My Visit to Sarod Ghar - by Mahima Mishra
It was a rainy day and I was in Gwalior to attend the Tansen Sangeet Samaroh where my husband was performing. The weather was gloomy and the clouds were not ready to relent. It was difficult to perform at the decided venue as it was an open area. The very holy premises of Mian Tansen’s tomb was awash with rain and thus the programme was shifted to another venue. The live telecast was also not possible as the programme could not start at the scheduled time. A recording was thus made to be telecast later. All in all, the entire mood of attending the function at the holy premises of Tansen’s tomb was spoilt. The rain gods had decided otherwise. The programme was good though, and people loved the vocal recital and the intelligent Tabla accompaniment by my talented husband. The next day, it was sunny and we had to leave by the afternoon. We decided to make hay while the sun was favouring us. The much renowned Sarod Ghar situated in Jiwaji ganj was calling us. We had heard so m...