tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-476496854441530272.post52594142200900686..comments2023-06-28T20:25:12.339+05:30Comments on Debating Shastriya Sangeet: Meeting Bhimsen Joshi - IAbhik Majumdarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06921264695439784161noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-476496854441530272.post-37369539062361204332014-07-03T14:16:36.999+05:302014-07-03T14:16:36.999+05:30Dear Prateeksha Sharma,
I may not have met Pandit...Dear Prateeksha Sharma,<br /><br />I may not have met Panditji prior to writing the book, but let me assure you I had done quite enough research for the purpose of generating an introductory volume intended for the complete layperson. Which, if you have not noticed, is precisely what the book is. I can only express much regret that you did not find in the book qualities you seek in a work of academic research, but is it possible you looked in the wrong place? The book is not intended as a work of academic research, neither does it make any pretensions to that end. The publishers had also imposed strict word limits (in keeping with its target audience who might get turned off by a heavier volume). Hence even if I had wanted to conduct further research, it is highly unlikely I would have had the space to include it!<br /><br />Lastly, I fail to see the point of your comparing your academic research with a work intended for novitates. I am sure you put in immense amounts of research, which is certainly commendable (honestly), but is your work accessible to laypersons? That is, will a person with no background in music be able to understand your work? Would more research have made my book easier for laypersons to understand? I do not think so. If you disagree, or wish to add further observations or clarifications, please feel free to comment here. We at the DSS blog always welcome comments subject to our moderation policy.Abhik Majumdarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06921264695439784161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-476496854441530272.post-54994290254805303722014-07-03T12:47:39.861+05:302014-07-03T12:47:39.861+05:30Funnily enough when I read your biography of Pt. B...Funnily enough when I read your biography of Pt. Bhimsen Joshi, I felt that the author had not done the amount of research someone like me would have wanted to read. So now that I understand that you could not even meet the person whose biography you were writing...I understand your position in the same. This is not to disparage you but a note of solidarity in fact!<br /><br />On the other hand, when I myself wrote about some aspects about the life of Kumar Gandharva, I had done a whole lot of work and research, and that naturally made the writing that much academic,though naturally it was not a biography but an analysis within the context of identity and how it is created/transformed due to an illness experience. (Also mine was a journal paper, not a book)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16925024189198973368noreply@blogger.com