Holi Ragas ( Indian classical music) playlist : Scroll.in

I had done a post on ” Holi” and stumbled on these beautiful Indian classical music pieces by great artistes on Scroll.in facebook page.Let’s just say scrolled on to this. My knowledge of Indian classical music is rudimentary and am no connoisseur. But love music in all its forms. So my appreciation and understanding is ” by ears”.

Many years ago when we were in school, there was a popular quiz show “Quiz Time” on state owned television channel ” Doordarshan”. I remember two participating students from IIT ( India’s MIT/ Yale/ Harvard/ what not rolled into one ) who were part of the show, who when played a piece of Indian classical music ” deeply enjoyed the music shaking their heads in deep immersion as if in trance”. Finally when asked to identify the music by the affable quiz master, they said in a dead pan expression jointly” I don’t know” . I am same 🙂

Hope you like this beautiful Indian classical music by great masters from these parts. Kishori Amonkar, Pandit Gajananbuwa and Ustad Abdul Karim Khan are great masters of Indian classical music.

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I may not know much about Indian classical music, but like the little story shared, does not stop me from enjoying too 🙂

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