1. Was Vishmadev Chattopadhyay the greatest Bengali exponent of Hindustani classical vocal music ever?
2. In this world nothing belongs to me, not even this illusory dream of a body.
3. Man suffers because of terrible ego. Despite distress, he holds on to this enemy of his with all his might.
4. Musicians nowadays talk too much but music speaks best.
5. This Atman within is God, is Me.
6. We need to deepen as a people before we can produce musicians of merit. Now it is but a farce in the name of classical music.
7. In Bengal we need to overcome the temptations of light music and develop a tradition of classical music.
8. Bhimsen Joshi in his wandering years in search of a Guru had even worked as servant in Pahari Sanyal's house in Kolkata.
9. My desktop computer is failing to draw power. Hence, I am now powerless!
10. Monitor back to normal, drawing power and well-connected once more. Hence, monitoring my groups and pages again.
11. Where is peace without purity?
12. Ambition strikes at the root of peace.
13. Must you dwell on your own misery? Is not the world miserable as well which you may try to assuage?
14. There are stresses and counter-stresses that kill but desire is the root of it. Destroy desire to survive.
15. Do you realise that the one you insult at every bend and turn is your own self in a different garb?
16. There can be devotion for God unless there is reverence for man.
17. It is so unfortunate that the world of Hindustani classical music is ever vitiated by the meanness of a quite a few artistes who bring in their character vices to attempt advancing their own musical careers even as they try to thwart those of others who they view as competitors.
18. Each note is like an ocean whose centre is to be penetrated to arrive at the realisation of the essence of music. Raga music is elusive in the sense that the musician's sense perceptions drag him down to the mire of material existence which is far removed from the life of a raga.
19. If disciple you must be, then be not a token one but a sincere, dedicated, devoted disciple.
20. How they dupe disciples, these mercenaries masquerading as Gurus!
21. The disciple must be true to a true Guru, not to one masquerading as one.
22. Let the air be clarified this holy day of Gurupurnima of all fraudulent Gurus. Disciples beware!
23. Gurus of the modern market must give up fraudulence and become disciples again.
24. A disciple is, indeed, rare, although, disciples there are galore.
25. Gurupurnima passes without remembering the Guru. Depth of discipleship indeed!
26. Guru's grace is pouring down as rain right now. Symbolic!
27. The problem with today's artistes is that they are in a hurry to impress the audience with the result that they fail to do so.
28. Disciple Hariprasad Chaurasia is Padma Vibhushan and Guru Ma Annapurna Devi is Padma Bhushan! The comedy continues.
29. Must the performers on stage not help cultivate the taste of the audience to listening to unpopular ragas?
30. Let us not misinterpret Sri Ramakrishna's words and make it appear as if to mean that God-realisation is that easy.
31. First perform your dharma. Then alone will you be fit to transcend it to realise your Self in moksha.
32. How devotees dupe themselves in self-indulgence imagining that despite indolence they will realise God by the grace of their Guru!
33. His voice was booming like cannon balls being fired from the ramparts of the Agra Fort. His medallions bore his merit. Guess who?
34. He was the elder master from Patiala, the Tansen of our times. His mellifluous voice held the breath of his audience. Guess who?
35. Listen to her Manjh Khamaj and then wonder why I say there is only one Saraswati Devi in the realm of Hindustani music. Guess who?
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