The earlier system has been mentioned in the holy book of the Sikhs: Sri Guru Granth Sahib on pages 14 (last pages). We have to be thankful to Pandit Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande (early 20th century) who devised the modern system of Raagas for Hindustani Classical Music ( based on Thaats), which is much more easily understood than the one prevalent before that (passed only through word of mouth) based on Raagas (male), Ragini (female) and Putra (children). I shall give you regular inputs about Raaga based songs by discussing with you one song a day.Ī recent visitor to our house in Shimla Hills called Whispering Winds (Please read: ‘Home Is Where The Heart Is – Kandaghat In Shimla Hills’) mentioned that Pandit Bhimsen Joshi once said that he had about 5 percent knowledge of Raagas! In quick proportionate calculations I have about 0.00001 percent (I am a former Navy officer with no institutionalised training on music)! But, I am learning and so will you. The renewed interest in Raagas based music in our younger generation is a healthy trend to take us away from our ingrained cynicism about India (Please read: ‘The Greatness Of India And Its Decline’) and bring us closer to the ancient greatness of our country. I was fortunate to have become member of a group engaged in Vedic research and I was delighted to see the origin of all complex mathematical equations in the world as Vedic maths (not the group’s finding but that of a research team commissioned by the Government of India about two decades back). It is just that we were poor in documenting our achievements and that’s where the West scored over us. Whilst sharing Raaga based Hindi films songs with you, it occurred to me that ancient Indians were very innovative people in various fields including music, literature, science, maths, and astronomy.
This blog has a number of posts on Raaga based songs in Hindi movies titled similarly for example: ‘The Best Raaga Based Songs in Hindi Movies – Raag Jaijaivanti’.
Raaga Based Song of the Day: Tum mujhe youn bhula na paoge…