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BEHALA SRIJAN (Education amidst of mud, slate and dried bread) A Registered Non Profitable Social and Culture Organisation BEHALA SRIJAN, conceptualized and registered in 2012 primarily in- stitutionalized to extend its hands for educating, nourishing and up- lifting underprivileged Children and families in all respects to achieve better and sustainable independent life. It has touched that part of society where education has lost its relevance. At BEHALA SRIJAN, we believe to support 10 children fully in all respects rather extending nominal help to 100 children with our meagre financial capacity. In past, various programs were organized by BEHALA SRIJAN named as Naari...to celebrate the birth anniversary of Holy sister Nivedita, who dedicated her life for the women education in India and in Bengal in particular. BEHALA SRIJAN invited 6 children of under privileged families of the Sunderbans of South 24 Parganas of West Bengal. BEHALA SRIJAN have also extended support to underprivileged chil- dren of Bankura and Tiljala, Kalighat Galaxy Welfare Society, Bagbazar BEHALA SRIJAN Prathmick Vidyalaya and also supported destitute children from the EXECUTIVE MEMBERS primary school of Shiv Mandir Club of Kalighat area. Ranajit Basu President BEHALA SRIJAN’s one of the motto is to propagate and popularize Hindustani Classical Music by promoting and providing proper plat- Nabanita Banerjee Secretary form to young generation talented artists for showcasing their perfor- Niladrideb Bhattacharya Treasurer mances and also to engrave Hindustani Classical Music into Young- Santanu Manna Member sters of Indian Society. Amit Halder Member Since its inception, BEHALA SRIJAN has been continuously focusing Ashoke Barui Member on the propagation and restoration of the Indian Traditional Classical Member Music and Art by providing strong platform through audio and visual Nilratan Kanjilal media in association with BIHAAN MUSIC. It felicitates the forgotten Pt Aloke Lahiri Member musicians from the urban and rural areas and preserve their works Vivek Agnihotri Member as archive. BEHALA SRIJAN arranged such programs of Vocal, Instru- Member mental and Classical Dances in Sisir Manch and ICCR Kolkatta. Have Abhijit Kundu also arranged Biathak Programme on Bengali Songs - “Ganer baithak Dr Sujata Roy Manna Member sekaal ekaal” on the occasion of Bijaya Sammelan at Shiv Mandir with Jaganath Manna Member BIHAAN MUSIC. BEHALA SRIJAN 57/1 Siddhinath Chaterjee Road, 2Behala, Kolkata - |700034 APRIL 2018West Bengal, India APRIL 2018 | 3 EDITOR’S NOTE Friends, First of all heartfelt thanks for such a great response for this Magazine after the release of its first edition in the month of Januray-2018. It is really fortunate to have this release in one of the India’s largest classical Music concert “Swami Haridas Tansen Sangeet Nritya Mahotsava” organized every year by Padma Bhushan and Kathak exponent Uma Sharma Ji in New Delhi. The Magazine was released by Uma Sharma Ji, Tabla percussionist Bickram Ghosh ji and Sarod Maestro Ustaad Aashish Khan Saab on 13th January-2018. The magazine also got recognition from senior artists as well as various young classical Music artists just because of its unique feature of inclusion of all forms of art, Music and culture which presents India in actual form. The main idea behind coming out with this magazine is primarily to create awareness amongst youth about Indian Music Art and Culture. Now this second edition again has some unique features like “Raag Maala”, “Ek Nai Disha” and many more which cannot be construed in limited pages but still we tried to incorporate as much as possible to establish our mission clearly. Actually, there are so many subtle areas of Indian culture and so many young artists, writers, upcoming musicians which needs immediate attention for actual recognition which you will find in this edition when you go through the content of this Magazine. I thank from bottom of my heart to my team members for extending their full cooperation for continuing this dream project “Bhartiyata-Ek Kalatmak Dhristikon.” VIVEK AGNIHOTRI Editor-In Chief-Bhartiyata Contact: 91-9899468088 | E-Mail: [email protected] (Self- written articals, drawings, paintings, sketches, from the viewers and readers of this magazine are most welcome free of cost at above contact details). Design By : KAMAL SARKAR | 9999028026 For Yearly subscription, please follow the link http://bihaanmusic.com/book.php Brief Note about “Behala Srijan” Testimonial By Pt. Ronu Majumdar Editor Note Shakhsiyat 6 10 Chitrakala Raag Mala...16 24 Ek Ubharta Sitara Ek Nayi Disha...28 30 Yaadein Ek Koshish...32 Drishtikon 36 Bihaan Music...40 Sur Sandhya...42 46 Bhartiyata APRIL 2018 | 5 DR. SONAL MANSINGH A Brief Profile he iconic cultural personality of India, Dr. SONAL MANSINGH is acknowledged as master of cultural interpretations and an exemplary T teacher who explains inter-linkages with philosophy, literature, sculp- ture and mythological parables through lectures and dance. She is a great scholar and seasoned art administrator who has