The Present volume is a reprint rather than a revised edition. At the same time, there are minor factual changes relating to population and development which will be helpful to the child who is reading the book today, more than twenty years after it first appeared. This book was published to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Indian Republic. Communication with the young readers is achieved through visual materials familiar to the Indian eye. The main thrust ...
Sheila Dhar's autobiographical stories, essays, and memoirs are classics of modern Indian prose. An accomplished singer, the world she inhabited included renowned north Indian classical musicians such as Begum Akhtar, Siddheshwari Bai, Fayyaz and Niaz Ahmed Khan, Kesar Bai Kerkar, Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, and Bhimsen Joshi. No writer has ever conveyed the ethos of this world and the quirks of its denizens with such wit, irreverence, perceptiveness and empathy. ...
In this book Sheila Dhar introduces the lay person to complex concepts of classical music with deceptive simplicity, using analogies and stories from everyday life. What the performing musician in the Indian classical tradition sets out to do is very similar to the aims of the chef. Writing on music and musicians, Sheila Dhar follows a recipe that has won her a devout following. She introduces the lay person to complex concepts of classical music with deceptive ...