Salil Chowdhury | Music director, composer, lyricist, poet, storyteller

01/06/2010

Salil Chowdhury (Hindi: सलिल चौधरी, Malayalam: സലിൽ ചൗധരി), affectionately known as Salilda, was born on 19 November 1925 in Ghazipur, in the South 24 Parganas district of what was then Bengal Presidency, British India (now West Bengal, India). He was the second of eight children in a Hindu Kayastha family. His father, Dr Gyanendramoy Chowdhury, […]

Library

24/09/2007

Welcome to the Music Gurukul Library — the curated music book collection for GOLN’s Music Gurukul. This library gathers authoritative texts across music history, performance, theory, composition, ethnomusicology, pedagogy, notation, music technology and regional traditions (including South Asian classical, folk and modern repertoires). Each entry links learners and researchers to essential references — textbooks, anthologies, […]

Remembering Shailendra, a Soul Who Sang for the Common Man

30/08/2000

On this day, 30 August 1923, a poet was born who would go on to give Indian cinema one of its greatest treasures — words that touched hearts, spoke truth to power, celebrated love, and reflected the very rhythm of life. Shailendra, born Shankardas Kesarilal, wasn’t merely a lyricist; he was the voice of emotion, […]

Lyricists in Music

03/02/2000

A lyricist is the creative writer who composes the words or lyrics of a song. Lyricists are often regarded as song-poets, as their writings are enriched with rhythm, imagery, metaphor, and emotional expression much like poetry. Regardless of how appealing a melody may be, it is often the words of a song that leave a […]

Indian Lyricists Index

07/01/2000

The musical landscape of the Indian subcontinent has evolved through the confluence of numerous languages, cultures, and traditions. One of the principal forces behind this rich musical heritage is the lyricist—whose words, poetic expression, and imagination provide songs with their soul and emotional depth. Lyricists working across languages such as Hindi, Bengali, Urdu, Tamil, Telugu, […]

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Salil Chowdhury | Music director, composer, lyricist, poet, storyteller

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