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The Crossroads - An Interactive Seminar on Hindustani Raag Sangeet Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Day 1	Tuesday, 20th September 2005
9:00 a.m.	Registration & Tea
9:45 a.m.	Welcome Address	Amit Mukerjee
10:00 a.m.	1.The Raag Sangeet Scenario in the first four decades of the 20th century	Panelists	Moderator
			Arvind Parikh
	a) Socio-economic situation of the country	Ashok Ranade
	b) Prominent vocalists - their musical heritage	Vidyadhar Vyas
	c) Prominent instrumentalists - their background	Buddhadev Das Gupta
11:15 a.m.	Tea Break
			Dipali Nag
11:45 a.m.	d) Birth of conferences, professional musicians, patronage etc.	Gajendra Narain Singh Vijay Kichlu
	e) Students outside musical families or gharanas, teaching methods etc.	Shruti Sadolikar Ulhas Kashalkar Nayan Ghosh
1:00 p.m.	Lunch
1:45 p.m.	2.The Scenario between 1940 to the late 60s
			Ashok Ranade
	a) Socio-economic situation of the country	Sankarlal Bhattacharjee
	b) Vocalists - their evolution and contribution	Amit Mukerjee
	c) Instrumentalists - their evolution and specialities	Arvind Parikh
3:00 p.m.	Tea Break
			Amit Mukerjee
3:30 p.m.	d) Role of the print and electronic media including record companies	Amarendra Dhaneshwar
	e) Exposure to the west - its effect on the attitude of musicians	Buddhadev Das Gupta Ashwini Bhide Deshpande
	f) Students, their cultural background, new modes of training, role of institutions etc.	Ajoy Chakrabarty Sanjoy Bandopadhyay

Day 2	Wednesday, 21st September 2005
9:00 a.m.	Tea
		Panelists	Moderator
10:00 a.m.	3.The Scenario in the last thirty-five years
			Ashok Ranade
	a) Socio-economic changes, globalisation	Deepak Raja
	b) Diverse interests and sources of entertainment	Buddhadev Guha
	c) Impatient students and over-indulgent parents	Shruti Sadolikar
	d) Plethora of CDs and other recorded materials	Sankarlal Bhattacharjee & Nayan Ghosh
11:15 a.m.	Tea Break
			Arvind Parikh
11:45 a.m.	e) Quality of performances of present day musicians	Gajendra Narain Singh Vijay Kichlu
	f) Emphasis on skill & rhythmic passages rather than on alaap and raag bhav	Ashwini Bhide Deshpande Bikram Ghosh
	g) Music journalism & accountabilty	Amarendra Dhaneshwar
1:00 p.m.	Lunch
1:45 p.m.	4.Towards Solution
	a) Importance of patience, complete attachment to the subject, moderate expectations and lifestyle.	Amit Mukerjee	Vijay Kichlu
	b) Using electronic gadgets and old recordings as guiding tools.	Buddhadev Das Gupta
	c) Proper tonal cultivation, stress on raag bhav, shrutis and correct raag, taal and laya selection.	Shruti Sadolikar
	d) Appreciative and discerning audience	Ajoy Chakrabarty
	e) Governmental & Institutional support	Deepak Raja
3:00 p.m.	Tea Break
3:30 p.m.	Floor open for general discussion	Ashok Ranade Gajendra Narain Singh Ashwini Bhide Deshpande Nayan Ghosh Arvind Parikh
4:45 p.m.	Valedictory Speech	Amit Mukerjee

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