Another Book on SDB
Srinivas Ganti
I have recently been made aware of the following book.
Sachinkartar Gaaner Bhuban (The World of Sachinkarta's Music) written
by Khagesh Dev Burman
Adi Nath Publishers
9, Shyama Charan Dey Street
Kolkata
I came to know yesterday that one music lover I has it and is flying
to US today. So I called him to ask if he can get his copy here but he
already left Kolkota by then:(
I will atleast have the pleasure of wearing my Golf Cap ( mentioned at
Bangalore meet) again so that he can recognise me in US :)
Sambit Basu
book was that it has SDB's auto-biography 'Nikhader Sargam' embedded
in it. But after going through the book, I would give it a B. Not too
interesting.
- Sambit
Prithviraj Dasgupta
> I received this book last September. My biggest attraction to this
> book was that it has SDB's auto-biography 'Nikhader Sargam' embedded
> in it. But after going through the book, I would give it a B. Not too
> interesting.
>
> - Sambit
>
'Sargamer nikhad' you mean, right?:)
I've often wondered what the title of SDB's autobiography conveys.
I've sometimes interpreted it as a pun between 'the one before the
start' ('ni' is one swara before 'sa') or 'the one at the end' ('ni is
the last swara in the saptak). What do you say?
-Prithviraj
Ritu
> I received this book last September. My biggest attraction to this
> book was that it has SDB's auto-biography 'Nikhader Sargam' embedded
> in it. But after going through the book, I would give it a B. Not too
> interesting.
What would you give a B? 'Sargamer Nikhad' or the book as a whole? If
I am not mistaken, SDB never completed Sargamer Nikhad (which was
actually a series for the Anand Lok magazine). Somewhere in between
the articles suddenly stopped appearing apparently because SDB was
unhappy with the editing they did and pulled the plug so as to say. I
would be interested to know how long 'Sargamer Nikhad' actually is.
Also have you had a chance to get 'Sachin Karta' by Pannalal Roy?
Regards,
Ritu
Ritu
Interesting. So 'Sargamer Nikhad' would translate roughly to 'Sargam
Ka Nishad'? (assuming Nikhad = Nishad). If yes, then the title is
certainly intriguing. From whatever I have come across on SDB your
interpretation could be quite on line i.e there is a pun hidden in it.
He was quite fond of playing around with words. For instance he is
said to have admonished Kishore with 'Agar tu awaaz ko nahin
sambhaalega to awaaz bhi tujhko nahin sambhaalega' or his introduction
to Kalyanji-Anandji in his jaimala program where he said 'Yeh dono
saathi sangeet se jag ka **kalyan** karte hain aur sunne walon ko
**Anand** pahunchaate hain'.
So adding to your interpretations, could it also mean 'the end of the
journey' or 'from the begining to the end'. Actually the content of
the book could give a pointer.
Regards,
Ritu
Vinayak
"Nikhader...." to people whose knowledge of Bangla less than 5
sentences and 39 words?
Hopeful...Vinayak Vaidya
Sambit Basu
> On May 4, 12:58 pm, Sambit Basu <sambitb...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I received this book last September. My biggest attraction to this
> > book was that it has SDB's auto-biography 'Nikhader Sargam' embedded
> > in it. But after going through the book, I would give it a B. Not too
> > interesting.
>
> > - Sambit
>
> 'Sargamer nikhad' you mean, right?:)
May be :) I can never decipher the meaning of the name;
'Sargamer nikhaad' or 'Nikhader sargam' are same to me.
Moreover, I am not finding the book in my house - so
cannot check. :(
> I've often wondered what the title of SDB's autobiography conveys.
> I've sometimes interpreted it as a pun between 'the one before the
> start' ('ni' is one swara before 'sa') or 'the one at the end' ('ni is
> the last swara in the saptak). What do you say?
He might be punning on 'nikhaad' (meaning 'without impurity')
too!
Either way it doesn't make too much of a sense.
