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na:zar me;N hai hamaarii jaadah-e raah-e fanaa ;Gaalib
kih yih shiiraazah hai ((aalam ke ajzaa-e pareshaa;N kaa

in our sight is the path of the road of oblivion, Ghalib
for this is the binding-thread of the scattered signatures of the world
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Bundu Khan
Bageshri
Bhairavi

Crows | Enamel on paper by Shahid Mirza ©2010. Shahid Mirza exhibited a fabulous series of crow and water buffalo drawings, among others, at NCA, Lahore this month. He has kindly granted permission for reproducing some of them on our websites.

Aftab Datta has patiently waited once again for these links to be created and the 95 audio files to be shared with everyone as a spring collection. This update was meant for sarangi.info’s 5th birthday celebration on 28 January 2010, but it was not to be.

1. Abdul Halim Jafar Khan – Abhogi

2. Abdul Rashid – Pilu

3. Ali Ahmed Khan – Todi

4. Ali Baksh Zahoor – Kafi of Ghulam Farid

5. Amanat Ali and Fateh Ali – Ahir Bhairav

6. Amanat Ali and Fateh Ali – Marwa

7. Amanat Ali and Fateh Ali – Miyan Malhar

8. Amir Ahmed Khan – Ahir Bhairav

9. Amir Khan – Kafi

10. Amir Khan – Lalit (1960)

11. Arif Hussain Gujratwale – Narayani

12. Asad Ali Khan – Miyan Malhar

13. Asad Qizilbash and Akmal Qadri – Shree

14. Ashiq Ali Peshawarwale – Basant

15. Ashiq Ali Peshawarwale – Shankara

16. Aslam Khan – Triveni Gauri

17. Aurangzeb (Rangi) Khan – Ras Ranjani

18. Baldeep Singh – Chautal

19. Bundu Khan – Kafi

20. Bundu Khan – Shahana Bahar

21. Chote Ghulam Ali Khan – Miyan ki Malhar

22. Chote Ashiq Ali Khan – Shree Ranjani

23. Dr. Parvatikar – Suha

24. D. V. Paluskar – Shudh Sarang

25. D. V. Paluskar – Sindhura

26. Farukh Bashir – Marwa

27. Fayyaz Hussain Khan – Asavari

28. Fayyaz Hussain Khan – Kedar

29. Feroze Din – Desi Todi

30. Feroz Nizami – Multani

31. Farida Khanum – Nat Narayani

32. Ghulam Sabir Ambalewale – Shudh Sarang

33. Ghulam Sadiq Khan – Abhogi (AIR)

34. Ghulam Sadiq Khan – Puriya Dhanashree

35. Ghulam Saqid Khan – Basant

36. Gopal Krishna Radheshyam – Todi

37. Govind Prasad Jaipurwale – Rageshree

38. Hasan Mohammed – Abhogi (surmandal)

39. Hashmat Ali – Naiki Kanada

40. Husnlal – Purvi

41. Hussain Khan – Jhaptaal

42. Ilyas Hussain – Puriya Dhanashree

43. Imrat Khan – Abhogi Kanada

44. Imrat Khan – Shree

45. Inayat Hussain Nizami – Jaunpuri

46. Iqbal Bano – Ghazal in Abhogi

47. Jitendra Abhisheki – Shyam Kalyan

48. Kabir Khan- Marwa

49. Lacchu Maharaj – Teentaal

50. Madhukar Dhumal – Puriya Kalyan

51. Masit Khan – Bhairavi

52. Meena Lodhi – Desi Todi

53. M. Kaleem – Woh Shookh Nigahon

54. Mogubai Kurdikar – Nayaki Kanada

55. Mohammad Sagiruddin – Shyam Kalyan

56. Mohammed Salim – Miyan ki Todi

57. Mubarak Ali Khan – Marwa

58. Mukhtar Begum – Chhayanat

59. Mukhtar Begum – Darbari

60. Murli Manohar – Puriya

61. Mushtaq – Kamod

62. Narayanrao Yas – Bihag

63. Netai Basu – Lalit

64. Nirmal Guha Thakurata – Chhayanat

65. Nirmla Devi – Todi

66. Nisar Hussain – Gaud Malhar

67. Parvatikar – Suha

68. Sharif Khan Poonchewale – Ahir Bhairav

69. Sharif Khan Poonchewale – Interview followed by Darbari on Vitchitra Veena

70. Rais Khan – Shyam Kedar

71. Rameshchandra Bandopadhyay – Puriya

72. Rasiklal Andharia – Abhogi

73. Rasiklal Andharia – Shahana Kanada

74. Ravi Kitchlu – Kafi

75. Roshan Ara Begum – Puriya Kalyan

76. Naseeruddin Saami – Lalit

77. Sain Ditta Qadri – Shudh Sarang

78. Salamat Ali and Nazakat Ali – Asa Mand

79. Salim Hussain – Bageshree

80. Mohammad Hussain Sarahang – Shudh Sarang

81. Sardar Khan Chandani Kedar

