The Fab Four burst onto the stage at a time when India was still trying to find its place in the world. Fifty years on their magic is still intact
Sometime in early December, a Beatles tribute band was playing at the Landmark store at the Forum Mall in Bangalore. The audience, roughly 100 people, was a motley crew: Young 20 somethings, 40-year-olds with little kids and a bunch of people in their fifth decade. One couple stood out. A distinguished gentleman in old world formals and his partner in a nine yard silk sari were rocking hard to the songs. Both were well into their 60s. They knew all the lyrics and when the band played ‘Yesterday’, the man reached out and held his wife’s hand tenderly.
(This story appears in the 22 January, 2010 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)