Saturday, February 9, 2008

My Passion towards Music

The most beautiful days i remember about navodaya are the days of eleventh standard, i started learning hindustani classical music with Surekha madam. We, i, and my classmates sourabha and
nandini told madam that we are very much interested to learn classical music. Being in a residential school, neither we nor she could get free time before dinner. So she started to teach us music at 9 pm every night. Ah!! i can't forget those days!! Most importantly, even though we insisted, she refused to take money and it is her greatness that she taught us music just for the sake of transferring her knowledge. In addition she showed us so much of love that my love towards music multiplied. She made each one of us sing separately the lines that she taught. Most of the times that night itself we would learn the things she had taught and only thing left was to practice it towards perfection. But sometimes it was not easy. Then she says, "Don't sing now.. only think of the tune, u'll get it the next day".. She was right.. The next night (in fact) we could sing it very easily...
One of the raagas i loved was the "Malkouns" called "Hindola" in carnatic music... When i think of "Sa Ga Ma Dha Ni Sa", "Sa Ni Dha Ma Ga Sa" i am in heaven.. The bliss it gives u just have to feel... And the other is "Jeevan Puri" .. And i particularly liked the lakshana geetha of this raaga.."More Sayyan Jeevan Puri Ko Sunaye.."

The days went on as it never knew that we were going to take music exam that year..
Our syllabus was incomplete and our dear madam got transfer! We were shocked.. But not losing heart, we recorded all the remaining portions and were in tears to send off our beloved madam... After she left, her house was empty and we went every night there to practice... It was rainy season and water touched our knees even inside her house (one of the dormitories was given to her for residence ).. And no power in the room... In those rainy dark nights we lived our most cherishing days.. At least for me, they are most cherishing... And we gave the exam, got good result even.. And thats all...
Then i joined Carnatic music class in Ujire with Nidle rajarajeshwari, but it was not so cherishing.. There were so many students and i was not able to dedicate myself fully to music as i had other commitments related to my academics... I could attend some workshops and learn good Carnatic music keerthanas as well but it remined incomplete... i had a dream to become a research scholar, and music learning became a dream thereafter... Now i think i will join music school again, in coming days.. But my work makes me postpone it all the time... I am sure i will continue learning music, but when?? I do not know... Music is in my nerves, in my breathe, i feel it, i enjoy it... I need time and a guru like my surekha madam who taught us music only to transfer the knowledge and in addition, she gave us un-conditional love which is really invaluable...