The Hindu Merchant at Novgorod and Khrushchev’s
visit to India
I was drawn to this tale while referring to Khrushchev’s
memoirs, which interestingly took me to the story of Sadko, and made me listen
to a glorious tune titled “Song of India’ by Rimsky Korsakov. The haunting tune
led me to the Indian favorite ‘Awaz De Kahan he’ (Naushad was certainly
inspired by the overture and verse sections of
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