It’s almost like a long-forgotten feeling, like the scent of a lover lingering years afte r you have parted ways. Time was when the country’s music festival calendar was so chock-a-bloc that you didn’t know when one ended and the other began, till everything stopped due to the pandemic. But now, the whiff of that lover’s scent, so to speak, is getting stronger again. Mark your calendar for February 26, because that’s when the first big-ticket, multi-act indie music festival in Maharashtra after the third wave of the pandemic will be held. It’s called Mahindra Open Drive, and has been held before in Jodhpur and in Goa. Now, the organisers are bringing the fest to this state, given that the local government has eased restrictions again.

Kamakshi Khanna