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Kaushiki Chakraborty

Bhakti · Patiala gharana · khayal and thumri

Indian classical vocalist of the Patiala gharana (born 1980), daughter and student of Ajoy Chakraborty. She sings khayal, thumri, dadra and bhajan, and won the BBC Radio 3 Award for World Music in the Asia-Pacific category in 2005. Her devotional singing sits inside the classical form rather than beside it.

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Kaushiki Chakraborty

Indian classical vocalist of the Patiala gharana (born 1980), daughter and student of Ajoy Chakraborty. She sings khayal, thumri, dadra and bhajan, and won the BBC Radio 3 Award for World Music in the Asia-Pacific category in 2005. Her devotional singing sits inside the classical form rather than beside it.

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66 min
Music

Raag-Based Bengali Songs

A 2013 concert of raagprodhan, the Bengali song form built on classical ragas.

69 min
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Raag Jog

An hour and ten minutes in Raag Jog, from her own channel.

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Love as the direct path

Bhakti

The path of loving devotion: surrender, chanting and remembrance as ways to dissolve the sense of separation from the divine.

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