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It’s a cliche but, truly, music has no boundaries

By churumuri

Hindustani maestro Begum Parveen Sultana performs at the Sri Rama Navami celebrations at the Fort high school in Bangalore on Sunday.

Photograph: Karnataka Photo News

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7 Responses to “It’s a cliche but, truly, music has no boundaries”

  1. Pulikeshi the Last Says:
    14 April 2008 at 4:23 pm

    Ramanavamigu Rahim Sahebarigu enu sambandha anno prashnege eega arthavilla. In fact, Kabir negated that nonsense a long time ago.

  2. kaangeya Says:
    14 April 2008 at 9:05 pm

    Begum Ustad Pandita Parveen Sultana belongs to different plane altogether. We lesser mortals are privileged to step therein whenever we hear her sing, or – as my wife did – run across her at a friend’s place in Delhi, at an impromptu baithak. Ustad Dilshad Khan, Begum Parveen’s husband, stunned my wife with his flawless chalit Bangla, even accurately placing my wife’s ancestral region in Bengal from her accent. Begum Sultana has been a part of the Madras kutcheri scene for decades and her fans are legion – not only the fans but also the veterans, MLV, SSI, SB, and many others. Am I surprised? Yeah, right!

  3. mayura Says:
    14 April 2008 at 11:46 pm

    An abductee by islam….hope she returns to her ancestral belief system one day.

  4. Mysore Peshva Says:
    15 April 2008 at 5:30 am

    I was at an Ustaad Parveen Sultana concert (Alva’s, Moodbidri) where people wept with an intense gush of bhakti — caused by her utterly divine bhajans.

  5. Pulikeshi the Last Says:
    15 April 2008 at 5:43 am

    Musicians live in a world of tonalities.

  6. tarlesubba Says:
    16 April 2008 at 5:15 am

    ptl, this is for you. ignore the visuals, just concentrate on the fact that this is another piece of music which says music has no boundaries. 21st century mysore boy rocks to 19th century haveri seer of pre-historic upanishadic truths, using sounds first mastered in 20th century western europe.
    time dont matter. space dont matter. sound dont matter.

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=kIMRTWp0VV8

    your people yet have hope.

  7. pulikeshi the last Says:
    16 April 2008 at 6:34 am

    What I mean is bhakti gikthi don’t count. What do count are the lungs, the trachea, the diaphragm and the mouth. Music first, Ramanama later.

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