Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Prof. Ashok Ranade: a rare Guru

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This essay is now published in my book:
Monday, January 19, 2015

Raga Tatva par ek nazar -- Nirakaar akruti se kalakruti tak

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राग तत्व पर एक नज़र निराकार आकृति से कलाकृति तक प्रस्तावना हिन्दुस्तानी संगीत की सर्जन प्रक्रिया राग तत्व के आधीन होती है. राग ...
Tuesday, December 16, 2014

The emerging generation of Khayal vocalists

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This essay is now published in my book:
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...