Two contradictory pictures are depicted in the story. Describe them in your words.

One picture is of joy and beauty: the grand concert of Pandit Ravi Shankar, the thundering welcome, the enchanting ragas and the standing ovation, and later the maestros playing beautiful music in a small apartment. The other is of sorrow and suffering: a fifteen-year-old boy dying of cancer, gasping for breath on oxygen, and his family hiding their grief behind smiles. The story brings the two together at the end, when Anant dies gently, surrounded by great music and happiness.