How it is that anything so remarkable as a state of consciousness comes about as a result of irritating nervous tissue, is just as unaccountable as the appearance of the Djin, when Aladdin rubbed his lamp. -- T. H. Huxley (1866). Altaf Hussain Khan - Sughrai http://sarangi.pk/archive/2015-august/AltafHussainKhan_Sughrai.mp3 Amiya Ranjan Bandyopadhyay - Todi (Old recording) http://sarangi.pk/archive/2015-august/AmiyaRanjanBandyopadhyay_Todi_Old-rec.mp3 … Continue reading Aftab’s Monsoon 2015 Collection
Author: Taimur Khan
In memory of Ustad Allah Rakha and Ustad Ghulam Hassan Shaggan
Ustad Allah Rakha (1932 - 24 May 2015) Ustad Ghulam Hassan Shaggan (1928 - 3 February 2015)
sarangi turns ten
{78,2}* دامِ ہر موج میں ہے حلقۂ صد کامِ نہنگ دیکھیں کیا گزرے ہے قطرے پہ گہر ہوتے تک दाम-ए हर मौज में है हलक़ह-ए सद काम-ए निहनग देखें कया गुज़रे है क़तरे पह गुहर होते तक daam-e har mauj meN hai halqah-e sad kaam-e nihang dekheN kyaa guzre hai qatre pah guhar hote tak … Continue reading sarangi turns ten
sarangi turned nine: Aftab’s Late Winter Collection
This website's ninth birthday was on 28 January 2014. It has been observed that when parents are busy with their work or the kids are in the middle of their exams, birthdays are often postponed to a more convenient day, like a weekend or two later. Nothing of that sort was the case here since … Continue reading sarangi turned nine: Aftab’s Late Winter Collection
The Seventh Spring
Aftab Datta had promptly uploaded the following gems from his collection for the seventh anniversary of sarangi.info, and I am responsible for the tardiness of this post. Emerson says in Spiritual Laws, "If you visit your friend, why need you apologize for not having visited him, and waste his time and deface your own act? … Continue reading The Seventh Spring
sarangi turns seven
{233,10}* dauRe hai phir har ek gul-o-laalah par khayaal .sad gulsitaaN nigaah kaa saamaaN kiye hu'e again thought runs on every single rose and tulip having made a hundred gardens measures for the gaze On this pleasant occasion, we want to thank all the friends and visitors of sarangi.info for their contributions, comments, appreciation and … Continue reading sarangi turns seven
Sultan Khan (1940 – 2011) – Raag Sehra
Dr. Kashyap Dave has kindly shared the following recording and comments: Raag Sehra by Ustad Sultan Khan on sarangi: a tribute to my teacher Ustad Sultan Khan. This is the name given by him to this raag from the forbidden scale. Once he recorded this for radio & asked to cancel it saying it is … Continue reading Sultan Khan (1940 – 2011) – Raag Sehra
Aftab Equinox
{169,10} lutf-e khiraam-e saaqii-o-zauq-e sadaa-e chang yih jannat-e nigaah vuh firdaus-e gosh hai the grace of the Cupbearear's gait, and the relish of the lute's sound this is a heaven of the eye; that, a paradise of the ear This music has been generously shared by Aftab Datta: it is the peculiar good fortune of … Continue reading Aftab Equinox
More sarangi on YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrZZkfKRI1U Dear Friends, I'm sure many of you would have discovered Mr. Rahman's YouTube channel and heard the lovely sarangi and other classical recordings there. If you haven't, here it is. Warm regards, Taimur http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyWCB-dnZKI
Aftab’s Spring 2011 Collection
The Mughal Prince Dara Shikuh (1615-59 CE), the eldest and favourite son of Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal, was profoundly interested in mysticism and his writings centre on Sufi topics and poetry. A noted patron of the arts and calligraphy, the prince presented his wife with an album of paintings and calligraphy now known as … Continue reading Aftab’s Spring 2011 Collection