First appeared in www.scroll.in on July 4, 2015. The name Lalit brings to mind several associations, not all of which are pleasant in present times.  Notwithstanding the constant reference to it in the past two weeks or so, for the Hindustani music lover, the name immediately brings to mind an important raag that is performed at dawn. Raag Lalit is lent a special flavour by a vakra or crooked movement and the chromatic use of the shuddha or natural