I was in school – 7th or 8th Standard is when I heard about Michael Jackson. I did not know how he looked, how he danced, how he sung – but I was already a fan. My friends who had listened to his music and seen video brought by their Amru uncle – told in such vivid details that MJ was already dancing in my imagination.

Then I caught MJ on World this Week – hosted by Prannoy Roy – the only window to the world I had at that time. And what I saw was better than what I had constructed in my memory.

Over the years I watched him fall from one disaster to another and prayed silently for him. And in 2000 he was awarded the greatest entertainer of the century by Mtv. And in his acceptance speech he said “You ain’t seen nothing yet”. Gave me hope – perhaps he has turned a new leaf and will produce another amazing album. Sadly the clock stopped for him.

I saw a tweet from someone yesterday – “even my office peon knows about MJ” – that sums it up how great a person he was.