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Pt. Rajshekhar Mansur shares insights about Jaipur Atrauli Gharana gayaki and demonstrates the many nuances in the presentation of a raag. The conversation is hosted by Prof. N Manu Chakravathy. The discussion covers the specialities of the Gharana. This recording is from an event organized at Ninasam center for arts, Heggodu, Sagara Taluk in the year 2005....

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August 26, 2016

Guru Shishya Sambandha in Music

True guru-shishya relation is a fore-ordained binding between the two and it follows from some former lives and continues in after- lives. This is my belief and conviction. The mystique of this relationship cannot be...


September 11, 2015

Flow in Music

Flow in music is that which comes out naturally and automatically without your having to think about the moves and turns. It happens when you are bone-marrow drenched in the raga, when you have totally...


September 11, 2015

My obeisance to my Guru on Guru Poornima

Musical vocalization has two centres of activity, one psychological and another physiological. Although musical sounds, in terms of notes, are made in the area of the larynx, it is the mind which is the centre...


July 23, 2015

My Taleem from my Guru- Part 2

My taleem from my Guru was not just confined to the learning sessions at home. It continued everywhere when I was travelling with him for concerts and in the concerts. In taxies ferrying us to...


July 22, 2015

My Taleem from my Guru- Part 1

I am writing this note in response to a friend’s request that he and others were eagerly waiting to hear about my taleem from my Guru. Hence,it’s going to be a personal note and may...