Minoti Khaund: The evergreen violinist of 70's musical world of Assam, she is undoubtedly one of the most popular violinist today and can equally be placed among the best. With her disarming smile and charming manner, the bespectacled Minoti Khaund exudes a comfortable air: music, she says takes her closet to divinity and accords her peace and tranquility. It is an invigorating experience which exalts her spirits.
Born in a well to do Phukan paribar of Jorhat. Her father Manik Chandra Phukan and mother Nalini Debi. She was raised in a culturally rich atmosphere. Her maternal grandfather: Bisheswar Sharma, well-known Tea planter and a culturally gharana of Jorhat. Being a connoisseur of the fine arts himself encouraged Minoti and bought her a violin. So, she started to play at a tender age of 10.
Minoti had her early training in violin from Shri Indreswar Sarma of Jorhat, in the music school of late Darpanath Sarma. She performed in several concerts and festivals and the turning point in her life came when she was performing at the All Assam Music Conference in 1972 and violin maestro Pt. V.G.Jog heard her on stage and offered to impart his art to Minoti. Her husband Kabindra Ram Khaund and the daughter in law of Deputy Commissioner Rabindra Ram Khaund a traditional family of Assam supported her and started her apprenticeship under Pt .Jog. Thereafter started the traditional Gururshisya Parampara between Minoti and Padmavibhusahan Pt Jog.
The Rising Talent Conference at Kalamandir Calcutta in 1978 introduced Minoti as a talented artiste. There has been no looking back since then. The Amir Khan Music Conference at Rabindra Sadan Calcutta, Benaras, Burdwan, Cuttack, Bhubaneshwar, Tatanagar, Rabindra Natya Mandir mumbai, India International Center Delhi, Mehta Memorial Hall Allahabad, IIT Festival, Shankardev Kalakshetra Guwahati, National Gallery of Modern Art Mumbai, India Habitat Centre Delhi, Women's International Forum Goa, Madhusudhan Manch Kolkatta etc were the platforms that Minoti performed in and enthralled the audience and press alike. She became the foremost violinist of Assam. She was conferred the title of Sangeet Jyoti.
Minoti started her parallel studies in the field of music and attained Sangeet Nipune from Prayag Sangeet Samitti, Allahabad, in 1986, bagging a gold medal for her Sangeet Visharad. During this period she also got associated with vocalist Pt. A.T, Kanan of the Sangeet Research Academy, Kolkatta and imbibed the "gayaki ang" in her style. She also underwent music studies in the field of raga improvisations and rhythmic patterns of "tala" from sarod maestro and musicologist Pt. Buddhadev Dasgupta.
Sunita Bhuyan is a violinist of the Hindustani style and has carved a niche for herself as an upcoming musician of India. Recepient of the Indira Gandhi Priyadarshini award for Music. She was initiated into musicat a tender age by her mother Minoti Khaund. The mother daughter duo of Minoti and Sunita have performed duets all over the country and abroad, regaling the audience and the press alike with their "jugalbandi". What makes her great is: selection of her tune, her style of presentation and she stried to give a semi-classical touch which has a blend of folk western classical.
Sunita has attained a master's degree in Hindustani Music from Prayag Sangeet Samitte, with a distinction and has also studied advanced music under the apprenticeship of violin maestro Padmabibhushan Late Pt V.G. Jog.
Minoti Khaund, the award winning violin master whose musical career spanning 50 years. She has been awarded the prestigious Silpi Bata this year by Govt. of Assam.
A violin recital by Minoti Khaund and her daughter Sunita Bhuyan are on an exclusive UK tour at the prestigious Nehru Centre (the Cultural wing of Indian High Commission) on 26th June and other British cities: Manchester: Kalapremi mandal, Birmingham and Nottingham organized by Rini Kakati, NRI Co-ordinator for UK.
Also the Glasgow concert is organized by Mrs. Anima Sharma, an active member of Lancashire Hindu Association.
Sensation prevails on the busy Guwahati-Shillong road following bomb scare that forces senior police and civil officials to rush to Ganeshguri. According to eyewitness, two doubtful youths were seen trying to plant a bomb under the Ganeshguri Flyover but managed to flee as soon as they saw policemen on the spot. Security forces cordoned off the entire spot and carried out a search operation nearly half an hour. No one has so far been arrested.
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has alleged a nefarious KMSS-Maoist nexus to monger more trouble in the state. Addressing a press conference a week after the Dispur clash, Gogoi said he would go by the probe report. The Maoists are working in Assam in the guise of a section of peasant organization activists. He further announced Rs 3 lakh each of those who were killed in the Dispur clash. He said he would not allow any organization or leader to violate the law.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi faces flak minutes after he alleged KMSS-Maoist link. Reacting sharply to the Chief Minister’s allegation on Tuesday, the peasant body president Raju Baruah said they have not even an...
