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 major ULFA attack awaitsd Assam before the Black Day on November 27. According to highly placed sources, a group of top ULFA rebels have managed to sneak into Assam to strike in some vital plances on November 27. These hardcore rebels recently sneaked into the state from Myanmar, Bhutan and Nagaland to carry out blasts in protest against the first army operation against the outfit on that date in 1991. The target is said to be the oil refineries. They include Bosa Singh, Pinku Phukan, Upen Borgohain, Bimal Kalita, Sadin Rai, Rajanikanta Singh, Pulak Bharali, Hitesh Rai and Akon Moran.
A suspected ULFA activist was killed at an encounter with police on Friday in Guwahati. The incident took place early in the morning which was followed by another shoot out at Chandmari in the city. Two NDFB rebels were killed at an encounter with security forces in Chirang district of lower Assam on Friday. The incident took place at Mauja basti where 2 pistol,3 grenades were recovered along with some incriminating documents. In yet another incident, one person was killed while suspected Naga insurgents attacked a village defence party in North Cachar hills on Friday. The incident took place in the wee hours at Devi Nagar as a group Naga insurgents were on an extortion drive. , A school...
The students of the Eastern Fare Music Foundation, Bangalore demonstrated remarkable expertise in the recently conducted Trinity Guildhall Exam at Good Shepherd Institute. Congratulations to Shreya Krishnaswami(98%), Nimisha Krishnaswami(97%), Aryan Shetty(93%), V. Deepa(92%) and Anand P.M.(96%) for their outstanding performances. Shreya Krishnaswami topped all the entrants from Bangalore with a scorecard of 98%. Heariest congratulations to her for such a significant achievement at such an early age. The students will be receiving their credentials from Trinity College London and will be performing in St. Mark’s Hall, Bangalore on 28th Nov, 09’ to mark the emergence of such a...
The eminent BBC journalist Sir Mark Tully has released a book titled ‘Troubled Periphery: Crisis of India’s North East’, which has been authored by the senior BBC journalist Subir Bhaumik and published by Sage, today in Kolkata.
Inaugurating the book, Padma Bhusan Mark Tully commented that the Indians in general should go through the book to know more about the troubled northeastern part of India, and the Northeasterns themselves should study it to understand their problems in a better way.
The inauguration ceremony witnessed the attendance of many distinguished personalities like Tripura Rajmata Bibhu Devi, former British minister Ian Macartney, US consulate-general...
The Assam Press Correspondents’ Union has demanded an empowered Media Council of India, which can look after various issues of media persons effectively in the country. The media persons’ organization has asserted that the Press Council of India has slowly lost its relevance as it has no role to play on ensuring financial security to the working journalists. The APCU also raised its voice for a regional office of the media council in Guwahati. The demands were highlighted during a meeting organized on the occasion of the National Press Day.
Organized by the Assam Press Correspondents’ Union at Guwahati Press Club, the significant Day was celebrated with various programes...
A Guwahati based young reporter dies of heat stroke today. Khanin Das, who worked for Dainik Batori, felt a kind of chest pain during a meeting in the city and soon he collapsed. Khanin, 36, was immediately taken to GNRC Hospital, where the doctors declared him brought dead.
Hails from Pathshala in Barpeta district, Khanin started his journalism career as a city reporter to Amar Asom and later he shifted to Edinor Sangbad.
The city scribes paid last tributes to Khanin at Guwahati Press Club and his office (Dainik Batori) before his dead body was taken to his home town Pathshala for cremation.
Khanin, who was also a promising sculptor, left behind his wife and a son.
On the occasion of World Diabetes Day on 14 Nov ’09, the Department of Endocrinology, Gauhati Medical College organized Health Awareness Programmes at the Endocrinology OPD today from 9-30 AM onwards. The aim of celebrating this day is to create awareness among people about diabetes. The theme of this day this year is “Prevention of Diabetes”. With this theme stress was laid on importance of diet and exercise in the prevention of diabetes and its complications. Childhood diabetes prevention by avoiding obesity was also discussed.
Pharmaceutical companies conducted Free blood Glucose test on 150 patients out of which 6 (Six ) new diabetics were detected (4%). All...
Two ULFA topguns Chitraban Hazarika and Sasha Hazarika have been remanded to ten days police custody after they were produced before the court of Kamrup Chief Judicial magistrate on Saturday. The court further has asked the authorities to ensure medical test of the top leaders within a periof of 48 hours. Talking to the waiting mediaman Chitraban Hazarika and Sasha Chaudhury said they have not surrendered nefore BSF as it was reported in a section of media. Notably, amid a tight security bandubast, the foreign secretary and finance secretary were brougth to Guwahati by a team of Assam police on Friday night. Police interrogation is in progress.
Assam police gets remand of Chitraban Hazarika and Sasha Chaudhury even as the the banned insurgent outfit on Sarturday calls for 12 hour Assam bandh demanding their unconditional release. In a statement, ULFA chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa demanded that both the leaders must be produced before media to avoid missing like that in Bhutan.
According to Rajkhowa, the finance secretary and the acting general secretary were picked up on November 1 by a group of unidentified people at 12 midnight and since then they have been remaining untraced.
Three days after they were picked up in Bangladesh, top ULFA leaders Chitraban Hazarika and Sasha Chaudhury have been handed over to Assam police after a series of formalities both in Delhi and Dhaka. The ULFA top guns who were detained at Gakulnagar area across Indo-Bangla border in Tripura were handed over to the BSF before being whisked away to Silchar en ropute to New Delhi. Later they were taken back to Guwahati for more formalities.
Meanwhile, the family members of both the topguns are eagerly waiting to see them since they have been been able to see them for the last many years. According to sources, the entire sudden development is stage managed as ULFA is rapidly losing its...
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