Khan Sahib, thank you for coming all the way from India to bless us and play sarod at the Tagore Festival.

It is a great honour for my wife, Subhalakshami, and me to be here. I feel very happy to remember Tagore. He has a special meaning for me and my family and especially for my father, who was also my guru and a great sarod player. Tagore was very kind to my father; he liked my father’s music and invited him to play because he knew that my father was a melody man. He could sing through the sarod, and Tagore loved it, because he was also a melody man.

Is sarod ...

 

There are approximately 2963 more words in this article.

To read the rest of this article, please buy this issue, or join the Resurgence Trust. As a member you will receive access to the complete archive of magazines from May 1966.

Buy Issue Join Us

If you are already a member, please Sign in