kichhu natun gaan :)

A compilation of new songs by us:

Youtube link

kotha: Debu da and Suvankar

" হে মহাজীবন " [ Compilations of Rabindrasangeets]

হে মহাজীবন - ১

হে মহাজীবন - ২

হে মহাজীবন - ৩
হে মহাজীবন - ৪

To be continued .....

The entire playlist can be found HERE

Tomay Dilam ...

Sayak and me :)
Shahorer usNotomo din ee

tomayDilam.mp3

Kalyan Raagmala

Few raagas in Kalyan thaat  in the raagmala - Kalyan Ragmala

1) Raag: Nand - Bandish: Aj hu na aaye shyaam
    Example: Je te dao amay, Tu jaha jaha

2) Raag: Chhayanat - Bandish: Pal pal soch bichar karu main
    Example: Sunnyo ee buke, Aay tobe sahachari, Alpo loiya, Godhuli gagone, Akash amay,
                    Amare tumi
                    jabe din (subhomita)

3) Raag: Gaud Sarang - Bandish: Pal na lagi mori aaNkhiyaan

4) Raag: Shyaam Kalyan - Bandish: Sawaan ki saNjh
     Example: Rakho rakho re (?)

5) Raag: Kamod - Bandish: Eri jane na dungi
    Example: Jotobar alo jalate chai

6) Raag: Hameer - Bandish: Kaise ghar jau langarwa
    Example: Timiro obogunthone, Aro koto durey, Ajo kaNde kanone

7) Raag: Kedar - Bandish: Kanha re Nanda nandana
    Example: Prabhu amaro, Amaro bichar, Bohu juger

One rare equivalence

It all started with Tagore's song -- "Baje Karuno Sure"

It is based on the raaga Simhendramadhyamam (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simhendramadhyamam)

Tagore probably borrowed from Carnatic style of classical music where it's a popular scale.

for C it is:    C D D# F# G G# B C

Now I somehow bumped into this scale : Hungarian Minor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_minor_scale

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gypsy_scale

For C: Gypsy scales are: C D Eb F# G Ab Bb/B C

Now lets us first see:  C Minor

Following whole, half, whole, whole, half, whole, whole

we have: C D D# F G G# A# C

Now the notes of the Harmonic minor scale are the same as the natural minor except that the seventh degree is raised by one semitone.

So C Harmonic minor is: C D D# F G G# B C

Now a Double Harmonic minor It is the same as the harmonic minor scale, except that it has a raised fourth.

So C Double Harmonic minor is: C D D# F# G G# B C; 

this is Hungarian Minor scale or one of the Hungarian Gypsy scales 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_gypsy_scale

In wiki, it is also said that : this is a symmetrical scale that is very common in Flamenco

For A: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7smF-Bf_j30

A tribute to Rituparno Ghosh

Shibasish da and I had an initial idea. Based on that Shiba da wrote a script. We (Dr. Malay Ghosh, Shiba da, Soma, Monalisa, Sayan and I) performed this first on the occasion of Durga puja 2013 in Gainesville (19th Oct, 2013). Later Shiba da and I did a remake of the program as the earlier one was not fully available and bit noisy. While Shiba da recited the whole script, I took care of the songs :)

It is also an tiny attempt to raise an awareness against this (Supreme Court's Order) type of ridiculous law, which forces us, the fellow Indians, to ask ourselves a question - Is India really the largest democracy in the world ?

youtube link of the project