- Sambit
Sambit Basu
> On May 4, 1:58 pm, Sambit Basu <sambitb...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I received this book last September. My biggest attraction to this
> > book was that it has SDB's auto-biography 'Nikhader Sargam' embedded
> > in it. But after going through the book, I would give it a B. Not too
> > interesting.
>
> What would you give a B? 'Sargamer Nikhad' or the book as a whole? If
> I am not mistaken, SDB never completed Sargamer Nikhad (which was
> actually a series for the Anand Lok magazine). Somewhere in between
> the articles suddenly stopped appearing apparently because SDB was
> unhappy with the editing they did and pulled the plug so as to say. I
> would be interested to know how long 'Sargamer Nikhad' actually is.
I am giving 'B' to 'Sargamer Nikhad'. 'Sachinkartar Gaaner
Bhuban'
will probably get C- to C.
'Sargamer Nikhad' is shallow in the sense it doesn't venture into
SDB's creative life. The best part is definitely where he
describes
his childhood days. Otherwise it is pretty mundane - I mean who
wants to know what was author's great great grandfather's name -
biographies are there for that. I would rather read about the
thoughts
that went into making specific songs, what was his typical way
of composing songs, how he would arrange, what instruction he
would
give to his assistants and the singers, what kind of songs he
would
compose for different singers etc - all these stuff, padded with
anecdotes.
> Also have you had a chance to get 'Sachin Karta' by Pannalal Roy?
No, I have not. how is it? The only other book dedicated
to SDB that I read was Shyamal Chakrabarty's 'Bhati Gaang Baaiya'.
Barring a few, most of these biographies become overt eulogy with
flowery but mostly fluffy language.
- Sambit
Ritu
> > I've often wondered what the title of SDB's autobiography conveys.
> > I've sometimes interpreted it as a pun between 'the one before the
> > start' ('ni' is one swara before 'sa') or 'the one at the end' ('ni is
> > the last swara in the saptak). What do you say?
>
> He might be punning on 'nikhaad' (meaning 'without impurity')
> too!
> Either way it doesn't make too much of a sense.
>
I got a pointer to the thought behind the title 'Sargamer Nikhad' in
an unlikely flame war on the Orkut forum on SDB. Here is what the
fellow quotes from Sargamer Nikhad
"Nikhaad of Sargam" ... It says "Thoughout my life, I have tried to
create the best music ... I have spent my entire life collecting the
best tunes across India and using those in my songs ... My tunes
epitomises the Hindustani music ... Now, I just want to remain at the
feet of music like the Nikhad of Sargam" ...
So the import is that SDB's life has been like the nikhad that
spends it's life at the feet of the sargam...
Could have never guessed that one!
Sambit, I have no idea how 'Sachin Karta' is but it is written by a
historian whose writings primarily center around the history and
politics of Tripura. I doubt it will have much on what you are looking
for.
I do know Sargamer Nikhad was axed so badly by the magazine that SDB
stopped writing in altogether. He has been more eloquent about this
inspirations in a couple of interviews he gave late in his life where
he speaks about his understanding and passion for folk music.
Regards,
Ritu
Srinivas Ganti
> > > I've often wondered what the title of SDB's autobiography conveys.
> > > I've sometimes interpreted it as a pun between 'the one before the
> > > start' ('ni' is one swara before 'sa') or 'the one at the end' ('ni is
> > > the last swara in the saptak). What do you say?
>
> > He might be punning on 'nikhaad' (meaning 'without impurity')
> > too!
> > Either way it doesn't make too much of a sense.
>
> I got a pointer to the thought behind the title 'Sargamer Nikhad' in
> an unlikely flame war on the Orkut forum on SDB. Here is what the
> fellow quotes from Sargamer Nikhad
What a circle of events. This is the fellow who told me about the
book in question" Sachinkartar Gaaner Bhuban (The World of
Sachinkarta's Music) ".
And he is now in NJ. Want to meet him and have face to face
flame war ? I can get him along for next Bharat Darshan
meet :)