Author Archives: Prasanth Rao



Prasanth Rao

in Video

ಹೀಗೆ ನೀವೂ

– (ಪಂ. ರಾಜಶೇಖರ ಮನ್ಸೂರ್ ಕುರಿತ ಕವನ) ಸುರಿವ ಮಳೆಹನಿಗಳ ಬೊಗಸೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಹಿಡಿದು, ಸಮುದ್ರ ಮಾಡಿದಿರಿ ಉಪ್ಪುಂಡ ಸಮುದ್ರ ನಿಮ್ಮ ಸ್ಪರ್ಷದಿಂದ ತಿಳಿ ನೀರಾಯಿತು ಹರಿದು ಚೂರಾದ ಮನಗಳ ಬಯಲ ಸೂಜಿಯ ಹಿಡಿದು ಲೋಕಾಂತವ ಹೊಲಿದು ಆಕಾಶವ ಮಾಡಿದಿರಿ. ಆಕಾಶ ನಂದನ ವನವಾಯಿತು ನಕ್ಷತ್ರಗಳ ಉತ್ತಿ ಬಿತ್ತಿ ಮುತ್ತಿನ...

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August 09, 2020
in My Father-Guru

Nature and Quality of his Voice

Although it was not a naturally gifted mellifluous voice, ‘golden voice’ as they say, my father had, through sheer Riyaz, honed it to such perfection that it would reproduce / listen faithfully to what his...

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August 22, 2019
in My Father-Guru

Taans

My father would launch himself into taans in such a manner that they would evolve naturally from the aalap. And the taans too like aalap would follow the structure of the bandish. Depending on the...

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August 22, 2019
in My Father-Guru, Thoughts on Music

Shadja

No swara, for my father, exists by itself, not even the shadja. The shadja of a raga exists in relation to other swaras of the raga, especially to its nearest swaras, either in ascent or...

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August 22, 2019
in My Father-Guru, Thoughts on Music

Religiosity

Most people, even those close to him, knew my father to have been a staunch Veerashaiva, flaunting his faith by wearing the three bhasma stripes chaste of this faith on his forehead and spending long...

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August 22, 2019
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