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Monograph: Ustad Bismillah Khan

 
Neena Jha (Editor) Neena Jha (Compiler) Shivnath Jha (Editor) Shivnath Jha (Compiler)
Synopsis Man is a mortal creature. Every born is destined to die. But, there are people who leave behind indelible footprints. History adores them in golden words. Shehnai wizard Bismillah Khan sits high in the galaxy of such exalted personalities. His shehnai has charmed every body around the globe. the uniqueness of Bismillah’s shehnai lies in the fact that this lad from a faceless Bihar village not only scaled Himalayan heights in the world of music but also brought pristine glory to this innocuous musical instrument. He enthroned shehnai on a high pedestal. Without fear of contradiction, Bismillah Khan can be called modern Abhimanyu, but with a difference. Unlike the Mahabharata hero Bismillahhas torn asunder the musical Chakrabyuh. Born in a family of Shehnai players, he took to these instruments in the wee years of life and mastered the art to become Bismillah )God) of Shehnai. His is a life of dedication, sacrifices, devotion, tenacity, etc, all rolled in one. For him shehnai is a medium for reunion with the God. ‘Music, sur and namaz are the same thing’, says the shehnai saint and adds ‘we reach Allah in different way.’ Bismillah Khan has become a living legend; an institution in himself. It is not possible to do full justice to such a personality in one small book. this is just a humble effort to pay tribute to the shehnai emperor, on his turning 90. an educationist Neena Jha and senior investigative journalist Shivnath Jha have penned this monograph on the phenomenon musician. It may be a coincidence or the God’s will that Shivnath’s life too has been a rag to rich story. He began as a newspaper hawker in late 60s and rose to become a senior journalist, passing through all steps of the professional ladder. The couple deserves kudos for compiling and editing this monography. Bismillah Khan is one-man army engaged in propagating and popularizing once innocuous musical instrument, called shehnai. Upcoming or budding musicians, especially shehnai players have many things to learn from this saint instrumentalist. He has gems of advice for theneo-musicians. “You should have the ability to efface an wipe yourself out.” Lord Krishna, in Shrimada Bhagwat Mahapurana, tells Gopis to shed every thing and dissolve yourself for the reunion with god. Pretentions and fa?ade cannot bring success in one’s life. A million-dollar question arises as to why Bismillah Khan has not “groomed” his successor. Is the waiting for a devoted disciple mante? There is no ready answer.
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About the authors

Neena Jha

Neena Jha, is a teacher in St. Thomas School in Indirapuram (Ghaziabad). She was born on October 14, 1971 in Delhi. Having an Indian Air Force background-her father was working in Indian Air Force as a combatant member-she did her matriculation from Kendriya Vidyalaya, Jalahhalli in Bangalore followed by B.Sc. from Rajasthan University in 1989. She joined Kendriya Vidyalaya in 1991. Later, she left the job and joined the St. Thomas School in Ghaziabad. She also runs a non-government organization to provide financial and infrastructural support to the orphans and children of weaker section of the society in the western Uttar Pradesh.

Neena Jha

Neena Jha, is a teacher in St. Thomas School in Indirapuram (Ghaziabad). She was born on October 14, 1971 in Delhi. Having an Indian Air Force background-her father was working in Indian Air Force as a combatant member-she did her matriculation from Kendriya Vidyalaya, Jalahhalli in Bangalore followed by B.Sc. from Rajasthan University in 1989. She joined Kendriya Vidyalaya in 1991. Later, she left the job and joined the St. Thomas School in Ghaziabad. She also runs a non-government organization to provide financial and infrastructural support to the orphans and children of weaker section of the society in the western Uttar Pradesh.

Shivnath Jha

Shivnath Jha is a senior journalist having acquired expertise in scoops and investigative journalism. That he has worked in prestigious national dailies and magazine, like The Telegraph, SUNDAY, The Indian Express, The Statesman, The Asian Age, Sahara Time and others speak volumes of his caliber, sincerity, devotion and hard work. He wields a facile pen. Shivnath's is the scratch-to-sky-scrapper story. He has an humble beginning. As a post-graduate student of the prestigious Patna University, he pedaled through the Patna streets to deliver newspapers from house to house in the wee hours. Born in a traditionalist Maithil Brahmin family in Darbhanga district of Bihar he shed all pretensions and set himself on the path of modernity. He tasted journalism in Bihar leading English daily, The Indian Nation in early seventies and was groomed in another English daily, The New Republic, published from Dhanbad and Ranchi. He has been growing from strength to strength in journalism. It is the investigative eye that lured Shivnath to peep into the life of legendary shehnai wizard Bismillah Khan.

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Shivnath Jha

Shivnath Jha is a senior journalist having acquired expertise in scoops and investigative journalism. That he has worked in prestigious national dailies and magazine, like The Telegraph, SUNDAY, The Indian Express, The Statesman, The Asian Age, Sahara Time and others speak volumes of his caliber, sincerity, devotion and hard work. He wields a facile pen. Shivnath's is the scratch-to-sky-scrapper story. He has an humble beginning. As a post-graduate student of the prestigious Patna University, he pedaled through the Patna streets to deliver newspapers from house to house in the wee hours. Born in a traditionalist Maithil Brahmin family in Darbhanga district of Bihar he shed all pretensions and set himself on the path of modernity. He tasted journalism in Bihar leading English daily, The Indian Nation in early seventies and was groomed in another English daily, The New Republic, published from Dhanbad and Ranchi. He has been growing from strength to strength in journalism. It is the investigative eye that lured Shivnath to peep into the life of legendary shehnai wizard Bismillah Khan.

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Ajay kumar - outstanding Jan, 01, 1970
 

What can i say about this marvelous and great effort for one of the India’s greatest artist by such wonderful persons.

Bibliographic information

Title Monograph: Ustad Bismillah Khan
Format Hardcover
Date published: 01.01.2006
Edition 1st ed.
Language: English
isbn 8175256400
length 197p., Plates; Figures; 29cm.