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 Centre is apparently finding it difficult to take a decision on extension of ceasefire with NDFB with the banned outfit is suspected to be behind the October serial blasts in Assam.The Suspension of Operations lapsed on December, 31, 2008 and even after a few rounds of talks among Home Ministry, the Assam government and NDFB, no decision has been taken so far on extending the agreement.The Centre hopes that the Union home ministry will be able to come to an arrangement and a decision will be taken very quickly. He said any such truce should followed strictly and this should be ensured.
The day two of the Assam assembly's winter session decided to depute an all party delegation to New Delhi to put pressure on the Centre to ensure the sealing of the Indo-Bangla border.Participating in the question hour, the Opposition members alleged that the government has not been doing enough to seal the porous portion of the Indo-Bangla border. In his reply, revenue minister Dr Bhumidhar Barman said the Assam government has been apprising the Centre of all these from time to time.The House decided to rush an all party delegation to Delhi to be led by the Speaker. Earlier, the House discussed the plights of the refugees in Darrang and Udalguri districts who were rendered homeless at the...
Hardcore ULFA leader and sergeant Major with the crack unit 28th Battalion Mridula Changmai has been arrested by Charaideo police in Sivasagar police on Monday. Some arms ammunition with some other incriminating documents have been recovered from her possession. Details awaited.
Guwahati Press Club has organized an interaction programme with Amrit Pritam, who has received appreciations for his work as a sound designer in Aamir Khan's latest Bollywood movie, Ghajini.Amrit, who was trained in the Jyoti Chitraban Film Institute, Guwahati, is now based in Mumbai.The young Assamese sound designer will be introduced to our members by Utpal Borpuzari, an acclaimed film critic and a senior member of our club.The programme will begin at 11.30 am tomorrow (January 6, 2009). Member-journalists are requested to attend the same.
Assam Governor Shiv Charan Mathur on Monday urged the people to extend help the government implement its plans and policies.Addressing the winter session of Assam Assembly in the morning the governor said his government is committed to implement all the plans and policies to ensure development in the state.As the governor stood up to address the House, the Opposition members raise to disrupt it alleging the government's failure on all front. The main Opposition AGP members along with other Opposition party members thus created an unruly scene on the floor.Despite repeated appeal by Speaker Tanka Bahadur Rai, the Oppsition members did not listen to him which forced the governor to conclude...
The Assam Assembly begins its winter session with the address of the Assam governor S C Mathur on Monday morning. The session is expected to be a stormy one in the wake of the strings of blast, communal riot in the lower Assam. The Opposition parties have decided to stand united to corner the government on the floor during the five-day long session.
City police have arrested one more person in connection with the 1/1 strike in Guwahati that left 6 persons dead and over 50 injured.
According to information, police arrested one Sanjiv Talukdar from Rangiya on Sunday. Sanjiv, an ULFa cadre had frequent contact with the blast mastermind Pranjal Deka of the outfit's 709 Battalion.
It is learnt that Sanjeev carried the bombs to Adabari area in the city at the instance of another 709 battalion cadre Khagen Kalita and that Panjal himself received the bombs from Sanjiv. Interrogation is on.
It may be recalled that police have already arrested nine people in this connection a day after the serial blast rocked three places in the city.
Dear Anjan Borthakur Dangoriya, I am writing this mail with more pain and deep shock at your self styled bhratri ghati comments and activities increasing day by day. Since you all people are hiding in another country with great peace and keep sending statements from the safe heaven with better life and keep killing own people for no reasons, this had alarmed we all. Every blast in Assam, you come out with a ready made excuse. We all know when its IED blast - its you - ULFA. When it is powerful RDX or Afghanistani or Talibani like heavy blast like the last one, its NDFB/BLTY/BTF/MULTA under HuJI funding by crores of rupees contract. I fear if you failed to get that contract from ISI or...
Three compartments of a goods train got damaged as militans exploded a poweful bomb on a railway track in North Cachhar district on Sunday morning. According to information, the incident took place between Maibongdisa and Harangajao stations in the hills disitct.According to Northeast Frontier railway sources, no report of injury to any person in the blast. Top ranked police officers along with railway officers have arrived on the spot. Investgation is on.
After days months of hectic political confabulations, the Opposition Asom Gana Parishad has struck seat sharing deal with the Bahratiya Janata Party for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. According to information, both the parties have finalised the deal firstly in four seats. The AGP is leaving Mongoldoi and Nagaon for the BJP and retains Dibrugarh and North Lakhimpur. Duibrugarh and Lakhimpur have AGP's sitting MPs while the Nagaon ahd Mongoldoi have BJP candidates. Senior leaders of both the parties said the deal for the remaining ten seats would soon be announced.
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