SADHANA, THE KEY TO SUCCESS
It is sadhana (sustained rigorous perfected practice with reverential fervour) that is at the root of all success. Music, art, literature, science -- all call for this labour of love of a lifetime. Do not attempt to steal the show at once. The result will be a miserable failure or, at best, a fleeting success that will come with the summer breeze and wither with winter, lasting no more than a season or two of its transient trip to people's chambers. If you wish to live on in human memory through your art, dedicate your life to it. Music demands no less. It is the soul of the being and can only breathe the air of ever-freshness.
So, my young friends who are aspirants to this art, dive deep in sadhana and seek no immediate return. If you have the steam in you to sustain your labour and have the talent to back it up, you shall see the light of day one fine morn when the world will be dazed by your morning glitter and the vesper hour will seek its delight in your pulsating rhythms spelled out in magical moods even as the wavelets dance and the ripples spread on the surface of the river of life. The depth unseen will behold it all and send forth currents of love gushing out in melodic terms through your now mellifluous voice. So, hold on your patience, tarry awhile and offer your sadhana to the art you adore, and you shall emerge triumphant.
Written by Sugata Bose
Photo : Ustad Abdul Karim Khan
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