Minoti Khaund: The evergreen violinist of 70's musical world of Assam, she is undoubtedly one of the most popular violinist today and can equally be placed among the best. With her disarming smile and charming manner, the bespectacled Minoti Khaund exudes a comfortable air: music, she says takes her closet to divinity and accords her peace and tranquility. It is an invigorating experience which exalts her spirits.
Born in a well to do Phukan paribar of Jorhat. Her father Manik Chandra Phukan and mother Nalini Debi. She was raised in a culturally rich atmosphere. Her maternal grandfather: Bisheswar Sharma, well-known Tea planter and a culturally gharana of Jorhat. Being a connoisseur of the fine arts himself encouraged Minoti and bought her a violin. So, she started to play at a tender age of 10.
Minoti had her early training in violin from Shri Indreswar Sarma of Jorhat, in the music school of late Darpanath Sarma. She performed in several concerts and festivals and the turning point in her life came when she was performing at the All Assam Music Conference in 1972 and violin maestro Pt. V.G.Jog heard her on stage and offered to impart his art to Minoti. Her husband Kabindra Ram Khaund and the daughter in law of Deputy Commissioner Rabindra Ram Khaund a traditional family of Assam supported her and started her apprenticeship under Pt .Jog. Thereafter started the traditional Gururshisya Parampara between Minoti and Padmavibhusahan Pt Jog.
The Rising Talent Conference at Kalamandir Calcutta in 1978 introduced Minoti as a talented artiste. There has been no looking back since then. The Amir Khan Music Conference at Rabindra Sadan Calcutta, Benaras, Burdwan, Cuttack, Bhubaneshwar, Tatanagar, Rabindra Natya Mandir mumbai, India International Center Delhi, Mehta Memorial Hall Allahabad, IIT Festival, Shankardev Kalakshetra Guwahati, National Gallery of Modern Art Mumbai, India Habitat Centre Delhi, Women's International Forum Goa, Madhusudhan Manch Kolkatta etc were the platforms that Minoti performed in and enthralled the audience and press alike. She became the foremost violinist of Assam. She was conferred the title of Sangeet Jyoti.
Minoti started her parallel studies in the field of music and attained Sangeet Nipune from Prayag Sangeet Samitti, Allahabad, in 1986, bagging a gold medal for her Sangeet Visharad. During this period she also got associated with vocalist Pt. A.T, Kanan of the Sangeet Research Academy, Kolkatta and imbibed the "gayaki ang" in her style. She also underwent music studies in the field of raga improvisations and rhythmic patterns of "tala" from sarod maestro and musicologist Pt. Buddhadev Dasgupta.
Sunita Bhuyan is a violinist of the Hindustani style and has carved a niche for herself as an upcoming musician of India. Recepient of the Indira Gandhi Priyadarshini award for Music. She was initiated into musicat a tender age by her mother Minoti Khaund. The mother daughter duo of Minoti and Sunita have performed duets all over the country and abroad, regaling the audience and the press alike with their "jugalbandi". What makes her great is: selection of her tune, her style of presentation and she stried to give a semi-classical touch which has a blend of folk western classical.
Sunita has attained a master's degree in Hindustani Music from Prayag Sangeet Samitte, with a distinction and has also studied advanced music under the apprenticeship of violin maestro Padmabibhushan Late Pt V.G. Jog.
Minoti Khaund, the award winning violin master whose musical career spanning 50 years. She has been awarded the prestigious Silpi Bata this year by Govt. of Assam.
A violin recital by Minoti Khaund and her daughter Sunita Bhuyan are on an exclusive UK tour at the prestigious Nehru Centre (the Cultural wing of Indian High Commission) on 26th June and other British cities: Manchester: Kalapremi mandal, Birmingham and Nottingham organized by Rini Kakati, NRI Co-ordinator for UK.
Also the Glasgow concert is organized by Mrs. Anima Sharma, an active member of Lancashire Hindu Association.
