The renowned sarod maestro, Ustad Ali Akbar Khan began his career at the court of Maharaja Ummed Singh of Jodhpur, where Ramlal Mathur was associated with him as one of his earliest disciples, learning both vocal music and sitar from the Ustad in the guru-sishya parampara. His position in the Ustad’s house was also that of an intimate friend and as such he was privy to certain personal and endearing moments in the Ustad’s life during that time. Ramlalji was fortunate enough to meet the erstwhile greats of Hindustani classical music including the formidable Baba Allauddin Khan, the Ustad’s father and guru and he offers fascinating glimpses of these characters straight out of a Music Who’s Who. This book is an account of the faded period of royal patronage of the arts, accompanied by rare photographs and musical notations.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Malati Mathur
Dr. Malait Mathur is a senior lecturer in English and teaches British, American and New Literatures as well as English Language and Phonetics to undergraduates and postgraduates. She holds a Ph.D degree in Australian Literature and visited Australian for 3 weeks on the invitation of the Australia-India Council and interacted with academics across the country. She has won awards for translation from Tamil and Hindi to English and regularly contributes articles on fine arts, humour and social issues, book reviews to national magazines and newspapers, apart from writing for academic journals and books on criticism. She is also supervising the writing of theses of research scholars working towards a Ph.D. degree. Her areas of interest include Indian writing in English and women's writing. She has presented papers on Australian Literature, the Teaching of English and Translation at International conferences.
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