Editor's desk

Dear Kural readers,

As we march towards our third anniversary, we look back on our journey with gratitude. With numerous informative articles published so far to take pride of, we bring to you our March edition with the same vigour and enthusiasm. Your continued support and encouragement has constantly kept us going on this noble path of learning and sharing of musical knowledge. 

In the much awaited third episode of Aavali, written by Aarthi P B, Advait and Mythreyi have an interesting discussion about ‘Kīrtanam’ and Śravaṇam of Navavidha bhakti with their teacher quoting apt examples from Sadguru Tyāgarāja Svami's compositions.

This month's Book-a-thon section features ‘Oḍiśi Rāga Ratnābalī’ by Pt. Gopal Chandra Panda, written in Hindi, documenting the rāga-s and oral music traditions of Oḍissi. Preeti Sethuraman has taken efforts to understand the contents and bring out the quintessential facts of the book. 

It's rāga-s again?! Yes, gear up for a fun-filled exploration of cracking the riddles and finding the rāga names in the Brain Benders section by yours truly. 

We have come up with a new initiative to encourage students (graduation/masters) and research scholars from Music departments of esteemed institutions to contribute articles based on selective themes suggested by us. In this way the students can delve deeper into the subject and share their insights. We begin with the theme “Sāhitya in Carnatic Music” and invite articles reflecting on the literary and poetic dimensions of the Carnatic compositional repertoire. Original articles (800–1000 words) may be submitted to kural.emag@gmail.com on or before 10th of May. 

We propose to do a variety of musical activities like workshops, akhaṇḍam-s, competitions through the trust. All these are possible only with your financial patronage and continuous support. Find below the details of trust. 

NAME: THE KURAL TRUST 

A/C NO: 500101013840030

CITY UNION BANK

BRANCH: ASHOK NAGAR

IFSC CODE: CIUB0000130

We seek your generous contributions and readership!

Musically yours,

Bhavya Hari