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Assam greeted Shiva Thapa on his return to home in Guwahati on Sunday. The boxing sensation received heroic welcome as he landed at the Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport at 9 on Sunday morning.
Hundreds of people rushed to the airport premises early in the morning. He was greeted with Gamocha by his fans who struck gold in Asthana a few days back. A jubilant Shiva Thapa hoped that he would be able to strike gold at the London Olympic.
The carcass of a leopard died of food poisoning in Golaghat on Sunday. Local residents in Karunating Tea Estate found the leopard in a bad condition on Saturday evening and handed over it to the forest authorities.
The animal, however, died before the arrival of a team of medical personnel and forest officials. A postmortem of the carcass conducted this morning established poisoning to be the cause of death. There were no signs of any external injuries.
Additional Director with Intelligence Bureau R N Behura, who had suffered serious injuries in a road accident on April 9, died in Guwahati on Sunday morning.
Behura breathed his last at the Guwahati Neurological Research Centre where he was undergoing treatment for past six days.
He is survived by wife and a son. A 1979 batch IPS officer of the Manipur-Tripura cadre who hailed from Orissa, he had met with an accident at Sonapur near Guwahati.
The accident took place when he was on his way back to Guwahati from Numaligarh Refinery when his car collided with a truck. He had been admitted to GNRC in critical condition.
Assam Police Additional DGP Pallab Bhattacharya, who was in the...
Pomp and gaiety continue to reign Assam on the third day of the Rongali Bihu on Sunday. Revelers observed Gossai Bihu on Sunday as part of the Rongali Bihu to welcome the advent of spring.
Temples and Namghars were teeming with people who performed nam kirtans seeking the blessings of the God. This is apart from varieties of delicacies such as chira, julia gur, laroos, pithas served to the people young and old alike. People thronged the Bihu pendals to enjoy the colourful functions.
Paresh Baishya a noted writer,educationist and well known social activist has been awarded by the reputed social organization Dr.Gunaram Khanikar Foundation at a function held at Chandrakanta Sandikoi Bhavan,Jorhat, synchronizing the 64th Birth anniversary of celebrated herbal physician Dr. Gunaram Khanikor.Among other Dr.SubanChandra Nath,Scientist,Regional Research Library,Jorhat, Dr.Gunaram Khanikor & Nagen Bora,President Jorhat Shahitya Sabha were present in the function.
Despite heavy downpour and storm, the historic Rong Ghar premises break into a sea of humanity when thousands of people thronged to celebrate Rongali Bihu from Saturday.
Dressed in traditional attire, people of all the communities showcased their rich culture by holding varieties of programs to celebrate the much-vaunted with festival with pomp and gaiety.
Sarba Siksha Abhijan (SSA) Nagaon in collaboration with UNICEF Assam organized One Day Non Residential Training Programme for Training of Trainers (ToT) on School Sanitation and Hygiene Education (SSHE) at Tourist Loodge on 12th April 2012. The training was inaugurated by Additional Deputy Commissioner, Nagaon Sri Abitab Rajkhowa, ACS and said District Resource Group (DRG) members consists of DIET -10 nos(Faculties including the Block In-charges), BTC – 5 nos (Faculties), Normal School –5 nos(Faculties),SSA – 10 nos. (District & Block Offices), Expert Teachers – 5 nos will be trained today by our Resource Persons. Sri. K.K Baruah, AES, District Elementary...
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With reference to this problem, based on the thematic area i.e. Disaster risk Reduction (DRR), a joint initiative has been undertaken by North-East Affected Area Development Society (NEADS) and Oxfam India to lessen the risk of emergency flash flood in Brahmaputra River Basin, the districts of...
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Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi also participated in several Bihu functions in Guwahati on Friday where he hoped that it would foster goodwill and strengthen the base of society. All programmes this year are scheduled to begin with songs of cultural icon Bhupen Hazarika, who died in November. Inaugurating the Guwahati Bihu Sanmilani at Latasil broke into a Bihu dance himself and played the drum along with his son Gaurav.
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