the book has an interesting anecdote one that Namrata counts among her favourite from when he 'disturbed the dead' for his riyaaz

( With inputs from IANS )