A Post by Prof Linda Hess , Head, South Asian Languages and Culture, Stanford University , Stanford, USA. aftr the sad demise of Vasundhara tai Komkali Today with the rest of the world, I receive sad news of the passing of revered classical singer Padmashri Vasundhara Komkali, fondly known as Tai, head of a stu pendous musical family in Dewas, wife of legendary Kumar Gandharva, mother and teacher of singer Kalapini Komkali , grandmother and great grandmother to singer Bhuvanesh, his wife Uttara and their son Alakh. Many others are posting pictures of her. I post this word-picture, from the book that the family helped me to produce, about Kumar Gandharva and Kabir. I asked her to speak about the nirgun voice, the voice of "no-quality" or shunyata, emptiness, that Kumarji had said was the way to sing Kabir. She replied (as translated from Hindi), "How can I say anything? I can only show you by singing. It has to do with how you throw the voice [phenkna]. That is nirgun...