In this beautiful book Dr Darekar shows the influences which have formed a musician like Pt. Jitendra Abhisheki. We read about Panditji's youth, his family background, the problems he had to negotiate on his way and , by describing the diverse characters of his gurus, Dr Darekar illustrates how an ardent music lover with unwavering perseverance and a receptive mind can be moulded by his gurus and life itself. Quotes from eminent contemporaries and disciples of Pt. Jitendra Abhisheki give a true-to-life insight into the personality of this great man. This volume is not only the life story of a great singer and composer, an eminent scholar and a thinker, unfettered by narrow gharana dogmas, but it allows the reader to peep into the workshop of an accomplished artist where he finds many valuable secrets of proper practice and performance and minutiae of different gharanas.