Swaravanshi - Music for the heart from the soul

Taare Zameen Par is one of my most favorite movies to date. This is one movie that gives such a distinct message for both parents and teachers on how to treat their children and students. It's a film about parents and children, about the pressures we put on our kids, about how we push them into becoming assembly-line products instead of encouraging them to find their own unique strengths. It's also about finding our heroes. The awareness of respect, inclusion and empathy to be fostered towards children, and specifically children with any disabilities is gradually permeating amongst the educated community. However, both parents and teachers, at times are poor role models themselves for children as they expect so much from kids, and resort to labeling or identifying or classifying children with disorders in order to deal with them. This movie gives us a perspective of how we lose sight of the big picture and makes one introspect as we identify ourselves with each of its chara...

Most of you must have heard or be aware of this plaintive contemplative deep raag called Todi also called Miyan ki Todi since it was originally composed by Mian Tansen, and was a raag that he was particularly fond of. Todi (Hindi: तोडी) is a Hindustani classical raga which gave its name to the Todi thaat, one of the ten modes of Hindustani classical music. Ragas from the Todi ‘raganga’ include Todi (a.k.a. Miya ki Todi) itself, Bilaskhani Todi, Bahaduri Todi, and Gurjari Todi. Gurjari Todi is a commonly used derivative raag of Todi Thaat but unlike Miya ki Todi, it omits Pa both in Aaroh and Avaroh. Other Todi Thaat raags are Multani, Lilavati and Madhuvanti. Structure : Sampoorna/Sampoorna Aaroh: S r g M’ P d N S’ Avarah: S’ N d P M’ g r S Vadi – Komal Dha i.e d Samvadi – Komal Ga i.e g r, g, d are Komal/Flat notes. M’ is Tivra Ma Samay/Time : Todi is performed in the late morning. Pakad/Signature: The distinctive phrase is r/g-\r\S, where r may be subtly oscillated....