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00:00So it becomes a kind of language for us.
00:03So we can also have a conversation with each other.
00:08And today, what I was thinking was that there were three different styles of percussion.
00:15Like tabla is North Indian, mridangam is South Indian,
00:19and dholak is used more in folk, films, etc.
00:25So these three styles are coming together.
00:28And who is tying them together? Sarangi.
00:32So Sarangi was tying us together.
00:34And the three of us were having a conversation with each other.
00:39And we were also telling each other how we can play together.
00:45Music is the same.
00:46Tal is the same.
00:48Whether we come from the South, or from the North, or from the folk,
00:51it is the same that we have shown today, how we can become one.
00:56Sir, please tell us about some of the saptaks that you have been performing for so many years.
01:02Today, this year's saptak is dedicated to Saqib Hussain, who is your brother.
01:08Yes.
01:09See, this saptak has been going on for many years, for 45 years.
01:12And I have been playing it here for 35 years.
01:15And this is the only festival that has been going on for so many years.
01:20And it has been going on for so long.
01:2312-13 days, it is not an easy thing to do.
01:29And the organizers, the credit goes to them, to Nandan bhai, to Manju bhai.
01:36And these young people, Sandeep, Hetal, Purvi, they are moving forward.
01:44So it goes to them.
01:45So this saptak is like a family to them.
01:52And Zakir bhai used to think the same.
01:54Zakir bhai has been playing here for so many years.
01:57He has been performing here for so many years.
02:00Everyone still remembers his performance.
02:03So it is like a family to me.
02:06And I will be coming.
02:07Whether they call me or not, I'll be here.
02:11Sir, one last question.
02:12Sir, how do you see the future journey of Shastriya Sangeet?
02:16How will new people come together?
02:18Because if you look at it, the people who are still coming together,
02:23they are from the background of music.
02:25So new people are not coming together.
02:26See, new people were coming together and will continue to come together,
02:30according to me.
02:31Like the artists like Zakir bhai.
02:34The people who don't even have music.
02:37Like someone asked me what is Zakir bhai's speciality.
02:41I said, his speciality is that when he used to do concerts,
02:44the connoisseurs, the people who know him, are also enjoying it.
02:49And the people who are sitting behind him,
02:50who don't know anything about music, are also enjoying it.
02:53So this was his speciality.
02:55And because of this, so many people come.
02:59Even today, see, a lot of people are sitting and listening to the program.
03:02And they have been listening to it for 12-13 days.
03:06So the artist depends on the listener.
03:11And the listener depends on the artist.
03:12So they are dependent on each other.
03:15It's like a symbiosis.
03:16And this is seen in classical music.
03:21So I am not saying that,
03:22how many people have come and met me,
03:24now such a small kid has come and said,
03:25I am also learning tabla.
03:27So when I see these people,
03:29I get very confident that our music will go further.
03:33I know.