Karan Joseph and Suneeta Rao

Like many others, we have been anguished by the recent death of brilliant musician Karan Joseph. But nothing brought home the full blow of the profound tragedy as much as a chance viewing we had of the young man at his prime a few years ago: accompanying singer Suneeta Rao on a grand piano at the NCPA's Tata Theatre, while she belted out that anthem for aching hearts, "Somewhere over the rainbow' in a tribute performance to Barbara Streisand.