A Good Read for the Historians & Lovers of Hindustani Music
Humra Quraishi in her book "Dagars & Dhrupad: Divine Legacy" tells us an insider story of Dagar family, who carried forward 'Dhrupad' tradition of Hindustani classical music for more than a century. In the first chapter Quraishi defines Dhrupad: "In the two parts of the dhrupad, the alap [the improvised section of a raga, forming prologue to the formal expression] is sung in free rhythm over drone, and the pada [word or phrase that signifies the concept of a raga] is more a rhythmic poem acco...