Gharana

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Hyderabad Book Trust - Fiction - 316 pages

The 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.

 

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Contents

Shanthinath
1
Chote Ustad meets Chandrakanth
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
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Suresh loves Tamil Sangam poetry and has translated a few poems to English, which were published in the Sahitya Akademi publication, 'Indian Literature.' He has also translated Telugu poems of Kshetrayya, which were published in the same journal. Suresh has written many critical essays on the classics of Indian literature, which have been published in various literary magazines.

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