EDITORIAL - Franco Vaz

It was such a stress-buster time

Dinesh Ghate 'Jain' | dinesh@swaraalap.com Greetings for the day It was a wonderful experience being part of ‘94th Marathi Sahitya Sammelan’ recently held at Bhujbal knowledge city, Nasik. Apart from executing a farewell Musical evening with some renowned Marathi traditional artistes like Mrunmayi Deshpande, Purvi Bhave, Adarsh Shinde, Nandesh Umap, Avdhut Gupte, etc for me, it...

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My Friend Geeta: by Meena Kapoor Biswas

Dinesh Ghate 'Jain' | dinesh@swaraalap.com "The best thing about memories is making them". Geetaji had a sweet resonating soulful voice, amazing breath control, transparent pronunciation, strong emotion delivery, and most of all, captivating vocals. Her songs, poetry, and melodies give a feeling of tenderness as if dew drops are stuck on the strings of Sitar...

EDITORIAL # 2 Shirali

Journey into Music for my friend Vishwanath Shirali

Hello friends, Greetings for the day. The pandemic had taken a toll on our lives. Now that things are getting back to normal, we eagerly await live shows to resume with all their fervor for the artistes and music lovers. But nonetheless, I feel so happy and delighted to share this Digital platform with you...

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2003: A Nostalgic Evening

Swar Aalap | info@swaraalap.com Dastak – The Knocking In 2002, a musician by profession, Dinesh Ghate took the initiative of forming Dastak (Now Swar Aalap), a magazine aimed to feature the legendary musicians of the Indian Film Music Industry to acknowledge and appreciate their valuable contributions. In the following year in 2003, Dinesh Ghate was successful in getting...