{"id":1472,"date":"2023-12-14T13:01:55","date_gmt":"2023-12-14T13:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devasaman.com\/?page_id=1472"},"modified":"2023-12-20T18:37:22","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T18:37:22","slug":"story-of-sam","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/devasaman.com\/index.php\/story-of-sam\/","title":{"rendered":"Story Of Sam"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1472\" class=\"elementor elementor-1472\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-09ebc15 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"09ebc15\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;shape_divider_bottom&quot;:&quot;opacity-tilt&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shape elementor-shape-bottom\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-negative=\"false\">\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 2600 131.1\" preserveAspectRatio=\"none\">\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" d=\"M0 0L2600 0 2600 69.1 0 0z\"\/>\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" style=\"opacity:0.5\" d=\"M0 0L2600 0 2600 69.1 0 69.1z\"\/>\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" style=\"opacity:0.25\" d=\"M2600 0L0 0 0 130.1 2600 69.1z\"\/>\n<\/svg>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6bbd56f\" data-id=\"6bbd56f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-045a5ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"045a5ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Samanwaya Sarkar<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb9c612 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"fb9c612\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9fd2958 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"9fd2958\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c63a7ff\" data-id=\"c63a7ff\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f237335 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f237335\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Story Of Samanwaya Sarkar<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-afc6a13\" data-id=\"afc6a13\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57f4061 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"57f4061\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cI always believed in myself as a sportsman every way, in fact my fi rst passion was spending infi nitehours in the ground playing Cricket untiringly that in turn boost my confi dence and spirit and alsopower as a Sitarist, I would say so, I never learnt to say this is impossible in Sitar.\u201d<br \/>\u2026Gleefully adds Samanwaya.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6e6a9d2\" data-id=\"6e6a9d2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c369d3f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c369d3f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Samanwaya was a marvelous Cricketer who played at First Division levels. Born in a family oflearned musicians and music lovers since his childhood he got his father Sri Swapan Kumar Sarkarin every step of his musical pursuit. His Father was a desciple of Sri Lalit Mohan Sanyal (seniordisciple of Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan), and his great uncles were disciples of Vidushi HirabaiBarodekar and Pt. Viswadev Chattopadhyay.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5c8176d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"5c8176d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0496e2c\" data-id=\"0496e2c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e80840 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5e80840\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"684\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/devasaman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/04-684x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1792\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/devasaman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/04-684x1024.jpg 684w, https:\/\/devasaman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/04-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/devasaman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/04-768x1149.jpg 768w, https:\/\/devasaman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/04-1027x1536.jpg 1027w, https:\/\/devasaman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/04.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 684px) 100vw, 684px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b0eaafd\" data-id=\"b0eaafd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45b4615 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"45b4615\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Musical journey Of Sam<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc82ee9 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"bc82ee9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f40958 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3f40958\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cI think that I was destined to play Sitar and won\u2019t do anything else. As my father bought a Sitar forhimself which he found tough to learn being a Govt high profi led executive for time and also age so,he decided to give it to someone in need.But my Mom then insisted to try why would you do sorather try it with your son. And the nightmares for me started \u2026. I still remember those hard dayswhen Papa would simply push me off the bed around 4 am mercilessly. He would say \u2018I am goingoffi ce so keep on practicing and don\u2019t get up before the next hour\u2019. I would wait to listen to hear thesound of the closure of the gates of the staircase to get confi rmed that he had left for offi ce,<br \/>(laughingly) but after all he is my father so he was aware of my instinct and as soon as I startedpacking the Sitar he would appear in front of me and would make me sit for another hour even hebeing late for offi ce. That\u2019s how I grew up knowing the importance. It was not for me to excel incompetitions or become a professional Sitarist rather to be a perfectionist in my learning. As areward to do well at Guru ji Manilal Nag ji\u2019s place, I used to get pets too quite often, but had it beenthe opposite then I had to starve till I reach home (laughingly)<br \/>. Those days