Desh - Kaushiki Chakraborty II राग देश - कौशिकी चक्रवर्ती II

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In 2012 in August, I wrote a column on Ustadji (Bade Ghulam Ali Khan) in Economic Times which uses that very comment of Khansaheb about classical music and Partition that Kaushiki Chakraborty ji quotes in this recital here: Here is the text of my column (a longer version appeared in The Times of India): Free Band VITHAL C NADKARNI ON Independence Day, Chaiji Jalota gives your columnist a superb composition in the raga Bhairav praising Krishna. She got it from her husband, the maestro of Bhakti Sangit, Purushottam Das Jalota. He had learnt it in turn as a young man from Master Ratan, the renowned musician from Phagwara in un-divided Punjab. Master Ratan had probably learned the piece from the composer himself, the great vocalist of the Patiala gharana, Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khansaheb. Khansaheb’s nom de plume was Sabrang, (All Colours), which symbolised the entire spectrum of musical emotions or rasas. Khansaheb’s life was imbued with the same spirit of inclusiveness and tolerance, which is why he could visusalise the divine form of the Blue Lord (Dhana Dhana murat Krishna Murari) with the same fervour with which he sang the glories of Allah in raga Todi. Such secularism seems to be conspicuously absent in these days of migrations of panic-stricken masses from the South to North-Eastern India, wracked by its own brand of communal violence. After Partition, Bade Ghulam Ali Khan had to live in Pakistan which had acquired his place of birth. But he was deeply unhappy with the restrictive atmosphere there: `Hindu’ themes and modes were stigmatised; names of ragas were being changed and the vast majority of his fans and patrons lived `abroad’. He therefore immigrated to India in 1957 although he was opposed to Partition and always said, “This country would never have been divided if in every home one child had been taught classical music!” His bandish is an apt balm today. ENDS ...

[@dilipsaraftopcoach]

Each release of Kaushiki Ji's video is better than the one before. Each is a masterpiece in its own right! What a gift!! Thank you, Kaushiki Ji

[@SureshPanchal-sm2go]

Super 🎉🎉🎉

[@amitadvikmishra7423]

26:20 tabla 💗 🙏🏻

[@lalitadubeydubeyji8159]

Surely mem you are a proud of our classical music🥰🤗🤗😇😇

[@rakeshteli-ur5er]

Very nice 👌👌

[@mehdibawa3793]

Outstanding ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@kishandwary9378]

Who is the tabla player?

[@VijayKrishnan-b9w]

Super 🎉🎉❤🎉🎉

[@simamukherjee1500]

Excellent singing ❤❤

[@poulomi_25]

Main bhi yeh alaap part chori se sikhne ki kaushish ki🙏

[@nupurbhattacharyya8584]

💞💞

[@shuklajoydhar2661]

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[@niytiraasit17]

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[@sumitray3365]

She sings very nice but talks too much. This is very painful for the listeners.

[@serendipity1044]

Agreed. Her constantly talking n interrupting here ruined the mood as a listener in this case. But it's not a common case with her. Maybe the day was such

[@gauribhatacharya3422]

Prochur besuro holo shurute...

[@Soulintune77]

With all due respect , ami as a student e jigges korchi ,Please pin point korben kon khanta ? Ki swar gulo apnar laglo? Ami besh koyekbar Sunlam , Amar to laglona. Boroncho raag tar cholon ta sundor bhabe futiye tulechen .Erom Akjon artist by default besuro gaaiben na. Jokhun erom comment ta likhlen, Tai jiggesa korchi grammatically bojhale bhalo hoto. Karon ami apnar comment ta pore besh koyekbar suneo kichu pelam na. Alaap ta ektu short laglo , bhalo lagchilo arektu slow ebong longer hole aro bhalo hoto byas. Apni jokhun likhechen ebhabe ,ashaa korchi puro ta decipher korar porei likhechen .

[@Soulintune77]

Ki holo kichu bollenna. Aaj abar sunte eshechi. Aaj o Pelam na . Boroncho aaj ager diner cheyo better laglo Eta.

[@surajbiswas4853]

​@@Soulintune77uni bujhte perechen hoyto j uni bhul ...ta e hoyto kichu bolte parchen na❤️

[@serendipity1044]

Bolar mukh thakle to bolbe 🤣 . Ami jani enar khtrei ato trolls kotha theke udhoy hoy. Just eshe faltu boke. I guess je joto guni , different , jar guner joto guno gaan tader haters o beshi.