‘Shreemoyee’ Asomiya Mahila Samiti (SAMS) on Monday, felicitated the Assamese students of Mumbai who have secured 85% and above in the 10th and 12th board examinations of the academic year 2010-11 as a gesture of encouragement, at Assam Bhawan, Vashi. The function was presided by SAMS president Bina Saikia. The students rewarded belonged to the Maharashtra Board, C.B.S.E and also ICSE. Assamese columnist and poet Neeti Baruah who is also a retired lecturer was the Chief Guest and the guest of honour was Dr. Abani Chandra Goswami, a scientist who retired as the Head of the Department of Chemistry from Jorhat Institute of Science...
Noted Gandhian Anna Hazare's civil society group seeks immediate release of two Akhil Gogoi who was arrestred by poliucxe on Friday. He further has demanded an apology from the Assam government for arresting the KMSS leader. The Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti leader were arrested from the Guwahati Press Club premises on Friday for allegedly inciting violence earlier in the week in Dispur.
In a statement issued in Delhi, Hazae’s NGO IAC said, "India Against Corruption, strongly condemns such high-handed, brutal and undemocratic actions by the government and requests all citizens to join hands to oppose the government's grave misconduct."
My mind towards Assamese Literature was literally like an Axanto Electron. (The electron is a subatomic particle carrying a negative electric charge. It has no known components or substructure. Therefore, the electron is generally thought to be an elementary particle.) Coming from an English medium school I hadn’t read anything Assamese apart from my course work all my life. SKC is responsible for turning it around. Quite late in life, I asked my friend Aporaj to suggest me an Assamese book to read. Prompt came the answer. Suran Medhi’s work. I was like... Who? And why would you suggest reading his books.
Now Aporaj being a calm and composed poet friend as well as an...
NDFB’s pro talks faction threatens to pull out of the peace process if the Centre fails to halt operation against their cadres. In a press statement sent to media on Saturday, the outfit’s assistant secretary B. Khwlw Khwlw alleged that peace process and crackdown can’t go together. He said for the last several years, they have lost many cadres in the name of encounters by the security forces. The alleged that the peace process was merely a trap. He further charged the Assam government with trying derail the peace process. “Our General Secretary N. Dinthigwra was killed cold blooded along with his body guard B. Bwhwitha after he was caught from the house he was...
Guwahati Press Club has expressed its anguish at the arrest of RTI activist Akhil Gogoi from its campus on June 24 at around 2.50 pm. It has already sent a protest letter to the Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, stated in a release issued by press club secretary Nava Thakuria. It may be mentioned that Gogoi had booked the space in the Press Club auditorium from 3 pm (to 5 pm) for a press conference. He arrived at the Press Club premises by 2.10 pm and had some food in the canteen. For some reasons, best known to Gogoi only, he rushed to the auditorium by 2.30 pm and abruptly started his press conference. Most of the reporters were even outside the auditorium at that moment. Then arrived a few...
Finally, police have arrested KMSS leader Akhil Gogoi in connection with the Dispur police firing on Wednesday. Gogoi was picked up by police from his Nizorapara based residence an hour before a press conference he was scheduled to addressed.
Police on Thursday lodged complaint against Gogoi and his associates charging them with damaging properties worth crores of rupees and fomenting trouble where 4 persons were killed around 35 including 15 police men have been injured. A section of KMSS protesters set on fire three police vehicles and 5 ASTC owned passenger buses.
The Centre on Thursday has extended the term of ceasefire with NDFB by months. This was followed by a meeting of home ministry officials with a delegation of the Bodo insurgent outfit Govinda Basumatary in Delhi on Thursday. The meeting was attended by state home secretary Jishnu Baruah and home ministry joint secretary attached to north east Sambhu Singh.
Dispur police steps into arrest KMSS leader Akhil Gogoi in connection with the Dispur clash that left 3 killed and over 30 injured. Dispur police station alone has registered altogether 8 cases against Gogoi and KMSS president Kamal Medhi charging them with damaging properties worth Rs 1.50 crore. Dispur police officer in charge Manik Kalita has lodged the 4 complaints against Gogoi while ASTC also filed 3 FIRs alleging that Gogoi and his organization has damaged 3 buses on Wednesday. Gogoi is likely to be arrested at any time. Several police officers including senior superintendent of police Dipak Chaudhury, DSP Longnit Teron have been injured in the clash.
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