Md. Rafi ke 51 Geeton Ki sargam


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Music—a medium to meet God. Everyone loves and wants to be able to sing songs and play an instrument. This book, Md. Rafi ke 51 Geeton Ki sargam, has the Sargam or Swarlipi in the English language and in the SRGM style. The book contains 51 famous songs sung by singer Md. Rafi including Hindi film songs, songs for various emotions and feelings, bhajans, gazals etc. The book captures the different moods of Md. Rafi, and anybody with a basic knowledge of sargam can play these songs easily by following the notes in this book. The songs are based on different Taals like Kaharwa, Daadra, Rupak, Jhaptaal are included in this book. So pick up this book, and enjoy some priceless, heavenly music.




Mohammed Rafi


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Mohammed Rafi Voice Of A Nation


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Sujata Dev, an entrepreneur with a background in Mathematics, Statistics and Economics, and over 20 years’ experience in the Media and Entertainment industry, started the first IPTV venture in India. A speaker at several seminars and forums on M&E, Telecom and Economics worldwide, her research and white papers on the convergence of Telecom and Entertainment have been widely appreciated across Asia, Europe and USA. In 2009, she represented India at Asia Women’s Business and Economic Conference, Tokyo. A recipient of the Global Indian Achiever’s Award, in 2011, she is also Managing Director, Third Generation Mobile Pvt. Ltd., Co-chairperson, National Committee of M&E, ASSOCHAM, Founder Member & Senior Vice President, Indian Broadband Forum, member of Executive Council, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) & Society Member of the Governing body, IIM, Shillong. Passionate about music—Indian and Western—Sujata has been a fan of Mohammed Rafi since her childhood. This book is her tribute to the legendary playback singer whose songs have marked our growing-up years. Talking Points Authorized biography of legendary singer Mohammed Rafi Foreword by Dilip Kumar Rare insight into the subject’s life and his music Several contemporaries speak on the legend Photographs from the subject’s personal archives Free documentary film with close to 50 people including composers, lyricist, actors, singers and contemporaries speaking on Rafi Worldwide readership/market Cinema buffs, music lovers and teachers, composers, singers, music conductors, lyricists, film historians, students, special-edition collectors, libraries, museums, cultural and educational institutions, general-trade readers.




Sri Kamalamba Navavarna Kritis of Sri Muthuswami Dikshitar


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Nava Varna Kritis are a great gift for us all. The structure of those songs and the ragas selected for each chakra are a beauty. Dikshitar systematically reaches from base to Bindu in each song and explains the greatness of the position of the chakra. The last Mantra Keerthana comprehensively covers all mantras of the chakra. This shows the depth of research and understanding Dikshitar had on the Sri Vidhya Maha Shodasakshari mantra learnt from Sri. Chidambara Swamiji. So far, there is no clear notation for such difficult songs and a student finds it difficult to learn the song in a proper way. This book brings out the notation to the benefit of music lovers and students. It provides a brief explanation of each sentence of the song for understanding the same.Muthuswami Dikshitar's life incidents in paintings, which are the first of its kind, have been presented in this book. The book has been published in three languages: English, Tamil and Telugu for wide circulation.




Finding Shiva


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After high school, I was not sure about whether I should pursue dance or a technical subject. Awaiting clarity, I spent many months considering my options. While I was in the midst of this confusion, someone asked me, “What brings you closer to yourself?” I didn’t respond immediately, but in my mind the answer was clear. “Dance brings me closer to myself,” I thought. It was such an odd question, yet strangely it influenced a life decision. How can one be closer to or farther from oneself? I knew that dance would begin to reveal something to me at some point in time, but I wasn’t sure of what this thing would be. The act of dancing holds something within it that I wanted to discover. What if I could imbibe my life with the clarity of thought, precision, control and simultaneous surrender that I am able to wield as a performer? Wouldn’t life change inexplicably for the better? The applause bursts like rain clattering From a cloud too heavy to hold, My elation bathes me as sweat trickles Down my forehead a moment before It stings my eye to remind me to see, They applaud the dance, not me. If I were to fall prey, my dance entwined With only moments of applause to remind Of my days of yore. No never not. Dance is me and yet not at all... - Rukmini Vijayakumar




Beete Hue Din (Forgotten Memories of Hindi Cinema)


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Huge amount of information is available about Hindi films on the internet. Unfortunately, not all of it is reliable. Mistakes range from honest clerical errors to outright made-up interviews with famous people. In this book the author describes his real interactions with Hindi film actresses who were active in the 40s to 60s. Most had been away from the industry for a long time and were living anonymously. The author made great effort to seek them out and interviewed them. He has obtained much rare and authentic information, clarifying many misconceptions and finding elaborations of other well-known facts about them. We hope that the readers will enjoy reading about them as much as the author has writing about the interviews.




Bharata Natyam Adavus


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This book, elucidates the basic steps called Adavus of Bharata Natyam in the traditional Pandanallur style, as taught by the revered Gurus Sri Meenakshi Sundaram Pillai and Sri Muthukumara Pillai, to Sri T.K Narayan and Smt. Jayalakshmi Narayan, parents of the author. It is an honest attempt to explain the various steps with unerring and accurate execution technique. The book offers a visual representation of the Adavus with the help of stick diagrams in a sequential manner so that the beginners and practitioners can understand the finer points of each movement. The author has developed simple schematics to show the various moves, such as jump, stretch, turn, hit etc. The author endeavours to illustrate Adavus in a precise manner in this book. Classification and categorization of each step is the salient feature of this work. Gayathri Keshavan makes a humble effort to pass on the knowledge of this ancient and sacred art to the present and future generations of Bharata Natyam dancers.




Playing Keyboard Made Easy


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Have you been finding it real hard to play that favourite song on your Keyboard? Here's a book that helps you play your favourite song with ease. This book is written for the Keyboard lovers, students, professionals as well as novices. Soon you will find yourself sitting with your Keyboard, playing the songs written in this book, wondering how lovely the world of music is, and why we have made it so complicated. This book contains step-wise instructions as well as the simplified Chords and Notations of Top Bollywood Songs. So, Go on, Get your Keyboard and Become a Pro!




101 Hit Bhajno Ki Swar-Lipiya


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Psalm is a call of the devotee. Between the flowing streams of life's pleasure and sufferings, the human mind naturally connects with the divine. Today every person is distressed, suffering from depression and is running towards spirituality. He wants to the worship to God to touch his inner soul. Be it television channels or some religious event, everywhere the holy hymns are present. This is the reason why people are racing to learn hymns. The author has written the book with the same vision in his mind. #v&spublishers




Play Keyboard with Ease


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If you want to learn to play the keyboard, you certainly need this book. This book enables you to play songs in a step by step manner using the Scientific Pitch Notation System (C, D, E, F, G, A, B). Through this book, you learn to train your ears by hearing music. Ear training is the soul of musicians that builds a bridge between the language of music and sounds designated by that language. The more we train our ears to recognize this connection, the better we get at playing music as our ability to observe musical structures improve. Play Keyboard with Ease contains step-wise instructions as well as Chords, Notations and Scales of top Bollywood songs.