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ANOTHER TIME LUCKY

s we emerged in December 2020 after months of lockdown, an Instagram video posted by actor-politician Nafisa Ali went viral. Shot in Goa’s Arambol village, it featured a grizzled Lucky Ali—guitar in hand, scarf draped around his shoulders—performing a rendition of his breakout hit ‘O Sanam’ to a small, intimate crowd. At the end

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