Peace Through Music

Social heritage and art heritage both are important tools of Indian culture. It is gratifying to note that through the tumultuous ages of history. music as old as mankind itself and an inseparable part of human life. The experts have recognized therapeutic effects of music all over the world. Day by day the utility of music, as a therapy, is increasing and in future it would increase more and more. According to its various beneficial aspects the utility of music would increase and new music would be introduced in the world.
The basic principles of the philosophy of peaceful human life must be taught at all levels of education. Special discipline for education of peace should be taught from the beginning to the children. Peace as a subject should be included in the study by every university. It should be highlighted with other subjects and coordinated with various important subjects to create a peaceful atmosphere for human life. It should be properly and fruitfully applied to the future generation for perfect peace.
So peace and music are a unique combination for human life. There should be enlightened endeavor in the society to make each and every one capable to get maximum benefit through music. This book is a modest effort to highlight the importance of this concept.

Dr. Kajal Muley is a dancer and a musician. She has obtained her M.P.A (Kathak) from M. S. University Vadodara and M.A. (Classical Vocal) from S.N.D.T. University, Mumbai. She completed her M. Phil. from Gujarat Vidhyapith. Ahmedabad and stood First class first. She also completed her Ph.D. from the Peace Research Centre, Gujarat Vidhyapith, Ahmedabad.
Dr. Kajal Muley hails from Bangladesh (Dhaka), and she came to India through the scholarship by ICCR (Indian Centre for Cultural Relation) and also received i scholarship from Maharaja Krishna kumar Singhji Trust, Bhavnagar.
She has worked for 7 long years at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy under Ministry of Culture, Government of Bangladesh, She was amongst the enlisted artists in Bangladesh who has performed in several programs on Radio and Television. She has also performed as a playback singer in the movie "Chokher Moni" directed by Khan Ataur Rehman During her time she has also acted in many feature films in Bangladesh.
Dr. Kajal Muley has performed at various states within India and also aboard. After the famous dancer and great devotee of Lord Shiva "Chaula Devi", Dr. Kajal Muley got the amazing opportunity to perform in Somnath Temple organized by the Shri Somnath Trust, Gujarat.
She has also performed in All Pakistan Music Conference for 3 consecutive years, wherein she was the first person to perform Meera Bhajan in the year 2008 and in the year 2010 the program was commenced with her lecture demonstration on Kathak.
In the year 1989, she started KALABHARATI Performing Arts Centre in Bhavnagar. And till today she has trained lots of students, giving them the platform to learn Kathak and perform aside her at various occasions Dr. Kajal Muley has received many awards and honours from various states of India and abroad.
During the 63" Republic Day of India, 2012, she was honoured by the Governor of Gujarat-Smt. Kamla Beniwal and the CM of Gujarat - Shri Narendra Modi as a "Prabuddha Nagrik Sanman" for remarkable contribution in the field of Dance and Music. In the year 2013 she was awarded "Gujarat Gaurav Puraskar" by the Government of Gujarat.
In the year 2015 she was invited as a Guest of Honour by the Government ofGujarat in "Indra Dhanush", Gujarat Darpan program in Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi.

Sangeet I would like to say that Geet. Nritya and Vadya are a physical, psychological and emotional activity. All types of people from every religion and caste could be benefited through music. For music there is no age limit. From infants to elders any one could get enjoyment through music. In Mahabharata we get the reference of Gandharva Vidya. In those days Prince and Princes, Sages and Rishis were experts in Gandharva Vidya.
Social heritage and art heritage both are important tools of Indian culture. It is gratifying to note that through the tumultuous ages of history, music as old as mankind itself and an inseparable part of human life. The experts have recognized therapeutic effects of music all over the world. Day by day the utility of music as a therapy is increasing and in future it would increase more and more. It will be used as a major tool of Allopathic medicine. Now they are in search of curing without medicine. So as the therapeutically music has already developed its identity in the whole world. According to its various beneficial aspects the utility of music would increase and new music would be introduced in the world.
In order to create a generation of peace loving people we must have a proper educational system. The basic principles of the philosophy of peaceful human life must be taught at all levels. of education. Special discipline for education of peace should be taught from the beginning to the children. Over and above to make the entire educational system peace oriented all possible propaganda should be carried out and propagate the "Love for Peace and Peace for Love". Peace as a subject should be included in the study by every university. It should be highlighted with other subjects and co-ordinated with various important subjects to create a peaceful atmosphere for human life. People realize perfect peace and it is possible for the individual human being to realize it deeply. We know that some saints and mystics have actually realized perfect peace. We also know how Daku Valia became a great saint named Valmiki and wrote the great epic the Ramayana. People are not violent by birth they are compelled to adopt it according to the various steps of their way of life and situation. It must be a continuous process for the realization of perfect peace and it is possible only with the help of optimistic insight of the peace process. It should be properly and fruitfully applied to the future generation for perfect peace.
So peace and music are a unique combination for human life. There should be enlightened endeavor in the society to make each and every one capable to get maximum benefit through music.
I wish to express my deep sense of gratitude to Late Prof. D.N. Pathak (Chairperson Peace Research Centre), Gujarat Vidyapeeth, Ahmedabad, Gujarat for his constant interest and full encouragement for this book. I am further grateful to Late Shri Prasannavadan Mehta Ex M.P. and former Chairman of Shri Somnath Trust, Gujarat who inspired to me to work on this unique topic. I am also thankful to Prof. Nitin D. Muley for his active help towards the completion of this book.
I have been much encouraged by Dr. Suresh Mishra of Bhopal for his valuable suggestions and help to publish this book. Lastly I would like to thank all others who helped me directly and indirectly for completing this work.