82. Sarwar Hussain – Shree (sarangi)

83. Ghulam Hassan Shaggan – Bahar

84. Ghulam Hassan Shaggan – Komal Re Asavari

85. Shahida Parveen – Chandrakauns

86. Niaz Hussain Shami – Lalit Bahar

87. Sharafat Hussain Khan – Asavari

88. Sharafat Hussain Khan – Bairagi

89. Sharafat Hussain Khan – Chhayanat

90. Surendranath – Basant

91. Swami Vallabhdas – Shree

92. Tarapada Chakraborty – Chhaya Hindol

93. T. D. Janorikar – Gavati

94. Umeed Ali Khan -Gorakh Kalyan

95. Wahid Hussain Khan – Multani

I am pleased to share with you, my performance of Raag Bhopali at the APMC Amateur Music Competition 2009 and my video tribute to Wazir Khan Mosque, Lahore:

The performance was at Alhamra Hall, the Mall Lahore on Novermber 17, 2009. I sang a khayal composed by Ustad Ghulam Hasan Shaggan in honor of the sufi saint Khwaja Nizam-ud-din Aulia. The video clip highlights images and footage from the amazing Wazir Khan Mosque, Lahore which was built in 1635 A.D. during the reign of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jehan.

Thanks to excellent accompaniment by Ashiq Hussain on the tabla and Nawazish Ali on the harmonium, as well as the prayers and well-wishes of my teachers, friends, and family, the performance was appreciated by the audience and the judges.

I hope that you will enjoy and appreciate the spirit of the performance and overlook its shortcomings.

Seasons Greetings and Happy New Year!

Suhaib Kiani: December 2009

Abhisarika Nayika

All links to audio and text files have been restored. Videos uploaded to brightcove are no longer available.

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About the painting:

Heroine Rushing to Her Lover (Abhisarika Nayika )
Indian, Pahari, late 18th century
Attributed to: The Family of Nainsukh

Kangra style, Punjab Hills, Northern India
Overall: 19.5 x 29.5 cm (7 11/16 x 11 5/8 in.)
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper

A woman walks in a wooded area on a stormy night. She turns to look behind her. Two snakes at her feet raise their heads to stare at her. She is flanked by groups of trees; the one behind her (where she looks) consists of two trees that are embracing with their branches. The theme of Abhisarika Nayika depicts a woman who is willing to cross the wilderness at night in order to meet with her lover. The snakes represent the dangers she must brave in order to satisfy her desires, while the stormy weather and the embracing trees represent her passionate nature.

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

sarangi.info is back online. All the music has to be re-uploaded, which means, the audio links will not be functional at present. We cannot say how long it will take, but we will keep updating you as we make further progress.

For now, the following sites have been fully restored:

palm.pk – Taimur Khan’s homepage

APMC – All Pakistan Music Conference

Ghani Khan – Like and works of Ghani Khan

Dear Visitors,

Aftab tried twice to send me all this music online through sendspace, and each time I got around to downloading, it would no longer be available. This time he has gone a step further and done it again: bypassing my personal inertia, he has singlehandedly edited, converted, named, tagged and uploaded, not to mention shared all these audio files with everyone. One could safely assume that he is a very motivated man.

Thank you for your patience and special interest in music on this website!

Sarangi
Bundu Khan – Miyan Malhar
Masit Khan – Bhairavi
Masit Khan – Desi
Murad Ali Khan – Puriya Kalyan
Nathu Khan – Miyan Malhar
Sabri Khan – Jog
Zahoori Khan – Malkauns

