Saturday, November 15, 2014

Raag Jhinjhoti, Alap-Jod. 1991

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My recording of Jhinjhoti (Alap-Jod) from 1991, has been amongst  the YoutTube uploads which elicited some acknowledgement from connoisseu...
Thursday, November 6, 2014

Raga Multani July 12, 2014

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A musician is only as good as his last concert. Mine took place on Guru Purnima (July 12) 2014, after a 20-year delinquency from riyaz an...
Sunday, September 21, 2014

Vasantrao Deshpande Award. January 19, 2014. Acceptance speech

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 Vidwan Vikku Vinayakram conferring the award डॉक्टर वसंतराव देशपांडे स्मृति सम्मान जो मुझे आज प्रदान किया गया है, उसके लिये मैं वसं...
Friday, June 6, 2014

Raga Shuddha Chhaya: Elusive component of a popular compound

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This essay is now published in my fourth book: Removing it from here was considered proper, though not contractually obligatory,...

Dhondutai Kulkarni (1927-2014)

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Dhondutai Kulkarni, the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana stalwart, refused to flow with the tide of populism, and consolidated her position...
Monday, May 26, 2014

Hindustani Music in the Baroda State

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This essay is now published in my book:
Friday, May 9, 2014

Musicologist... by an unorthodox route

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In 1967, the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, made the mistake of giving me admission to the 2-year full-time MBA programme. T...
Friday, April 18, 2014

Prof. SK Saxena. pioneering aesthetician of Hindustani music

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This essay is now published in my book:
Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Raga Lalit: Tonal geometry and melodic mischief

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Lalit is amongst the older and more popular ragas of the Hindustani system. It  bears a close resemblance to raga Lalitha of the Carnati...
Friday, August 16, 2013

Seasonal raga-s in Hindustani music

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Musicologist, Prof. Ashok Ranade often observed that Hindustani music is deeply engaged with the three major cycles affecting human life –...