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.
A painting,craft and science model competition cum exhibition was organized at Maharishi Vidya Mandir school premise,Tangla on November 2 recently. Rajashree Borah,principal of MVM, Tangla inaugurated the exhibition cum competition at 12 noon on November 2 with 'Guru Puja' followed by the inaugural ceremony. Several hundred students, teachers and guardians of various schools of Tangla attended the programme to much delight.The painting and craft competition was organizes in four categoris ie-group A for Nursery and KG; group B for classes 1, 11, 111; group C for classes IV, V, VI, VII and group D for classes VIII, IX and X. On the other hand science model exhibition cum competition was...
tve (Television Trust for the Environment) is launching its second major environmental film initiative for YouTube filmmakers and animators. tve’s biomovies competition offers the YouTube generation a say on the world’s vanishing biodiversity.
“Two billion films are streamed on YouTube on an average day – mainly by young people for who the future of the planet really does matter,” says Cheryl Campbell, tve’s executive director.
“We’re looking for the sharpest, wittiest, most creative and thought-provoking minds on the YouTube scene to give their take on one of the most important environmental issues of all, and reach the audience who...
Assam Don Bosco University is launching its first online degree programmes shortly after the Distance Education Council visit to Guwahati expected any day now. “We hope to target thousands of working class young people across the globe,” says the Vice-Chancellor of the University Dr Stephen Mavely SDB explaining how the classes and study will take place on the web, enabling students to have access to the best professors from around the country.
The University will run the programmes using state of the art Virtual Classroom Technology, and they are designed for working executives and professionals looking for programmes of study that complement their work and their need to...
The people of Karbi Anglong are all geared up for this year’s edition of the Rongtheang festival that begins from November 2. The festival will continue for three days to culminate on November 4 and will also see the first national rock competition of Assam being organized there.
This time around, the 8th traditional Rongtheang festival 2010 is being organized by the Eastern Beats Music Society and the Rongtheang Klimsomar Club with the support of ICCR, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India; Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) and State Bank of India (SBI).
The Rongtheang Festival is a traditional festival of the people of Karbi Anglong which is into its eighth year...
GNRC Hospitals in association with Guwahati Press Club has announced 4th GNRC Media Fellowship for the journalists. The fellowship is open to working journalists, who should be attached with the print and electronic media of the region.
The fellows will get the opportunity to study and report about the new technology related to heath care facilities, overall health care scenario of Assam and accessibility of common people to such developments.
Dr Nomal Chandra Borah, CMD of GNRC Hospitals has confirmed about the fellowship today to the GPC secretary.
Three selected fellows will receive Rs. 10,000 (rupees ten thousand only) per head per month. They have to publish/broadcast/telecast...
Meghalaya police have recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition from ULFA from a school on Saturday. Accoridng to information, these arms and ammuniton were found inside an abandoned suitcase spotted by a group of students near Shillong Higher Secondary School in the evening. When reported police rushed to the spot and recovered 2 AK-47 rifles and a flash gun, 125 rounds of live ammunition, five kg of RDX bomb, three hand grenades, six magazines, two walkie talkies and incriminating documents belonging to the ULFA. These arms and ammunition were hidden ULFA militants at the instruction of Drishti Rajkhowa. Notably, parts of Meghalaya has become a safe transit route of ULFA, NDFB and...
Assam stands united against cancerous terrorism on Saturday two years after the gory serial blast that killed more than 100 killed and several others injured. People in large numbers came out to the streets to take solemn pledge to go all out against terrorism.
NETV is on a mass signature campaign against terrorism in Guwahati where more than 80 people were left dead in the incident. The popular satellite TV news channel, first of its kind in the north eastern region also launched similar campaign in other parts of the state. Two other TV news channels also launched programme to create terror awareness. The Assam government also held a brief function at the blast Ganeshguri site where...
Two hardcore NDFB insurgents have been nabbed along with two others in Nagaon district on Friday. The ultras belonging to the anti-talks faction of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland were involved in the serial blasts which left over 90 dead and 500 injured in Kokrajhar, Barpeta and Bongaigaon districts, besides Guwahati. They were travelling in a bus from Nagaland and apprehended at Samaguri during a check near the police station there.
Ten rounds of AK-47 rifle and .383 revolver ammunition were seized from the militants, identified as Haitha Basumatary and Rajendra Basumatary. Senior district police officials have been interrogating the duo.
Black cats will stay with Prafulla Kumar Mahanta. This is Gauhati High Court's instruction. Hearing a petition moved by the former chief minister on Wednesday, a single bench of the court on Thursday as the govenrment to restore the black cats withdrawn a few days back. The court has further instructed the Union home ministry to file an affidavit at any earlier date. Notably, Mahanta moved Gauhati High Court after the government has withdrawn blaks cats he was given a few years back.
In a petition he moved before the court on Wednesday, Mahanta doubted the safety and security of his life and urged the court help him get the security back.
The security personnel deployed to him have...
Despite round-the-clock vigil, poachers killed a male rhino inside the Kaziranga National Park on Thursday.
According to information, the poachers killed the rhino at Burachapori inside the Agratoli range of the park and forest guards on hearing gunshots rushed to the area and opened fire injuring one of the gang. The injured poacher and another, however, managed to escape.
Sources say the forest guards seized two SBBL guns, several sharp weapons and camping equipment.
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