E@zyVG’s Vichar::World Connected

I was listening today to Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia’s flute and got totally submerged into the sounds of flute, tabla and sitar, performed as Gandharva Veda - the eternal music of nature, used to create balance in nature and peace in the world.

For someone who is not aware of who Hariprasad Chaurasia is, he is known internationally as the greatest living master of bansuri, the North Indian bamboo flute. Chaurasia is among a few but growing classicists who have made a conscious effort to reach out and expand the audience for classical music. He is probably the most accessible Hindustani musician who has done a lot to popularize Bansuri (flute) and classical music among the masses. He was born in the same city as I was, that is Allahabad,India but 40 years before me.

“When you leave nothing behind,

you cry at the point of death,

but I still dream, I dare to dream,

that through my playing and through

my students my flute will be left behind

as the memory of Krishna.

I am planning on creating a big collection of Indian classical music, which will include different directions that Hindustani (हिन�?�?द�?स�?�?थानी) classical music has to offer. I’ll suggest to whoever is reading this, to listen to Hariprasad Chaurasia and few more Indian classical instrumental tunes from Gandharva Veda as it uses sound, melody, and rhythm to restore balance and harmony in mind, body, behaviour, and environment.

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