Category: Bandish – Raga Tales
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Rain Of Renunciation
I’m penning down a beautiful experience I had today morning. For some days, we are having thunderstorms at the afternoon. It has become a usual scene everyday, to see the sky wearing a dark blue cloud and after sometime, showering all the rain upon the earth. In the eve of summer, what can…
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Thumri – The Art Of Singing Poetry
“Jab se Shyam sidhare…. Tadap tadap, jiya, jaye…..” When a girl sings a ‘Thumri’, she becomes ‘Radha’. With the poetic lyrics, she tries to express her love for ‘Krishna’. Sometime, with its ‘Shringar’ mood, she adorns herself for her beloved. She smiles with ‘Thumri’, her soul dances with ‘Thumri’.Whether sometime in ‘Viraha’ mood, she…
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The Boon Of Rebirth
What are you born for? To see, to walk, to speak? Or, to sing, to dance, to dream! We all have a story sleeping inside us. Wake it up. You were born long ago, when you breathed your first. But, once in life, you will feel a calling. Calling of the new, calling…