from my place atSonarpur to Guruji\u2019s place were not an easy travel at all. \u201d<br \/>\u2026..smilingly says Samanwaya<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b959687 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b959687\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Samanwaya is an A Graded Sitarist of All India Radio,a National &amp; Presidant award Winner and anoutstanding artiste of the younger generation. He is admired and respected for his technicalbalance between both the hands, mastery over strokes, lucidity of fi ngerings on his expression ofmeends, heavy and subtle gamaks(heavy oscillation) , choot (swift jumps between notes) , fast andintricate tans(trills) from the lower octaves to soaring heights with ease. The Soothing tone at thesame time powerful that he conceived and developed in his playing makes him unique. He startedhis primary lessons from his very childhood at the hands of Pt. Sasanka Bandopdhyaya of Senia DevaSaman\u00a0 gharana. His subsequent taalim from Pt. Manilal Nag for 12 years, Pt. Shyamal Chatterjee and Pt.Kumar Prasad Mukherjee respectively belonging to Bishnupur, Senia Maihar and Agra Atrauligharana has greatly contributed to his unique style of blending Tantrakaari ang ( i.e. style ofinstrumental music) with gayaki ang (i.e. style of vocal music) of Dhrupad and Khayal. Finallyfor adecade he got the tutelage of the legendary vocalist Padma Vibhushan Girija Devi as a Gandabandhdisciple, from whom he has imbibed the intricacies of khayal, thumri, tappa, dadra, jhula etc in his Sitar .<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd7ac5c e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cd7ac5c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04069b7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"04069b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>According to her gurumaa <strong>Smt. Girija Devi ji<\/strong><br \/>\u201cHe is the only Sitarist of the country who is playingtappa after learning the proper intricacies of the form.\u201d<br \/><br \/><\/p><p>His learning with Maestroes of Vocal Music made him more well versed with ragas, bandishes ofKhyal, Thumri, Tappa, Tap Khyal and many more gems enriched his artistry to a level that hisaudience get a rare aesthetic bliss of mind. These all have achieved him a remarkable reputationthroughout the country and abroad.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-11351ac elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"11351ac\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c64f228\" data-id=\"c64f228\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-82b3b0a elementor-widget 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Samanwaya was a marvelous Cricketer who played at First Division levels. Born in a family oflearned musicians and music lovers since his childhood he got his father Sri Swapan Kumar Sarkarin every step of his musical pursuit. His Father was a desciple of Sri Lalit Mohan Sanyal (seniordisciple of Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan), and his great uncles were disciples of Vidushi HirabaiBarodekar and Pt. Viswadev Chattopadhyay. Musical journey Of Sam \u201cI think that I was destined to play Sitar and won\u2019t do anything else. As my father bought a Sitar forhimself which he found tough to learn being a Govt high profi led executive for time and also age so,he decided to give it to someone in need.But my Mom then insisted to try why would you do sorather try it with your son. And the nightmares for me started \u2026. I still remember those hard dayswhen Papa would simply push me off the bed around 4 am mercilessly. He would say \u2018I am goingoffi ce so keep on practicing and don\u2019t get up before the next hour\u2019. I would wait to listen to hear thesound of the closure of the gates of the staircase to get confi rmed that he had left for offi ce,(laughingly) but after all he is my father so he was aware of my instinct and as soon as I startedpacking the Sitar he would appear in front of me and would make me sit for another hour even hebeing late for offi ce. That\u2019s how I grew up knowing the importance. It was not for me to excel incompetitions or become a professional Sitarist rather to be a perfectionist in my learning. As areward to do well at Guru ji Manilal Nag ji\u2019s place, I used to get pets too quite often, but had it beenthe opposite then I had to starve till I reach home (laughingly). Those days from my place atSonarpur to Guruji\u2019s place were not an easy travel at all. \u201d\u2026..smilingly says Samanwaya Samanwaya is an A Graded Sitarist of All India Radio,a National &amp; Presidant award Winner and anoutstanding artiste of the younger generation. He is admired and respected for his technicalbalance between both the hands, mastery over strokes, lucidity of fi ngerings on his expression ofmeends, heavy and subtle gamaks(heavy oscillation) , choot (swift jumps between notes) , fast andintricate tans(trills) from the lower octaves to soaring heights with ease. The Soothing tone at thesame time powerful that he conceived and developed in his playing makes him unique. He startedhis primary lessons from his very childhood at the hands of Pt. Sasanka Bandopdhyaya of Senia DevaSaman\u00a0 gharana. His subsequent taalim from Pt. Manilal Nag for 12 years, Pt. Shyamal Chatterjee and Pt.Kumar Prasad Mukherjee respectively belonging to Bishnupur, Senia Maihar and Agra Atrauligharana has greatly contributed to his unique style of blending Tantrakaari ang ( i.e. style ofinstrumental music) with gayaki ang (i.e. style of vocal music) of Dhrupad and Khayal. Finallyfor adecade he got the tutelage of the legendary vocalist Padma Vibhushan Girija Devi as a Gandabandhdisciple, from whom he has imbibed the intricacies of khayal, thumri, tappa, dadra, jhula etc in his Sitar . According to her gurumaa Smt. Girija Devi ji\u201cHe is the only Sitarist of the country who is playingtappa after learning the proper intricacies of the form.\u201d His learning with Maestroes of Vocal Music made him more well versed with ragas, bandishes ofKhyal, Thumri, Tappa, Tap Khyal and many more gems enriched his artistry to a level that hisaudience get a rare aesthetic bliss of mind. These all have achieved him a remarkable reputationthroughout the country and abroad. 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