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Khaprumama – A Remembrance

First published on SAWF on May 28, 2001 Introduction by Rajan P. Parrikar Namashkar. Among the refrains that filled the days of my childhood in Goa were the paeans sung to Goa’s musical deities by my elders.  Four were marked out for special worship, their stratospheric achievements inviting an excess of fervour.  They were: Kesarbai…

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Two Variants of Bihag and Thirakhwa’s Tabla Solo

by Rajan P. Parrikar First published on SAWF on June 12, 2000 Namashkar. In this feature two variants (prakars) of Raga Bihag, namely, Bihagda and Pat Bihag, are addressed.  I expect to keep the commentary terse and precise. At the end of this article, an unpublished 1964 Pune mehfil of the great tabla maestro Ahmad…

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