Various
Afaq Hussain Khan – Teentaal (tabla)
Allah Ditta – Teentaal (tabla)
Arif Jaffar Khan – Gaud Sarang (bansuri)
Asad Qizilbash – Durga (sarod)
Kabir Khan – Multani (sitar)
Kabir Khan – Paraj (sitar)
Sadiq Mando & Mumtaz Sabzali – Aiman (clarinet & banjo)
Maniram Pathrod – Nastarang (nastarang)
Milind Tulankar – Abhogi (jaltarang)
Mushtaq Ali – Paraj Basant (sitar)
Sharik Khan Poonchawale – Kafi (sitar)
Sharif Khan Poonchawale – Megh (sitar)
Sharif Khan Poonchawale – Mian ki Todi (vichitra veena)
Sadiq Khan – Shiv Kalyan (harmonium)
Saeen Ditta Qadir & Sharik Khan Poonchewale – Salagvarali Todi (bansuri & vichitra veena)
Salamat Hussain – Malgunji (bansuri)
Shaikh Dawood – Teentaal (tabla)
Shaukat Hussain – Teentaal (tabla)
Noor Zehra Kazim Samanat Bhairav (sagarveena)
Zia Dagar – Multani (rudra veena)
Zia Dagar – Panchamkauns (rudra veena)

Vocal
Abdul Hafiz Khan – Shahana
Jitendra Abhisheki – Kafi
Afzal Khan & Hafiz Khan – Hussaini Todi (khayal)
Altaf Husain Khan – Jaij Bilawal (father of Wahid Hussain of Khurja Gharana)
Aman Ali Khan – Piya dekha (bageshree/abhogi film song)
Aman Ali Khan – Hamsadhwani (Bhendibazar Gharana)
Rasik Lal Andharia – Puriya Dhaneshree
Asad Amanat Ali & Hamid Ali Khan – Aiman
Ashiq Ali Peshawarwale – Durga
Ashiq Ali Peshawarwale – Shankara
Hussain Bakhsh Gullo – Gunkali
Bade Ghulam Ali Khan – Kamod
Bade Ghulam Ali Khan – Kedar
Chote Ghulam Ali Khan – Kabir Bhairavi
D. V. Paluskar Nayaki Kanada
Ghulam Taqi – Malini Basant
K. G. Ginde – Hindol
Gokul Otsav – Puriya Dhanashree
Gopeshwar Bandyopadhyay – Bilawal Ka Prakar
Hashmat Ali Peshawarwale – Adana
Hashmat Ali Peshawarwale – Malkauns
Ilyas Hussain – Madhukauns
Imtiaz Ali & Riaz Ali – Salagvarali Todi
Mubarak Ali – Puriya Kalyan
Murli Manohar Shukla – Puriya Kalyan
Mushtaq Hussain Khan – Bahar
Mushtaq Hussain Khan – Des
Nagaraj Havaldar – Gorakh Kalyan
Nasir Ahmed Khan – Todi
Nissar Hussain Khan – Kalyan Ka Prakar 1
Nissar Hussain Khan – Kalyan Ka Prakar 2
Nissar Hussain Khan – Sur Malhar
Nivritibua Sarnaik – Kafi Kanada
Omkarnath Havaldar – Bibhas
Omkarnath Thakur – Hussaini Kanada
Rahimuddin Dagar – Bhairavi (thumri)
Rahimuddin Dagar – Malhar
Rahimuddin Dagar – Pilu (thumri)
Rahimuddin Dagar – Rageshree Kanada 1
Rahimuddindagar – Rageshree Kanada 2
Rahimuddin Dagar – Todi
Ratnakar Pai – Pancham
Ratnakar Pai – Paraj
Raza Ali – Kamod (live in Karachi)
Roshan Ara Begum – Bageshwari
Nazakat Ali & Salamat Ali – Lalit
Nazakat Ali & Salamat Ali – Shyam Kalyan
Sharafat Hussain Khan – Chhayanat
Suraiya Multanikar – Ahir Bhairav
Vasantrao Deshpande – Kedar

We are presently encountering a database error: the comments table has crashed… That is why no new comments are showing up on the site. We had collected quite a few recordings for this birthday, but both the updates and your comments will have to wait till the problem is rectified.

Best wishes,
Taimur

Music Room is the story of Namita and her teacher; of the charismatic Alladiya Khan; and of the foul-mouthed and bewitching Kesarbai. At its heart is Dhondutai, shy, diffident yet full of determination… Namita Devidayal is a journalist with The Times of India. She lives in Mumbai. This is her first book.

Click here to learn more.

Aftab Shahrukh Datta hereby responds ineptly to the state of emergency in Pakistan by sharing a dhrupad, a khayal and a whim:

S. C. R. Bhatt & K. G. Ginde – Kedara

Bade Ghulam Ali Khan & Munnawar Ali Khan – Kafi Kanada

I love those old days… I really love the past. I am going to grow a handlebar mustache and go to work in a dhoti, and those old wooden slippers with a single peg between the toes…

Aftab Datta has kindly shared the video above and the recordings below: