Sunday Blues: Rain & Begum Akhtar

(Caption: Screengrab of Indian vocalist Begum Akhtar from this documentary.) As a melancholic Mohammad Rafi song made its way to my car’s stereo system, a hundred drops crowded the windscreen, washing away remnants of a dusty and muggy Sunday afternoon. Rafi, whose silken voice faded more than three decades ago, is bidding a final goodbye…