performed, given lectures and conducted workshops in 90 countries of the world. She has been unique among dancers who has mastered multiple Indian classical dance forms from different parts of India like Bharatanatyam, Odissi and Chhau. Her concern for nagging issues of ecological imbalance, environmental protection, empowerment of women and social justice specially for weaker sections of society have led to creation of numerous path-breaking choreographies. As the Founder-President of Centre for Indian Classical Dances (1977) she has trained several talented performers who are carrying the message of Indian culture all over the world. Sonal’s ever vibrant creativity has given new dimensions to known repertories practiced in India, her unique contribution has been her lifelong work using & utilizing her knowledge to address socio-cultural issues through the chosen medium of Naatya-Katha (solo-dance theatre) and group choreographies, most recent being ‘Sankalp se Siddhi’ & ‘Devi Mahatmaya’, dedicated to Swachhata. Her book ‘Incredible India - Classical Dances’ in English published by Wisdom Tree and books on her ‘Devpriya’ in Hindi written by Yatindra Mishra & ‘SONAL MANSINGH – A Life Like No Other’ by Sujata Prasad have gained wide readership. She had also contrib- uted number of articles on dance and Indian culture in prestigious magazines and newspapers. She is the recipient of the high civilian honours of Padma Bhushan (1992) and Padma Vibhushan (2003) from the President of India. She is also nominated as one of the NAVARATNAs for Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. She is carrying forward the message of Swachha, Swastha and Shreshtha Bharat through Arts & culture all over the country, be it tribal belt of Gujarat or far-flung areas of North-East. 6 | APRIL 2018 Shaksiyat Her significant contribution to Indian culture has been recognized with numer- ous awards and honours notably Central Sangeet Natak Akademi award, Nritya Choodamani, Kalidas Samman, Hanumant Samman, Kameshwari (from Adi Shak- tipeeth of Kamakhya in Assam), Three honorary doctorates - Doctor of Sciences (Honoris Causa) from G.B. Pant University, Uttarakhand, D.Litt Honoris Causa from Sambalpur University, Orissa and Honorary Doctorate from KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, was appointed as the Honorary Professor of the University of Delhi. Currently she is visiting professor at Banaras Hindu University (BHU). She has served as chairperson of National Sangeet Natak Akademi and serving 2nd term as Trustee of Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts. She is also a member General Assembly Indian Council for Cultural Relations. She is Trustee of Ritambhara Gramin Vikas Trust, Saputara, District Dang, Gujarat where she gives workshops and motivates the tribal girls who study at RITAMBHARA Vishwa Vidya Peeth. Her tele-films DEVI DURGA and KRISHNA CHARIT commissioned by Doordarshan in 1993 and 1994 saw hundreds of re-runs. Prakash Jha made documentary on her SONAL which won National Award. She conceptulised Dance Reality Show, Bharat ki Shaan - RUMJHUM viz Indian dances v/s Non-Indian dances for DD National which had 56 episodes. Her wisdom as Guru-Shreshtha (Supreme Master) on the show was lauded globally. Sonal speaks several Indian languages in addition to German. Her training in classical Indian music (vocal) systems both from South and North as well as the intricacies of the indigenous music system of Odisha (Orissa) add rare depth and dimension to her work. Her experience and knowledge of global dance and music is another important factor in moulding a nobler and inclusive vision of per- forming arts as instruments for balanced evolution and enrichment of successive generations. Lecture-cum-presentation also on interpretation on Indian traditions, Literature, Iconography, philosophy etc. To share your views, visit her website: www.sonalmansingh.in OR Facebook: www.facebook.com | sonalmansingh.indianculture www.facebook.com/SBM.sonalmansingh Twitter: @sonal_mansingh APRIL 2018 | 7 Exquisite Performance by a GRAND ARTIST 8 | APRIL 2018 Shaksiyat 22 Carat Dancer Sonal Mansingh who turned 75 has proved her grandfather, who called her Sona, right She just entered 75th year (April 30) of her life on this planet. She has spent over 60 years dancing, 50 years being a star performer, 40-plus years running an institution and trained hundreds of stu- dents in the past four decades. And yet, Sonal sits calmly as if all those years and work are just a wisp of scented breeze. Her grandfather called her Sona to symbolise gold. He also happened to be Governor (Bombay, Mysore) and Bangalore Raj Bhawan remained one of her childhood addresses. After being trained by assorted teachers in Bharatanatyam, it was decided that the Governor’s granddaughter be taught by U.S. Krishna Rao and wife Chandrabhaga. But they were not impressed by the trappings of Raj Bhavan. “I will not come there to teach, like other students she will come to my school Maha Maya,” thundered the over 6 ft, broad shouldered, chemistry teacher-turned-dancer, whose best friend was the iconic Ram Gopal.