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Jupiter Ange (Is it not strange how all that is good and the effort that goes into the making of that good gets wasted?) Those were the closing respect for her as a person. As I moved to other years of seventies of the century departments within Doordarshan and then away Shantiveer Kaul gone by. More than a generation from it altogether, I lost touch with her. seems to have elapsed since then. The other day as I was travelling on one of And even then she was nearly a generation and a the many flyovers of Delhi that run parallel to half ahead of me. Certainly older than my mother elevated Metro rail tracks, I glanced out of the was at that, or any time. I had just come to Delhi window and saw a hoarding just at eye level. and was tasked with the production of music These hoardings rise fifty to sixty feet from the programmes for Doordarshan. Her name was ground on structures called unipoles and are already there – featuring in the quarterly schedule strategically positioned along elevated flyovers of recordings drawn up my predecessor. And here and Metro tracks to 'talk' to commuters within I was, face to face with Mushtari Begum. Her what could appropriately be termed as striking name intrigued me. Although I had known a few distance. As it passed by me in a blur, I hardly saw Zohras (meaning Venus) I had not come across what the hoarding was all about. I could just about any Mushtari (meaning Jupiter) in Kashmir. As I make out the legend - Jupiter Angel. Was it a was told, it was a fairly common to come across Montessori school or kitchen appliance? I wonder elderly Mushtaris in the area of Awadh. There was how consumers who are commuters in this case nothing striking about her. She had regular are ever able to align their recall with a felt need if features with rather large and expressive eyes that all they see is a brand name. For me, it was the seemed a little dimmed. But she had a definite aura sudden unlocking of memories of ages ago. That about her which was accentuated by her self- evening I googled Mushtari. There were many assured gait. It was when she got into her first Mushtaris but none among them seemed to be 'my notes that I could see, or rather hear, what that aura Mushtari'. There was, of course, Mushtari Bai of was all about. Her singing was effortless and Faizbad who was Begum Akhtar's mother. She ethereal at the same time. So enraptured was I that apparently was called Badi Mushtari. Then there I forgot composing very many different shots of was the Chhoti Mushtari, who – it is said – could the artist, the accompanists, the interplay of pitch across all three octaves plus a bit more. She reactions between them and shots of the musical was from Agra and was much in demand as a instruments, mixing it all up in an aesthetically singer. But she could not have been the Mushtari I pleasing edit pattern like I was normally supposed knew because she was the mother in law of Ustad to do. But on reflection, I believe it turned out Amir Khan, the great singer, and the age profile exactly like it should in the case of a great and even did not match. The third Mushtari, a singer who a very good TV performance – with visual did match the age profile did not match the minimalism. Having grown up listening to Begum geographical location as she was born and brought Akhtar, Siddheshwari Devi and Shobha Gurtu and up in Fiji. I realized that I was left only with generally having a musical ear, I could make out Mushtaris who found mention in legal notices. that Mushtari was no ordinary talent. The obvious Probably, I mused with sadness, as losing parties. circumstance of her not having made it to the top Looking at our much feted semi-classical of the heap in spite of her talent intrigued me. singers of today I am forced to ask myself: is it not Possibly the circumstances of her life and the strange how all that is good and the effort that goes manner in which destinies overtake promise kept into the making of that good gets left behind and her from the pedestal that should have been hers wasted while the less than ordinary gets catapulted by right. Over the next couple of years I recorded into 'the' zone with no effort? Think politics, her performances a few more times. Thumri, governance and Kashmir and the question gains dadra, chaiti, kajri – she was consummate in all salience. these forms. She also sang, very mellifluously and ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ with admirable enunciation, a Ghalib ghazal (First published in a Srinagar based daily all of during rehearsals but refused to sing it as a part of five years ago, in September, 2013) her performance. During this period, she grew quite fond of me. Perhaps because I was “ demonstrably in awe of her talent and had genuine 16 September 2017 <strong>JK</strong>
PDP is a creation of agencies PDP was created after NC passed ‘Autonomy’ Resolution: Omar ‘Work hard, help NC emerge as single largest party in next election’ National Conference (NC) Working our identity. No matter how many govt President and former J&K chief employees are in our house. No matter how minister, Omar Abdullah said the strong our house will be. We are losing our Peoples Democratic Party is a creation of identity,” he said. Omar asked party workers to agencies as the party was created after NC start preparing for the next assembly elections passed an Autonomy Resolution in J&K and strengthen the party at gross root levels, Assembly. so that NC emerges as the single largest Omar said if NC would have been in power, party. “If we emerge as the single largest party, the BJP led government would not even dare then only we can work in a better way,” he to talk about Article 35 A or the Article 370. “We said.“Become MLAs first. Stop worrying about would not even allow them to talk about Article ministries. Let NC win first then after we 35A, if we would have been in the power,” should care about the ministries. We all have Omar said. to start working hard for it. We have win and Omar said some people don’t want ensure the victory of our fellow colleagues that J&K should have their own flag or from a next constituency,” Omar added. constitution. “They don’t like when we take Appealing youth to join National Conference, oath on our own constitution. If there is an Omar said time has come when the youths attack on Article 35 A, it is because NC has should be allowed to settle in the party. weakened. NC is out of power,” he said. Omar recalled words of his Omar said when National Conference grandfather Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah was in full majority, the party passed a having told that Delhi wants to “create more resolution seeking Autonomy for the state of and more divisions in Kashmir and create J&K. “It created commotion in the corridors of leaders in every Mohalla, so that the united Government of India. They started seeing NC vice of Kashmiris is suppressed. We are being as a threat. This gave birth to the PDP,” Omar divided into groups”. “Today we are seeing it. said, adding, the autonomy resolution was the Every community and Mohalla has its own reason of the creation of PDP.“We are losing leader,” he added. Input :(KNS 17 September 2017 <strong>JK</strong>
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