I would like to commence this work as my earnest desire and deep interest in this subject. Pandit Sarangh Dev in his book "Sangeet Ratnakar" says that Geet, Vadya and Nritya combination of these three is called music. Music is a universal language. Musical tones are almost the same all over the world. If we analyze the function of language in human life we find that language plays various important roles. Language makes possible to communicate our ideas to others and to express our feelings. From grammatical point of view language has three characteristics.
(1) Vocabulary
(2) Skeleton or structure and
(3) Sequence.
These three together constitute language. There are three mediums of language-
1) Music and Dance
2) Sculpture and Painting
3) Speaking and Writing.
The great British Philosopher Mr Bertrand Russel has said 'Language serves three purposes (a) to indicate fact (b) to express the state of the speaker and (c) to alter the state of hearer'. Language does not mean spoken or writing only. As a matter of fact language includes so many things like-music, dance, sculpture, painting etc. These are also one type of language. In other words we can say that all fine arts have been regarded as language and they play a very important role in the field of persuasion and communication. There is symbolic and suggestive nature of languages. At the time of Buddha' language with hand movements were much practiced in the society. An ordinary question arises: Is it possible to persuade or communicate to others through music? Yes, through music we can express our desires, feelings and emotions more appropriately and effectively because the musical notes strike the human heart directly. Mr. O. C. Ganguly has also emphasized the capacity of music for communication. He says that it is a profoundly expressed truth that music begins where the language of words fails. Music is in a better position than other languages, musical tones make us forget everything and attract us more than anything else. That is why so many great people were motivated, persuaded and influenced by music. For example-when Mugal Emperor Akbar the great heard the music of Swami Haridas in Vrindawana, where he had to go specially for this purpose, he forgot everything, even his own existence. Music has a power, which can evoke the feelings of the hearer to a great extent than any other means. Mr Prierer has also said that music is the art of expressing sensations and state of mind by means of pleasing sounds. It helps us to awaken our feelings, thoughts and emotions and these in their turn are to rise up images in the mind. It is true that music is an effective medium for evoking as well as for expressing emotions and thoughts, which is helpful for persuasion and peace.
Music has its origin and its root in the world of sentiment and sensation. So, good music helps for mental development. Even animals, birds and insects are also responsive to the power of music. Not only these but trees and plants could grow on and develop in a better way through the effect of music. We have references that Late Shri Kadau Maharaj controlled a mad Elephant by playing a 'Gaja Paran' on the pakhawaj. Shri Omkar Nath Thakur has mentioned it. In our daily life we also find so many examples of musical persuasion e.g. Snake Charmer can control or charm the most poisonous animal through playing his instruments (bin).
In Sanskrit the term raga means 'colour' or 'passion'. Just. as dance delights the viewer a raga arouses emotions or moods in the listener's mind. The raga produces divine melody with the combination of its different characteristics. Every raga has notes; commonly it is called the sargam. There are seven swara out of these sadaj (sa) and pancham (pa) are fixed, hence they are called AchalSwaras and others, which have alternate forms, are called chala swaras. The model structure of the raga is called. Thata in Hindustani music and Mela in Karnatak style. The Thata determines the combination of notes to be used in the raga.
Most ragas are usually associated with a particular time of the day. Legend says that when Tansen sang raga Deepak the lamps in the hall got lighted and heat increased. It is said that the singer himself also got great deal of heat on his person. There after he sang raga Megh Mallhar and it rained and atmosphere turned cool. Traditional musicians strictly follow the rules of the timing of the raga whereas some others believe that raga may be sung any time to induce the mood related to it. But the Karnatak tradition does not follow the concept of samay (Timing).
Ragas have other important features. A raga distinguished by its characteristic movement is known as its Pakad or Swarup. Ascending order of the swaras is called Aroha while descending order is called Avroha. Jati refers to the number of notes used in the raga.