Review: Finding the Raga by Amit Chaudhuri
3 years, 7 months ago

Review: Finding the Raga by Amit Chaudhuri

Hindustan Times  

244pp, ₹499; Penguin I remember Kishori Amonkar saying that she always waited for the raga to appear in front of her before she could sing. These are in full demonstration in Amit Chaudhuri’s Finding the Raga – An Improvisation on Indian Music, which is a personal meditation on singing, music making, listening and mishearing – aspects associated with music known to several yet under theorised. Amit Chaudhuri’s own interest in Hindustani khayal music began with boredom or disinterest. The personal or the ‘I’, which is used repeatedly through the book, is in sync with the tone and texture of the khayal music that Chaudhuri appreciates. Chaudhuri’s introspection also grows out of the isolation that classical music created for him.

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