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NO. 64: TCHAIKOVSKY SAVES MY LIFE AT THE CZAR’S PALACE – PART 2

by Raji Singh Shelva’s girlhood memories of her first, most unusual, ball.  It’s St. Petersberg, Russia.  The 1870’s. OPUS 3:  BLINK, AND THE WHOLE WORLD BLINKS WITH YOU      Maestro Pyotr Illych escorts me down the winding marble staircase of … Continue reading

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No 63: TCHAIKOVSKY SAVES MY LIFE AT THE CZAR’S WINTER PALACE

by Raji Singh (Shelva Fiction’s girlhood writings – the 1870’s.) OPUS 1:  THE APPROACH      “Ahh!  The Royal haven in St. Petersburg:  The grandness that is its Elizabethan Baroque style with stately ivory columns, glass smooth, far as the eye … Continue reading

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