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Gently flows the river |
It was my final year of college; the Diwali vacations were approaching. ‘I want to celebrate this Diwali in a special way” I grandly announced to my family. “After all, this could be my last year as a student’ I said. “Oh are you planning on getting married next year?’ my father teased; “No, no, she thinks she has learnt everything in life’s book of lessons” my mother said with a chuckle. I was about to rebut these comments, when my grandmother gently said “I think she has a point”. Encouraged by my grateful smile, she continued “Why don’t we do something special- let us go to the holy city of Banaras....more
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An ode to a potted plant |
What images does the mind conjure up when it hears the word ‘Beauty’? We think of rolling meadows, colourful flowers, waterfalls, and lush forests. Of course, Beauty is not always about Nature, there is a world of beauty in the innocence that we see in a child’s smile, its tender touch or even its gurgles and giggles....more
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An
overview of aesthetics in Music
The word ‘rasa’ has three primary associations of meaning:
[1] Of being the object of perception by the sense of taste
[2] Of being the essence of any thing or being
[3] Of being something dynamic and not static
To extrapolate this into music, we go back to the Indian tradition wherein the central point of aesthetics is ‘rasa’ or ‘aanand’ [joyful bliss].The concept of rasa originated and developed in the context of dramaturgy, since drama is a dynamic art form combining the audio and visual impact.
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Beyond Borders - reaching out through music |
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It was a cold wintry
evening in a small German town called Bottrop.I had just
concluded with a Bhairavi thumri. The concert was a
fund-raiser for the victims of the Gujarat earthquake- it
was a concert organized by the Mayor himself, and the town
hall was filled to capacity...more
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Kaal Chakra - The Raga-Time Cycle :
Colors of sound |
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The
Rasa Theory was the first systematized attempt to explain
the cause-effect relationship between an intangible
concept like ‘emotion’ with its tangible factors. It was
expounded by Bharata Muni in his treatise 'Natyashastra'.
The concept of 'rasa' originated and developed in the
context of dramaturgy, since drama is a dynamic art form
combining the audio and visual impact....more
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The Making of Krishn-Kanhai |
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"Music to me is a spiritual journey into the soul and I have felt this especially in the making of Krishn—Kanhai"
The first strains of music for this collection awoke in my heart during a trip to Vrindavan, a holy confluence of spiritual vibrations, poetic imagery and the cultural heritage of India; all wedded to the tales of Lord Krishna’s boyhood and youth.
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‘Guru charan nitha laaabho’ |
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It was the year 1982; I was a fresh graduate in Chemistry from Bombay University- a slightly confused young lady, on the threshold of several avenues which beckoned me. Should I pursue a course as a research scholar in Organic Chemistry- my first love? Or should I throw myself into the heady, exciting and challenging world of avant-garde theatre (a brief but intensely fascinating stint with the talented Shri Jayadev Hattangady’s theatre group had thrown my well-ordered universe topsy turvy.) Or should I pursue a path in Classical Music- which has always been a guiding ‘dhruva-taara’ for me all along , steadfast but so subtle that, I, myself was not wholly aware of just how much, a life within and around music meant to me...more
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