Love hate relationship with British monarchy
Hi friends, As I write this, we are touring Kashmir and Ladakh for 2 weeks and which will come to an end in a couple of days. Of course, I will be writing about this major trip later. As we are touring, we were updated on the news of prominent figures around the world like erstwhile president of USSR Mikhail Gorbachev, Queen Elizabeth 2, Carnatic vocalist T V Shankaranarayanan who was the nephew of Shri Madhurai Mani Iyer. But as they say, if it rains in Britain, people open their umbrellas all over the world. T V Shankaranarayan's demise made me sad as I had attended his concert recently. Queen's death did not affect me much as she had led a long life and one anyone cannot even dream of. Of course, the news surprised me a bit as I thought she would cross 100 like her queens mother.That their monarchy had colonised many countries in the past and looted the wealth to expand their own empire is still not easy to digest f