New material has been placed in Kishori Amonkar‘s folder – Ragas Khat Todi and Maligoura.
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Ravi Shankar was the finest sitar player of our time (nota bene, far better than the teental-only crashing bore Vilayat what’s-his-name). Photo source: Ustad Ali Akbar Khan by Ramlal Mathur (Maharaja Mansingh Pustak Prakash Research Centre, Jodhpur, 2004)
A sketch of his life has been added to his folder in the Vijaya Parrikar Library. It was written by his daughter Shilpa Andharia and translated by Kumud Bhatt of Bhavnagar. My thanks to Professor Kumar Bhatt for following up and making this account available.
Sweet. In a glaring case of mistaken identities, the Delhi Police arrested Pandit Jasraj instead of Sudheendra Kulkarni in connection with the ‘cash for votes sting entrapment’ case. Both Kulkarni and Panditji had been travelling on the same flight to Delhi and the classical vocalist was mistaken for the former Advani aide and picked up…
New material in the Vijaya Parrikar Library: Raga Basanti Kedar by Laxmibhai Jadhav.