Rock music in the times of Indira Gandhi

It was an enchanting evening at the Delhi release of Sidharth Bhatia's new book, "India Psychedlic" that chronicles India's rock music culture of the 1960s -- and, through it, the idiosyncracies of the times, when "getting a scooter or telephone was difficult, not to speak of a gas connection." The coffee-table like quality, with LP record covers, black-and-white photos and such memorabilia is the stuff of nostalgia, and the nuggets are engaging.

--Asha Puthli refused to change her Indian sounding name when she landed in the US, but did very well, thank you -- NY Times has profiled her and Andy Warhol has photographed her.
--Mike Fay 's real name is revealed, as is his rich genetic heritage and the awesome fact that he performed in Mogadishu, Somalia after an unlikely voyage via Aden.
--Farokh Balsara did rock-n-roll covers with a Bombay group called The Hectics as a schoolboy before moving to the UK, where he acquired fame as Freddie Mercury of Queen.
This is great stuff for a nostalgia documentary or movie. Sudhir Mishra would know. After all, he used "Born To Be Wild" in the background for Hazaron khwaishein aisi .
You come out smelling of vinyl, dusty pages and teenage hormones.