Tuesday 6 October 2020

Damodar Hota and Gourahari Das

ଦାମୋଦାର ହୋତା (ଜନ୍ମ : ୧୯୩୫) ଜଣେ ପାରମ୍ପରିକ ଓଡ଼ିଶୀ ବା ଉଡ୍ରପଦ୍ଧତୀୟ ଶାସ୍ତ୍ରୀୟ ସଙ୍ଗୀତ[୧] ଓ ହିନ୍ଦୁସ୍ତାନୀ ସଙ୍ଗୀତ ଗାୟକ ଏବଂ ଗବେଷକ ।[୨] ସେ ଆକାଶବାଣୀ କଟକ ଓ ଦୂରଦର୍ଶନ କେନ୍ଦ୍ର ଭୁବନେଶ୍ୱରର ଜଣେ ସ୍ୱୀକୃତିପ୍ରାପ୍ତ କଣ୍ଠଶିଳ୍ପୀ । ତାଙ୍କୁ ପଦ୍ମକେଶରୀ ଉପାଧିରେ ଭୂଷିତ କରାଯାଇଛି ।
ପଣ୍ଡିତ ହୋତା ୧୯୩୫ ମସିହା କାର୍ତ୍ତିକ ଶୁକ୍ଳ ତ୍ରୟୋଦଶୀ ତିଥିରେ ପୁରୀଠାରେ ଜନ୍ମଗ୍ରହଣ କରିଥିଲେ । ତାଙ୍କ ପିତା ଗୋପୀନାଥ ହୋତା ଗୌଡ଼ବାଡ଼ ସାହି ଅଡ଼ଙ୍ଗତିଆଡ଼ି ଯାଗାର ସଭ୍ୟ, ମଲ୍ଲଯୋଦ୍ଧା, ଗାୟକ ଓ ମର୍ଦ୍ଦଳବାଦକ ଥିଲେ । ମାତାଙ୍କ ନାମ ଦଣ୍ଡିମଣି ଦେବୀ । ଶୈଶବ ଅବସ୍ଥାରୁ ସେ ନିଜ ପିତାଙ୍କ ସୁମଧୁର କଣ୍ଠରୁ ଯାଗା ଆଖଡ଼ାରେ ପ୍ରଚଳିତ ଓଡ଼ିଶୀ ସଙ୍ଗୀତ ଶୁଣି ଶୁଣି ଶିକ୍ଷା କରିଥିଲେ । ପରବର୍ତ୍ତୀ ସମୟରେ ସିଂହାରୀ ଶ୍ୟାମସୁନ୍ଦର କରଙ୍କ ଶିଷ୍ୟ ପଣ୍ଡିତ ନୃସିଂହନାଥ ଖୁଣ୍ଟିଆଙ୍କ ଠାରୁ ସେ ଉଡ୍ରପଦ୍ଧତି ଆଧାରିତ ଶାସ୍ତ୍ରୀୟ ଓଡ଼ିଶୀ ସଙ୍ଗୀତ ଓ ହିନ୍ଦୁସ୍ତାନୀ ସଙ୍ଗୀତ ଶିକ୍ଷା କରିଥିଲେ । ଗୁରୁ କାଶୀନାଥ ମୁଦୁଲିଙ୍କ ଠାରୁ ସେ ମର୍ଦ୍ଦଳ ଓ ତବଲାବାଦନ ଶିଖିଥିଲେ । ଓଡ଼ିଶା ସଙ୍ଗୀତ ନାଟକ ଏକାଡେମୀଠାରୁ ଆର୍ଥିକ ସହାୟତା ଲାଭକରି ସେ ପଣ୍ଡିତ ଓଁକାର ନାଥ ଠାକୁର ଓ ପଦ୍ମଶ୍ରୀ ବଳବନ୍ତ ରାୟଭଟ୍ଟଙ୍କଠାରୁ ହିନ୍ଦୁସ୍ତାନୀ ସଙ୍ଗୀତରେ ଉଚ୍ଚଶିକ୍ଷା ଲାଭ କରିଥିଲେ । ମୁମ୍ବାଇସ୍ଥିତ ଅଖିଳ ଭାରତୀୟ ଗନ୍ଧର୍ବ ମହାବିଦ୍ୟଳୟରୁ ସେ ଡକ୍ଟରେଟ ମଧ୍ୟ ଲାଭ କରିଥିଲେ । 
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The Address of God, which is, at first sight, a collection of columns written on different occasions to reflect upon or make sense of particular incidents experienced or witnessed by its central character reminds one of a pointillist painting. Each piece in this volume can be seen as a dot on a richly complex canvas which, in combination with other dots, illuminates the shifting contours of a moral and social universe in flux. Apparently unconnected with each other and recounting seemingly isolated events in the lives of ordinary, unremarkable characters, these pieces cumulatively create a living mosaic of impressions that helps one pierce to the fundamentals of existence. The Address of God is studded with such luminously evocative images, which lead us to the rich texture of the meaning underlying the deceptively ordinary surface of the pieces. They disclose the inscrutable wisdom of the heart to which petty calculations of human intellect are utter strangers. The volume draws its intensity from the unobtrusive mastery with which the author employs these images. They stay with us long after we rise from a reading of the narrative the author has expertly woven from fragments of everyday experience.

About the author (2019)

The author, Gourahari Das, can be called a traveller. His journeys, both figurative and actual, both inward and outward, have made a writer of him. Born in 1960, in a back-of-the -beyond Indian village, Sandhagara near river Mantei he has come a long way. Real-life experiences acquired while growing up in an impoverished monastery sharpened his skills as a writer and endowed him with a sensibility laced with compassion and humour, which gives his creative being its distinctive character. His first book, Juara Bhatta (High Tide, Low tide), a short story collection, was published when he was only 21 years old. He has now as many as 70 books to his credit, which include novels, short-story collections, vignettes, travelogues, plays and essays. Gourahari has visited many countries across continents and leads a life full of activities. Many of his works have been translated into English, which include The Little Monk and Other Stories, The Nail and Other Stories, Koraput and Other Stories and The Shades of Life. He has received several awards such as Sahitya Akademi ( India's national Akademi of letters) Award, Odisha Sahitya Akademi Award, Sangeet Natak Akademi Prize. He was also Senior Fellow of the Ministry of Culture of India and a Writer in Residency of Sahitya Akademi.

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