Anita, I sound gushy even to myself but thanks again for bringing us exquisite music. I was aware of Mr. Parrikar's awe-inspiring music knowledge but as the author elegantly states, it is one thing to talk of music till the cows come home and yet another to give others a glimpse of your own private piece of heaven. I thank Mr. Parrikar for his generosity in sharing his expertise and his music. 

    My favorites this time round were Kumar Gandharva's Anandi Kedar, Kesarbai Kerkar and ofcourse the grandmistress of Hindustani vocal (my opinion), Mallika-e-Mausiqui Roshanara Begum Sahiba. I haven't listened to my cassette of "Nand" by Roshanara Begum in a long, long time but if I remember right, I think I have a better version. Kumar Gandharva's "Rajan ab to..." (lyrics duly noted:)) is as easily available as is Mallikarjun Mansur's "Jhanjhan Jhanjhan Paayal" in Nat Bihag but you never tire of either. Plus there is the added charm of discovering which one of the many recordings is the better one. But I digress. 

A few questions if Mr. Parrikar has the time and inclination. 

Just to get my rusty chronology right --- Was Pandit Narayan Rao Parwardhan Vinayak Rao's father? Was Prof B. R. Deodhar a student of Narayan Rao and guru bhai to Vinayak Rao? Is that how Anandi Kedar came to Kumar Gandharva? 

Just curious --- who is the Maharashtrian lady who butchered Nand?  

And is Kesarbai's recording easily available? How about Kumar Gandharva's Anandi Kedar? 

Listening to all this, I get the feeling that good music has passed me by. I hope you continue to bring this absolutely fabulous series on a regular basis. Also please make it easy to post a comment or a question directly from the article. The one peeve that I have with your site is that it is not easily navigable. But I think as you grow, all these glitches will solve themselves out. Keep up your quality and the rest will take care of itself. I hope you don't mind this free advice:).