The sun shone pleasantly in France, surprisingly for the month of November. The incredible Stanislas Square in Nancy in the north east of France, was bustling as the sun rejuvenated minds and hearts and lent an inexplicable lightness and happy feeling to all. Around the august statue of the Duke Stanislas that overlooked the square, were impressive flower beds in the form of musical instruments and aptly named Melody Square. Below the duke’s statue, a young music group was getting ready to set the square on the musical groove. The entire scene was one of light heartedness, joy, abandon all around the colourful floral musical instruments. I couldn’t but be reminded of Tyagaraja’s supreme bliss, Brahmanandam through music as he visualized it in his Nadaloludai when I beheld this phenomenon fuelled both by music and the sun’s nourishing luminosity all at once. One of the highlights of my trip was the interactive talk on Carnatic music for the students and professors of musicology at the University of Nancy. It was supposedly a public that was new to Carnatic music. I was told that it would be unlikely that I would have questions as the audience was usually reticent. It seemed like a challenging situation and decided to take it as it came. The hall was full to its maximum capacity. Some articles on understanding Carnatic music that I had prepared were neatly handed over to every member of the audience in a beautiful folder that announced Le Parnas