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.
Guwahati Press Club, a pioneer mediamen’s organization of Northeast India witnessed an unusual Sunday morning today (June 21, 2009), when a group of journalists bared their hearts to the audience of News Live, a Guwahati based satellite Television channel.
The channel came to press club with all their arrangements to make a lively program, where journalists talked, discussed, sang, performed and danced to the tune of Bihu.
Those newsmen, who remain invisible, suddenly came out with all joy...
he International Committee for the Red Cross has organized a day long media workshop in Guwahati on June 30, 2009. The workshop will highlight on the issues of reporting from a conflict zone and on the international humanitarian laws. Organized in association with Guwahati Press Club the workshop is open to the working journalists of Northeast India. Interested journalists (with at least four years experience of active journalism) are requested to contact the office of Guwahati Press Club during the working hours on or before June 20 next.
“Please give me a cup of tea” this is the first sentence relaxed Anil says to his wife after coming back home completing tiresome day long initiatives in the Panchayat. Anil got elected recently as a ward member of the Panchayat where Anamika a lady from the neighboring ward also got elected. Both of them came back from the Panchayat at the same time but Anil reached home a little early as he came by his motor bike.Anamika was also dead tired after her daylong work in the Panchayat. Walking home added to her tiredness. Reaching home she finds lots of unwashed dishes in the sink. Whole the family members had their lunch and dumped the dishes as they consider it as the work of the...
The National Investigating Agency probing the Mohet Hojai case is seeking remand of the former Chief Executive Member of the North Cachar Hills Autonomous who was arrested charging him with funding the DHD(J). Taking the first ever case since it was formed, NIA SP on Friday afternoon has moved a petition at the Kamrup Chief Judicial Magistrate Court to this effect and th4 court is expected to take up it on Saturday.
Meanwhile, the CJM court on Friday directed the Guwahati district jail authority for production of Mohet Hojai and RH Khan before the court on Saturday following NIA petition seeking 10 day custody of duo.
Two days after he slipped into police dragnet in Bangalore, DHD(J) chairman Jewel Garlosa was brought to Guwahati on Friday.A top level police team led by Central western range DIG G P Singh took away the top terrorist Immediately after he landed at the Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport, Jewel was taken to an undisclosed location for interrogation in connection with a number of cases. Details are awaited.Notably, a high level police team apprehended Jewel, two of his associates the face of terror in NC hills from a hotel in Bangalore on Wednesday midnight.
The Assam Higher Secondary Education Council has declared the results of the Higher Secondary examinations of 2009 in science, arts and commerce streams on Tuesday. Chayanika Baruah from Kakojan College of Jorhat tops the arts stream while Bidisha Agrawal of the Guwahati Commerce College Agrawal has topped the commerce. The first position in science stream this year goes to Manoj Swargiary, a private candidate in Barpeta district. The results are will be available at 11 in the morning in all district headquarters. The Council conducted the examination across the state in February.
The percentage of successful candidate in arts is 69.99 while the it is 72.11 in commerce and 80.23 in...
Assam Congress leader and Jorhat MP Bijoy Krishna Handique is one of the cabinet ministers who took oath as cabinet minister in the Manmohan Singh’s new cabinet.Handique, the sixth time MP from Jorhat Lok Sabha seat has been elevated this time from the minister of state for chemicals and fertilizer. The veteran Congress leader, the son of Krishna Kanta Handique was born on December 1, 1934.He cleared his post graduate studies at Calcutta University. In 1973, Handique was elected as Jorhat Congress committee president and also was in the stint as a member of AICC(I) from 1973 to 1991. In 1972, Handique was elected to the Assam Legislative Assembly. During 1974-1977, he was in the...
Three Assam police personnel sustained injury when DHD(J) rebels again attacked a special security train with bullets in North Cachar hills on Friday.According to information, the incident took place at a round 1 in the afternoon in between Lumding and Langting when the Dimasa rebels sprayed bullets on the train leaving the police personnel injured. Barring security trains, other services have been remaining closed due to continued attack on trains by the DHD(J) rebels.The injured have police personnel have been rushed to the hospital. The incident took place a day after 31 houses were set ablaze on Thursday by some unidentified armed miscreants.
After moments of hectic lobbying in Delhi former minister for chemical and fertilizer and Jorhat MP Bijoy Krishna Handique was inducted in the new Manmohan Singh cabinet on Friday. .According to information, Handique the fourth time MP from upper Assam's Jorhat Lok Sabha seat would take oath of office and secrecy from President Patil at a function at the Ashoka Hall. Handique will be among the 20 other minister including the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh.
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