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.
The Opposition Asom Gana Parishad demands Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi's statement to clear his stand following stunning revelations by Akhil Gogoi where the original but lost documents of criminal charges against Himanta Biswa Sarma were produced.
In a statement, the AGP said that these revelations have justified the allegations of how the Government has been patronizing criminal activities for the last several years.
The oppostion parties statement reads: DHD chief Jewel Garlosa’s statement in the court premises yesterday that the Government and the administration had a hand in DHD chairman Niranjan Hojai’s escape to Nepal is just one more instance exposing the...
Security forces on Saturday arrested an NDFB cadre suspected to have been involved in the July 8 blast which caused the derailing of the Kolkata-bound Garib Rath Express was arrested in Assam’s Chirang district. Sources say patrolling troops of the 15 Dogra Regiment acting on a tip off apprehended the militant identified as Edward Shrampani. Suspected NDFB militants planted the powerful bomb on the railway tracks at Gossaigaon, killing a child and injuring 13 other passengers of the Garib Rath Express.
Assam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma seems to have landed in trouble when RTI activist Akhil Gogoi comes out with evidence to prove the ministers involvement in a number of criminal cases against him. Addressing a crowded press conference in Guwahati Press Club on Saturday, the KMSS leader said he along woth other associates would soon approach the Supreme Court seeking its intervention.
Gogoi further produced the original documents of the criminal and TADA cases registered against him with Chanadmari and Paltanbazar police stations in 1991. These include the sensational murder of Congress veteran Manabendra Sarma. These particulars have been missing which was why, the...
A hardcore NDFB rebel died at an encounter with security forces in Sonitpur district of Assam on Saturday. According to information, the encounter took place at around 11 in the morning at Hijuguri under Rongapara police station bordering Arunachal Pradesh. Three other cadres of the Bodo rebel outfit managed to escape during the encounter. The deceased is yet to be identified. Police later recovered an AK-56 rifle along with several rounds of bullets from the spot.
Dispur police claimed to have arrested a hardcore ULFA leader on Thursday. The ULFA militant has been identified as Bijoi Deka (24), son of Naren Deka, a resident of South Gandhibari under Tamulpur police station in Baska district. He was apprehended by Dispur police and 128 bn of CRPF.
The Opposition parties have alleged that the government is trying to gag the Opposition parties before the commnecement of the monsoon session of Assembly.
Addressing a joint press conference on Thursday, AGP president Chandra Mohan said the government has failed on all front and that it was in a mood to confront the Oppoisition only to shift the focus on the Rs 1,000 crore scam in Dima Hasao district.
Assam BJP pesident Ranjit Dutta said the government will have to face the music if it continues to gag the Opposition's voice of protest with the help of NSUI and youth Congress activists. He said the government will be blamed if it tries in any form to disrupt Dispur dharna on Friday...
A minor boy died and several others have been injured as tripple blast rocked a train near Gosaigaon in kokrajhar. The first one blast took placed at 2.20 midnight at the Garib rath whe a six yr child died. The driver is missing. Some critically injured passengers have been rushed to hospital. Now local trains are being arranged to recue the standred ones. The second one blast took place at 3 in the wee hours while the third blast within 6 hours. More blasts are feard.
Apart from it, suspected NDFB cadres made low intensity blast on a railway bridge near Dhekiajuli in Sonitpur district on Wednesday.
Help line numbers: Alipurduar: 03564-270870, 03564-270871, 03564-253498. Guwahati:...
Assam RTI activist Akhil Gogoi seems to have shaken Dispur trading charges after charges against health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. In a sensational revelation, Gogoi told reporters that the minister last year purchased two luxurious cars worth Rs 40 lakh within a period of 2 months for his 5-year old daughter. Gogoi said the source of the fund is doubtful. Hours after it, the minister and his wife came out with a statement saying that that they had borrowed loan from bank and that his wife Riniki Bhuyan Sarma receives Rs 1.50 lakh as salary from Newslive, where she is the chairperson. But a lot has remained unanswered. Strangely, no one from either from the government or from the party...
The war of words between Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi and AGP leader Prafulla Kumar Mahanta touched a new low. Continuing his war statement, the former chief minister dared his successor to reopen the sensational Manabendra Sarma killing case if the LOC case can be reopened. Talking to reporters in Guwahati on Wednesday, Mahanta said the Court has closed the LOC case and that Gogoi wants to reopen the case only to divert the focus on the Rs 1000 crore scam in Dima Hasao district.
A medical student who remained traceless from Guwahati for around 24 hours has been rescued in Siliguri on Wednesday morning. According to information, Kaushik Kotoky, the son of B Barooah Cancer Institute director Dr Amal Kotoky managed to have escaped from the miscreants Siliguri 24 hours after he was kidnapped from his resident in Guwahati. According to information, he went missing after two workers came to his residence on Tuesday. Details are awaited.
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