Triveni- A Confluence of Music Maestros & Their Musical Thoughts

About the Author Shivani Saxena is a Gold Medalist in MA History (1990) from the University of Rajasthan. She has also done her MBA (Marketing) from FMS IIRM, Jaipur. She has worked for well-known corporate organizations in Mumbai. Her last assignment was as Knowledge Evangelist in the Knowledge Management team at iGATE.

Shivani has learnt vocal Indian classical music from Tulika Ghosh, daughter of Padmabhushan Pandit Nikhil Ghosh.

Shivani resides at Jaipur, Rajasthan.

Foreword It was nearly fourteen to fifteen years ago that I came to know Shivani Saxena. At that time, she was working for the music portal, `Soundwave Creations' and wanted to interview me for the same.

The very first impression that I got of Shivani was that of a shy, quiet girl doing her job. But as we talked and proceeded with the interview, she came across as a totally different person - a courageous girl with tremendous determination and a person from a very cultured family. For her, these interviews were not just a job, but a genuine love and devotion towards music and musicians. Here, I would like to mention that she herself has taken training in vocal classical music from Tulika Ghosh.

I had the chance to go through some of her manuscripts. Here, I would like to mention one interview with Pandit Firoz Dastur, where he has mentioned about his association with J.B.H. Wadia (a doyen of Indian cinema) a great producer, and the movie ‘Lal-e-Yaman'after which he became a star and also about the song, ‘javo sidharo’ which gave him overnight success. I have seen all this and was very much impressed.

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