Sanskrit is a fully evolved language unlike English as the latter is linguistically an ill-evolved tongue with fluid and ambiguous rules and regulations of grammar. Sanskrit has a mathematical pattern and a linguistically precise approach
It was in 1952 that Lata Mangeshkar performed live alongside Bade Ghulam Ali Khan. Lata Mangeshkar sang a classical composition, Baandh Preeti Phool Dor, from the 1951 film Malti Madhav. Her singing left the audience clapping in frenzy.
The maestro who passed away on January 17 brought a chiselled form of kathak to the modern proscenium transcending all ‘gharanas’. Moreover, his grasp of the essence of his dance vocabulary enabled him to communicate across the north-south divide in India and globally.
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