GharanaThe story spans over four generations of a group of people, both from north India and from the Dharwad region, who are involved in Hindusthani music – their personal lives, their issues with each other – and related to their passion for music. From being a student and a disciple, to giving concerts of their own and developing an original style, to trying to make a name for themselves in a highly competitive and politicised industry and to, finally, have students and disciples of their own, thus completing the circle and starting a new cycle. |
Contents
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| 18 | |
This Boy is a Prodigy | 39 |
Sajjad Hussain | 58 |
A Dramatic Intervention | 77 |
Jaffar brings Meherunnisa Home | 93 |
Life Lessons | 111 |
An Independent Indian Nation | 127 |
Two Deaths | 142 |
A Guru for Nissar Ali Khan | 172 |
Nissar Ali Sings at Nippur | 194 |
Common terms and phrases
Ajji Ashraf Bhai asked audience Bade Ustad Bageshree bandish Belgaum Bhaiyya Bombay Chandrakanth Chote Ustad classical music concert crying Daadu daughter Dharwad disciple door entered the house eyes face father front Gajanan Bua gharana Ghulam Haider guru Guruji Haider Saab happened happy harmonium hear heard India Jaffar Ali Khan Jaffar’s house Jnana Prakash Karachi khayal knew listen looked loved Majid Majid Khan matha Meherunnisa mehfil Mohammad Jafri mother musician Mustafa Chacha never Nippur Nissar Ali Khan Om Prakash organizers Pakistan Pande ji Patil play Purohit Raag raga Rashid Bhai realized riyaz Saab Saba Sadanand sang Saraswati scared shagird Shoba shouted Shyam singer slowly smile someone spoke started singing stay stopped student sure Swamiji swara taan talk tanpura Tariq Ali teach tell told took Ustad Jaffar Ustad Jafri Ustad Rahmat Ustad Sajjad Hussain Vaishali village voice walked


