{"id":8485,"date":"2023-04-22T11:16:27","date_gmt":"2023-04-22T11:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/calamur.org\/gargi\/?p=8485"},"modified":"2023-04-22T11:47:41","modified_gmt":"2023-04-22T11:47:41","slug":"column-for-the-love-of-bhairavi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/calamur.org\/gargi\/2023\/04\/22\/column-for-the-love-of-bhairavi\/","title":{"rendered":"Column: For the Love of Bhairavi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

After a long time i am writing about music again. Classical Music. And, i am loving it.
This is a series for ‘Splainer<\/a><\/strong> – a platform i quite enjoy reading. The idea was to create a series that will get people into listening to music, without any of the complications of soft or hard notes. So, here goes. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed putting it together. This appeared in January<\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Editor\u2019s note:  <\/strong>It\u2019s a shame that <\/strong>Indian classical music often feels inaccessible to so many of us. Even if we enjoy listening to a performance or an artist as a layperson, we rarely understand the rich tapestry of tradition that gives them meaning. So we are delighted that Harini Calamur<\/a>\u2014who is a writer, veteran journalist and also a classical music aficionado\u2014has agreed to do a beginner’s guide to Hindustani music. Each instalment in this series comes with its own delightful playlist:) Enjoy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Usually, a Hindustani music concert ends with a performance of Raga Bhairavi. A thumri, a bhajan, a tarana \u2013 an exposition filled with joy. But I start the series of pieces with Bhairavi, simply because it is the raga that most of us have come across, even without realising that we have heard a raga. It is part of our folk, our classical, and our popular cultural heritage. And as a people we are drawn to it like a magnet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bhairavi is the raga that most of us have encountered through our own exposure to Hindi film music. There are so many compositions in Bhairavi, or its adaptations, that it is really difficult to keep count.  Through the decades Bhairavi has been used to denote a contemplative, philosophical mood. Songs such as Ramayavatsavaya (Shree 420), Chingari ko Bhadke (Amar Prem), Sapnon se Bhare Naina (Luck by chance) \u2013 to name a few –      are all based on Raga Bhairavi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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