We lost a great artist of our times, and I lost the person who showed me the way when I was all of 19 years old and so confused about where to start my journey from and which direction to head in. Prafulla Dahanukar, you were the one who made my parents and my family see that they were dealing with someone different, someone whom they needed to look at through a different lens and it was because of you that my elders set me free from the confines of their imagination about who I was. Had you not sat them down on that one day when I was probably going to do something drastic with my life, and had you not spoken to them about what I really wanted without me having said a word to you about it, they would never have let go from their beliefs and they would never have given me the freedom to pursue a career that propelled me towards self discovery and creative release... That day when you took me away from all who were my own, and showed me what it takes to be independent from the expected and in touch with the divine, is the day this journey I am still in the middle of, began... the long exhaustive road I am still moving on tirelessly....! I love you Prafulla Dahanukar and you know it, wherever you are, because you know that among the many people who will stay connected to you forever in time, I am also one RIP