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.
World Comics India is organising a workshop for Journalism and Social Work students, facilitators and NGO activists who wish to apply the power and potential of comics to enable people to explore issues of self and society in a creative and exciting way. The two-days workshop will be held on October 23-24 in Guwahati.
The workshop fee is Rs 500 to covers material, trainers’ kit and refreshment etc. For more information, please contact 9706350743 (Amrith) or 9864059039 (Usha) or email usha.dewani7@gmail.com.
The ninth anniversary of the Krishnaguru Sakha Sewashram, Gurgaon, is being celebrated on November 4 through a non-stop 12-hours Eknaam Kirtan for universal peace and harmony. By the desire of His Holiness Sri Sri Krishnaguru mahapravu, about 1000 devotees will conduct the Akhand Eknaam Kirtan that will start at 6 in the morning and go on till evening 6pm. Eknaam Kirtan is integral to the Krishnaguru faith, the practical aspect of which is rooted in the oneness of God and community. This is manifest in it being an “Ek Naam” dharma, the essence of which lies in the meditation and chanting of the Holy Naam given by His Holiness Gurudeva. The Akhand Kirtan, also called “...
An International Conference on “Community Based Water-Resource Management in Northeast India: Lessons from a Global Context” [WATERCON-2011], will be held on January 28-30, 2011 in Guwahati. The event is organized jointly by South Asia Development Gateway and PFI Foundation, an International NGO with assistance from the Ministry of Water Resources, Government of India. For details please visit www.pfifound.org/watercon. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss strategies of water resources management, structural and non-structural measures with emphasis on a watershed based regional plan. It will be a multi-stakeholder platform to discuss some of the issues and challenges of...
A forum comprising all the electronic media persons of Guwahati was formed at the Guwahati Press Club on Sunday (10.10.10). Formed with an aim to protect the rights of media persons and encourage the spirit of Journalism, the forum has been christened ‘Electronic Media Forum Asom’. A working committee was formed in the meeting with three members each from every news channel based in Guwahati and three from national electronic media with Bimal Ghosh (RD), Pranjit Saikia and Nava Thakuria as co-ordinators. A resolution has been taken in the meeting to launch an annual award recognising outstanding stories. Entries for the first EMFA Award have to be stories that have been telecast...
Both ULFA and the government are gearing up for the proposed peace talk.As part of the spadeworks,ULFA leaders would be allowed to procure bail.The government would help the top leaders procure bail at the earliest.Three top ULFA leaders on Monday have moved the court to seek bail after they received green signal from Dispur. Senior ULFA leader Bhimkanta Burhagohain on Monday moved the court seeking bail as soon as possible. His nephew Chandan Buhagohain moved the bail plea before the Sonitpur district session court on Monday. The is expected to process the petition on Thursday next.
In a similar development,ULFA finance secretary Chitrabon Hazarika and cultural secretary Pranoti Deka...
The government is in a process to hold talk with the banned United Liberation Front of Assam. Sources have suggested that all the jailed ULFA top guns would move bail petitions in a phased manner after Durga Puja.
According to information, ULFA chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa, foreign secretary Sasha Choudhury, finance secretary Chitraban Hazarika, cultural secretary Pranati Deka and political ideologue Bhimkanta Buragohain, would be moved after October 15 to pave the way for the formal talks. The government will hardly oppose the bail plea which will enable them to procure bail easily.
Notably, the bail petition of Ulfa deputy military chief Raju Barua has been already moved in the...
RTI activist Akhil Gogoi again takes on health minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma citing his huge assets of doubtful sources. Addressing a press conference in Guwahati on Sunday, Gogoi said the source fund of Newslive channel which is owned by his wife Riniki Bhuyan Sarma are doubtful.He said the entire fund to the tune of several crores being invested in this news channel belong to Sarma. He said Sarma shows some stakeholders and their amounts of stake. But several crores have been invested without showing anything. He further said NEDFi has issued loans to Riniki Bhuyan Sarma without properly scanning her particulars.
The names of twenty qualified child scientists of Udalguri district have been announced. The National Children's Science Congress Udalguri district session was held at Ramswarup Agarwalla Memorial English School,Udalguri on September 24. M. Banu, Inspector of Schools, Udalguri hoisted the NCSC flag at 9 am in presence of thousands of students, teachers and high ranking officials. The district session which was inaugurated by SS Meenakshi Sundaram,DC,Udalguri, was attended by distinguished scientists of the state namely - Dr. SK Choudhury, Director, ASTEC; Dr. Anil Kumar Goswami, President, Pragjyotish Amateure Astronomers Association, Guwahati; Mihir Kumar Barua, ADC,Udalguri; Babul...
Assam sounds red alert in view of the much awaited verdict on the Ayodhya by the Allahabad High Court on Friday. Security forces are taking their positions across the state apprehending any communal clash after the court verdict. Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi has already sent a set of instructions to the ministers and party MLAs to rush to ther home constituencies to closely monitor the sitution.In a similar instrction, Gogoi has asked all district administrations to remain alert to avert any communal conflict in the form of untoward incident.Notably, a Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court is set to pronounce its verdict sharply at 3-30 in the afternoon on Thursday. The Supreme...
If everything goes well, ULFA and the government will strike direct peace deal. This the clear cut indication in Dispur on Tuesday. Government interlocutor PC Halder held two rounds of closed door meets separately with Chief minister and ULFA boss Arabinda Rajkhowa in Guwahati. In the morning the former intelligence bureau chief met Rajkhowa and talked of the recent development and the possible impact in the on going process.
Comments
Pages
Add new comment