Those Forty Days

Samir Chatterjee, a.k.a. Chhanda-Muni, is an esteemed musician, primarily known as a performer of the two-piece Indian drum Tabla. He has featured in many music festivals and venues all over the world. Chatterjee also has a presence in the field of academia, as an author of two significant books on Indian music, and holding faculty positions in several reputed institutions. As a performer, teacher, social worker and tourist, Samir has been to many different places around the world. With an unusual capacity to observe and absorb, he has successively matured in his perspective to different phenomenon of life.

Chatterjee’s musical performances and creations have a distinct mark of his profound spiritual experiences drawn from life. These experiences have suffused in his talks and writings as well. This book is a rare example of that. Written in the form of a daily journal during a spell of forty days of intense practice, he reveals certain significant steps in his evolution as a seeker.

Hailing from Calcutta, India and groomed by several musicians, ascetics and thinkers, Samir paved his own way towards his self-determined destination. He was never lost on his way and is in no rush.