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Music of the Charkha
A Musical Interpretation of Gandhiji’s Vows
Musicians
Music of the Charkha is a creative expression, in the idiom and grammar of Hindustani classical music, of Rama’s personal journey over the last several years to deeply explore Gandhiji’s 11 Vows as observances of a spiritually grounded life in the immortal words of our saints, rishis and philosophers such as Tulsidas, Basavanna, and with verses from the Mundaka Upanishad, Kabir Das and Baba Bulleh Shah.
The music draws on two of our richest traditions of classical music and philosophy, weaving a colourful tapestry of many ragas, laya, bhasha and chhand to convey the universal and timeless truths expressed in these 11 vows as cardinal values of life for the attainment of a state of Swaraj.
In this performance, Rama will explore Satya, Sarvadharma Samanatva and Swadeshi, a symbol of self-reliance and meditation.
Musicians
Rama Sundar Ranganathan
Rama Sundar Ranganathan is a shagird of the late Vidushi Shanti Sharma and Pt. Tejpal Singh (Singh Bandhu), the foremost living disciple of Ustad Amir Khan Saheb of Indore Gharana. She is an All India Radio “A” grade artist and has sung at renowned festivals hosted by HCL, Teamwork Arts, Spic Macay, Kalashree foundation, Swaranjali, Gunijan Sabha amongst many others. She specializes in content-rich and thematic concerts. She has created multiple themes including one based on the poetry of woman saints of India called “The Songs that are Abhang”. Rama has a post graduate degree in Commerce from Bombay University and an MBA from London Business School. Rama is currently a PhD scholar studying the poetry and music of women Bhakti saints of medieval India under the guidance of Padma Bhushan Dr. L Subramaniam.
Arvind Anil
Dr. Arvind Anil is a multi faceted artist who has learnt tabla from Shri Aditya Saool, mridangam from Sri Muttara N Rajendran and Thrissur C. Narendran. He teaches tabla for Tabla Connect and has accompanied many greats of Hindustani music including for the Padma Vibhushan Pandit Jasraj ji. Dr. Arvind is also a practicing Ayurvedic doctor.
Aakash Thakkar
Dr. Aakash is a young and dynamic Hindustani classical flautist and a composer. He has been trained by Pandit Nityanand Haldipur ji, Padma Vibhushan Shri Hariprasad Chaurasia ji, Vidushi Anupama Bhagwat ji and Pandit V.M Nagaraj ji. He is also a practicing Ayurveda doctor.
Girija Hegde
Smt. Girija Hegde is a Gandhian who has been associated with Vallabh Niketan, an organisation set up by Mahadevi Tai who was a swatantrata senani and was Aacharya Vinoba Bhave ji’s manas putri.
