A tabla virtuoso

India has been a prominent player in bringing up new music maestros and giving them a platform to perform. Indian classical music,from its inception has a cultural confluence of both Indian and Pakistani cultural both being quite similar but interestingly different. we have seen maestros like ustad bade ghulam ali khan moving from Pakistan to India and many of them still find a lot of space to perform and create their on niche in the indian music minds. But some like ustad tari khan have come up in spite of not foraying into the indian music arena. He hails from the popular Punjab gharana, one which also belongs to the legendary ustad zakir hussain khan sahib. Lets not fall in a debate over who is better in them. Enjoy this video of ustad tari khan with pundit ramesh mishra on sarangi. You will be dumbfounded to see his command over "terekit" in this gharanedar peskkash.i hope you will like it!!!

darkness

For he who believes in darkness is courageous. Close your eyes and enter the world of darkness, which may be black or brown. Darkness gives space to your imaginations and thoughts; you foresee the unpredictable future and cast your expectations and dreams at the place you want without demur. For the darkness which symbolizes grief, pain, distortion, death and mystery; it also symbolizes light, which in every age had widened a man’s horizon. In the Dark Age people were subjected to atrocities and the vanguards of radical thinking were suppressed and their theories were falsified. But it gave rise to the “radical thinking” which forced people to start a revolution and stand upright against the tyrants. The necessity to gain freedom from the controlled thoughts gave rise to a new age. After every night comes a day leaving the night’s grim. Darkness symbolizes failure and the courage to fight back. You arise a profound feeling-“I shall rise and resurrect…”

Darkness is patience, perseverance, strength and the very essence of life. So I say

“Darkness I adore you

For you, arise a hope

For a death, to stand and resurrect”