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The region's music shares similarities both with nearby areas of India and the other side of the border, in the Pakistani province of Sindh.

Traditional music includes the women's Panihari songs, which lyrically describes chores, especially centered around water and wells, both of which are an integral part of Rajasthan's desert culture.

The celebration of changing seasons is also very central to folk music of Rajasthan. Celebration of the coming of the Monsoons or the harvest season are central to most traditional folk songs. Songs also revolve around daily activities of the local people for instance a song about not sowing Jeera (Cummin) as it is difficult to tend. Or for instance another song about Podina (Mint) and how it is liked by various members of the family (an allegorical reference to a local liquor extracted from mint is also made). Every day common themes are the center of traditional rajasthani folk music.

BANNA 1 - Folk music from Rajasthan

abhangvani by Gaan Saraswati sri.Kishori Amonkar

marath abhang by kishori amonkar

Song from the collection of Asha Barunjee performed by Bhavana Sabherwal.
Bhavana Sabherwal's photo courtesy Amitabha Bhattacharya

Kahe baray rovay lalanva, sabere ghun-ghunwa mangai debai
Why do you cry my darling son, I will send for a rattle (toy) for you in the morning. 
Sasure mein hotyoon to Sasu-ji se kahatyoon, Amma se kahat lajanyoon, haan bahut lajanyoon….
Had I been in my marital home, I would have asked my mother-in-law,
But I feel shy, so shy asking my mother …..


Sohar from Bhavana Sabherwal's collection

Vasantrao Deshpande - Sanware Aijaiyo - A Golden Voice Saware Aijaiyo - Part 1

Dr. Ashok Da Ranade (November 25, 1937 - July 30, 2011), eminent scholar, musician and composer renders Raag Komal Ramkali. The composition is from Marif-un-Naghmat compiled by Nawab Thakur Ali of Akbarpur. 

Komal Ramkali.MP3

Thanks to Satyasheel Deshpande, Srijan Deshpande and Samvaad Foundation, Mumbai for making this track available for listeners. 

Satyasheel Deshpande is a leading Hindustani vocalist, composer and researcher and a senior disciple of Kumar Gandharva.
Srijan Deshpande is his son and disciple. 
Information on the Samvaad Foundation is available at: http://www.satyasheel.com/samvaad-foundation/

Photo of Kumar Gandharva is from Wikipedia. 
 

KumarGandharva - UdayDoPatang - Bhimpalas: Courtesy Satyasheel Deshpande, Samvaad Foundation, Mumbai

Although I am not a ghazal specialist, I have for long wanted to record this ghazal and was finally able to do so because of the generosity and support of several artistes and friends. To each of them Aneesh Pradhan (my husband, fellow musician and partner in all projects) and I would like to to express our thanks and admiration for their magnanimity. 

Written by the eminent poet Dushyant Kumar (1933-1975), the ghazal “kahaan to tai thaa charaghaan har ek ghar ke liye” continues to inspire readers decades after it was written. We thank Smt. Rajeshwari Dushyant Kumar, the poet’s wife and Shri Alok Tyagi, the poet’s son, for so generously and open-heartedly permitting us to record the ghazal in response to a hesitant email I wrote to the latter seeking his permission. 

My thanks to poet and good friend Aalok Srivastava who so willingly helped us get in touch with Shri Alok Tyagi. Aalok ji also provided inputs regarding pronunciation and diction for which we are grateful to him. 

Our thanks also to:
Srijan Mahajan, Arsh Sharma, Nikhil Malik of Studio Fuzz who very kindly recorded the track at their studio;
Dawn Infotainment, Pune where we did some additional recording,
Murad Ali for his wonderful sarangi accompaniment, 
Sudhir Nayak for his brilliant harmonium accompaniment
and Nitin Joshi who mixed and mastered the track for us.

Our own roles were as follows:
Composition and voice: Shubha Mudgal
Tabla: Aneesh Pradhan.

This ghazal is said to have been written in response to the state of Emergency imposed by then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in June 1975. However, the poet’s words ring true in current times too ! Which is why we decided to sing 
“about the dark times” “in dark times”. 

Copyright information: Please note that you are most welcome to share this link. However, for any other use (commercial or non-commercial), licenses and permissions will have to be duly sought from the copyright holders. 
All rights for lyrics: Smt. Rajeshwari Dushyant Kumar
All rights for music composition and sound recording excluding lyrics: Shubha Mudgal
Image of Dushyant Kumar: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dushyant_Kumar



कहाँ तो तय था

It’s all a game of come-and-go! Nothing stays; everything slips away. Fleeing, transient, impermanent. And, therefore, beautiful! In this poignant and delightful song, Brahmanand speaks directly of this truth. I learnt this song through Mooralala Marwada. Words and translation at https://sayskabir.wordpress.com/2016/08/31/chala-chali-ka-khela/

City of Feeling

Chala Chali Ka Khela

Mahesha Ram sings 'Main Vaari Jaun Re' - Rajasthan Kabir Yatra, 2012

Episode 1: Serendipity Music Podcast

By Shubha Mudgal

Produced by: Serendipity Arts Trust, New Delhi

Please send feedback and comments to: info@serendipityartsfestival.com

Signature tune by Studio Fuzz

“Dum Dhola" by Saeeda Begum from the Album “Rabba Mereya: Sufi Music of Punjab”: on license from De Kulture Music 

Copyright: De Kulture Music

 Raag Shankara by Murad Ali from the album "Voice of the Sarangi": on license from Murad Ali 

Copyright: Murad Ali

Podcast edited and mixed by: Shantanu Nandan Herlekar

Episode 1   Serendipity Music Podcast

A litling composition by my guruji, my baba Ustad Abdul Rashid Khan a.k.a Rasanpiya in Raag Ragesri describing the beauty of a woman

Live

Ragesri/ Aiso Sundar

Pt. BhimsenJoshi - Namdeo Abhang - Teerth Vithalla

A song from the oral traditions of Kabir from Rajasthan which tells the story of the bird and the jungle fire, also a parable from Buddhist traditions.

KumarGandharva - UdayDoPatang - Bhimpalas: Courtesy Satyasheel Deshpande, Samvaad Foundation, Mumbai

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