New Delhi, Sept. 25 -- Ajay Mankotia is a former taxman and a chief executive of a media company. His fondness for western and Indian music is well known. His friends like the articulate parliamentarian Shashi Tharoor find his book awash with whimsical warmth. Ian Anderson describes 'Not Just Rock n Roll' as a knowledgeable and nostalgic and acceptable face of Rock music, as it searched not for an empire, but a second homecoming. "Extract from the book by Ajay Mankotia-

When I was still in school, Doordarshan used to air the TV cartoon series Jackson Sive. It was a fictionalised portrayal of the music group The Jackson 5 comprising brothers Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon and Michael. I would watch the adventures of the five brothers with...