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00:00He was a poet, but he was also an equally great composer.
00:03He composed in different ragas.
00:09And there's a big message that the world is behind you.
00:12Don't wait for it.
00:14Walk alone.
00:15Keep walking alone.
00:17If the world follows you, it will.
00:18If it doesn't, don't wait for people to follow you.
00:23So the folk music of Bengal, the folk music of every region,
00:27music is a precious gift of God.
00:41And music does not belong to any religion like flowers.
00:45Gujarat has a lot of memories for you.
00:48Which memories are close to your heart?
00:52When I first came to Gujarat with my father in 1959,
00:57there was a music festival in the town hall.
00:59Many great musicians came.
01:02And I also played with my father there.
01:05So throughout Gujarat, in Baroda, Surat,
01:10all the places I've been to, I've had a lot of opportunities.
01:14Music has a very good atmosphere.
01:17And there's a big contribution of Saptak,
01:19which happens every year in Ahmedabad.
01:21Sir, any message for Ahmedabad?
01:23Because this land belonged to Gandhi,
01:26and it also belonged to Saptak.
01:27Any message?
01:29The message is that every person should have the power
01:34of tolerance and patience.
01:37My father used to say that God has not given this power to animals.
01:43If you hit an animal with a stone, it will bite you.
01:46But humans have become more dangerous than animals today.
01:50So patience and tolerance,
01:53tolerance and patience,
01:55if you have the power of tolerance,
01:57then that is worship.
01:59Then there is no need to go to a temple or mosque.
02:01Sir, one last question.
02:02You said that Durga is crying.
02:05The way rape cases are happening in the world,
02:10and it shouldn't be happening in India.
02:12Because here, it's a Devi Pooja.
02:15A girl is born, and she becomes a mother.
02:19So what happened in Bengal,
02:20I'm very sorry about that too.
02:22The same Raag Durga,
02:23people have been playing and singing it for centuries.
02:26But today, you've seen the other form of Durga.
02:29In the same five suras, Maa Durga is crying.
02:32Sir, one last question.
02:33Your house, Sarodgarh,
02:36you went to Germany and bought it from there.
02:40Correct?
02:40Yes.
02:41When we went to Beethoven's house in Germany,
02:48he was a great composer.
02:50The way his house was preserved,
02:53it inspired me.
02:54My wife Subalakshmi and I went there.
02:58After that, the house of our ancestors in Walier,
03:02where we were born,
03:03is called Sarodgarh.
03:05So you can all come there and see it.
03:10We were born in the country where the Ganges flows.
03:14And that's our Sarodgarh, where we were born.
03:17So this was Ustad Amjad Ali Khan,
03:20who said that this is India,
03:22this is a house where everyone talks about them.
03:25And this is the message of India's culture.
03:28With cameraman Mukesh Jodia,
03:29Parishadhav, ETV Bharat, Ahmedabad.
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