GANDHARVA ... 1
Showmanship must be eschewed from music for real performance to be possible. Golden voice, fine aesthetics and genuinely good training is necessary for the finished product to shine in truest colour. Sadhana is the key and that, too, lifelong with the object of pleasing God and none else. 'Tasmin tushtey jagat tushtam' (Lord, if Thou be pleased, the world will be pleased). Life after life will pass till the tune is perfected, till the note is duly pitched, till the beauty of the raga reveals its essence in its gradual unfolding, in its rapid rhythmic dance. Can speak no more. May the melody take over now !
Written by Sugata Bose
Photo : Bhimsen Joshi as a youth when in frantic search for a Guru.
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