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The surprising story of Indian classical music Novelist and musician Amit Chaudhuri leads us towards a different way of hearing and playing Amit Chaudhuri in 2015. Gary Doak / Alamy One of the things that attracts a keen but lazy enthusiast for Indian music like me is that the sounds and the elaborate ritual of an Indian classical concert never lose their mystery. I am still puzzled by such things as the disbelieving shake of the head and sigh with which proper devotees greet a particularly expressive moment. What does that actually signify? What is the role of the almost-inaudible instrumentalist who sits next to the star soloist, and why does he not play his modest little drone in time with everyone else? What makes Raga Bhairavi a “morning… ....
Pandit Debu Chaudhuri: A âMridubhashiâ Stalwart of the Jaipur-Senia Tradition For him, the love of music was purely a matter of personal interest even as he walked into a sitar class in his village school that started a love affair which lasted a lifetime, and indeed beyond. Pandit Debu Chaudhuri. Photo: Bharat Tiwari Pandit Devabrata (Debu) Chaudhuri was born in 1935 to businessman Bishweshwar Chaudhuri and Hiran Bala Devi in Ramgopalpur in present-day Bangladesh. In an interview to RSTV, he had said, âWe did not have any musicians in our family⦠even in the extended network, across generations!” For him, the love of music was purely a matter of personal interest even as he walked into a sitar class in his village school that started a love affair which lasted a lifetime, and indeed beyond. ....