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.
Four persons have been injured when a fully grown leopard attacked them after storming into a residential area in Guwahati on Saturday.
The leopard ran into a house on the Nabagraha Road in Silphukhuri area at around 12-30 in the afternoon. Immediately after it the leopard attacked four persons one after another. Many others managed to escape. The injured persons were rushed to GMCH. Later the leopard was taken for observation at the Assam State Zoo in Guwahati.
Six policemen were killed in a tragic accident in Mongoldoi on Saturday. The accident took place at around 6 in the morning when their vehicle collided head on with a bus on National Highway 52.
According to information, the policemen were travelling from Barpeta towards Dalgaon when the accident took place at Punia, killing all of them on the spot. The deceased were identified sub-inspector Surendra Nath Bora, constables Lwmsraw Boro, Arun Kumar Singh, Gunindra Bora, Sobin Rabha and driver Moinul Haque.
The United Liberation Front of Asom on Friday has backed Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi’s son Gaurav Gogoi for his efforts to give Assam a fresh lease of life on vital fronts.
In an email statement to media, the outfit’s Publicity manager Arunodoy Dohotiya thanked the efforts of the chief minister’s son to open the flood gate of foreign experts to carry out seminars in the state’s educational institutes. Dohotiya called it an effort to develop Assam economy. He said that the state no dearth of potential to develop on all fronts.
The Assam government is set to handover the sensational Anil Mazumdar murder case to the Central Bureau of Investigation three years after the gruesome incident rocked the state.
According to information, the Criminal Investigation department probing the case has been failing to make any breakthrough and that’s why, the case is likely to be handed over to the investigation agency. Majumdar, the journalist who owned a vernacular daily in Guwahati was shot dead by unidentified gunmen just in front of his residence three years back.
The United Liberation Front of Asom is preparing a massive blueprint to strike in the run up to the Republic Day forcing the government to fan security forces across the state.
According to sources, the banned insurgent outfit’s anti-talk faction is likely to target the Hindi-speaking people in some pockets of upper Assam. This is apart from a string of attacks at vital bridges, oil and gas installations.
The government has sounded a high alert in upper Assam following intelligence inputs of possible attack on OIL and ONGC officials along with some politicians during the run-up to Republic Day. The soft targets are likely the outside officials.
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At least 30 workers sustained injury when the bridge they were building collapsed in Dhemaji district on Friday. The incident took place at around three in the afternoon where eleven of the seriously injured workers were shifted to the Assam Medical College Hospital in Dibrugarh.
The bridge linking Dhemaji with Dibrugarh collapsed when around 120 workers were engaged in construction work by Riterning Engineering. Altogether 11 workers have been rushed to the Assam medical College Hospital in Dibrugarh while others were shifted to Dhemaji and Chilapathar hospitals. Local residents blamed the construction company for sub standard work.
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Friday said that normalcy was back to Assam. Addressing the Seventh North East Business Summit in New Delhi, the Assam Chief Minister said that his state government has taken the lead in restoring peace in the region.
According to him, “Committed initiatives have led to significant reduction in violence in the state so much so that land prices in the State in the past decade have gone through the roof."
He said the importance of focused marketing of the North East to garner requisite investor interest. Agriculture, food processing, mining and minerals especially, tourism, cement and bamboo represent some of the sectors where Assam boasts...
The third edition of the Pragjyoti International Dance Festival will be held on February 2, 3 and 4. This festival, over the last few years, has won accolades from dance connoisseurs all over the world for acting as a major platform for the promotion of young talents and for acting as a space for social and cultural convergence. Dancers from different parts of India and abroad (Bangladesh, Nepal, Japan, Russia, U.K and U.S) had taken part in the last two editions of the festival. The Pragjyoti International Dance Festival is organized by Guwahati-based Kalpa.
Festival coordinator Anwesa Mahanta, a noted dancer herself, said, “This year young dance exponents from all the major...
Union home minister P Chidambaram on Friday said that normalcy is back to Assam and other northeastern states. Inaugurating the North East Business Summit in Delhi on Friday he said that the entire region was free from conflict. He said the insurgent outfits, mostly, have come forward for talks. He appealed to the top industrialists to invest in the region. DoNER minister Pawan Singh Ghatowar and Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi were prominent among those who attended the function.
A brainstorming round of talks between govenment has failed to break the deadlock over the NHPC-owned big dams in Gerukamukh.
Talking to KMSS, AASU, AJYCP and AJYCP delegations in Dispur on Thursday the group of ministers refused to force Arunachal Pradesh to stop construction.
The government would hold talks with the experts and prominent citizens on January 14. The protestors would decide the next course of action only after that.
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