By MOHAN NADKARNI writing as GURUDEV SHARAN Times Weekly, August 25, 1973 KANADA KE PRAKAR By Jaisukhal Tribhuvan Shah ( Published by the author, pp 332, Rs 16) The colourful KANADA Group of ragas is a class in itself in the rich and varied repertory of north Indian music. Thanks to recent research in musicology, it is now conclusively proved that many of these...
Retrospection: BADE GULAM ALI KHAN By MOHAN D. NADKARNI writing as GURUDEV SHARAN The Times of India, May 5, 1961 MUSIC to me is more than my food. I live music – it is my very life, and Icannot live without it. I would rather die with a song on my lips than live without music –so declaimed the maestro. Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali...
By MOHAN NADKARNI The Economic Times, September 11, 1988 Eclecticism is the trend that is taking root today. It is specially discernible in the approach of the younger generation of artistes. And, that too, in vocal music, because there has not been such clear-cut differentiation in concept and style in instrumental music. This was resoundingly brought home by the recitals of Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande and...
By MOHAN NADKARNI The Economic Times, September 24, 1989 The week that was took me to Bhopal, where I witnessed an event, the like of which was neither conceived nro presented before. It was a three-day soiree, styled “Sarangi Mela” organised by the Bharat Bhavan Trust from September 15. The event was something much more than a “mela” as the term is conventionally understood...
By MOHAN NADKARNI The Ecomomic Times, August 28, 1988 Although the year in India is conventionally divided into six natural seasons, known as “ritus”, it is the rainy season (“Varsha”), which has held a special significance to predominantly agrarian people like us. Not surprisingly, therefore, an immense treasure of songs from pre-historic Vedic times down to the 20th century Tagore has come down to...
By MOHAN NADKARNI The Economic Times, January 10, 1988 A novel and thoughtful concert presentation marked the inauguration of the golden jubilee of the Ramnarain Ruia College, the renowned educational institution of Matunga in Central Bombay, a few days ago. Novel, because the college authorities, conventionally speaking, departed from the all-too-familiar ritual of inviting a chief guest to start such celebrations. Instead, they hit...