For my entire adult life, one of the greatest regrets I carried was quitting learning tabla (after two years of tuition) at 10. My guruji had rebuked me in front of 20 of his students for not keeping my nails short and I took it on my ego. I resolved never to go back for tabla classes again, and never touched tabla again. Even though guruji lived in the very next lane and asked for me through my friends who learned from him, I never showed up. Sadly, my parents too gave up upon seeing my resolve.

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