Sucaruvadadesika- a very beloved/ beautiful/ delightful teacher/ guide whose speech/music of delightful- honors Professor Theodore Riccarde, Jr. of Columbia University through contributions by various of his students and colleagues. Professor Riccardi was known to them as an intellectual who studied, taught, mentored and served through the many years of his engagement with Nepal. The contributors of this volume reflect a range of academic expertise, moral engagement and artistic inspiration that he commanded among students, peers and colleagues, which they had tried to express in this festschrift.