Friday, March 10, 2006

Bhojpuri Kokila : Padm Sri Sharda Sinha




Born in 1953 in Hulas village in Bihar, Sharda Sinha received her training in music from Raghu Jha, Sitaram Hari Dandekar and Panna Devi. She also obtained degrees from the University of Patna and Prayag Sangeet Samiti, Allahabad. Shehas excelled as an exponent of folk music in Bhojpuri, Maithili and Magahi. Herinimitable style has won her wide popularity and recognition not only in herState but also in other parts of the country and abroad. She has a large numberof recordings to her credit. At present, she heads the Department of Music,Women's College, Samastipur. Earlier she has received the Padma Shri.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Would have been better if you could have been more discrete with the choices !
Our community has had quite a few illustrious names who dont find a mention.....
Instead of writing about Sir Ganesh Dutt/Chandra shekhar singh/Krishna Kant Singh/Vijay Narain Singh/C.P.Thakur/R.S.Sharma /M.P.Singh you chose to write about Businessmen like Samprada and King Mahendra...they are not role models for Bhumihar youth ! I wont be surprised if Suraj Bhan/Munna Shukla/Dhumal Singh/Sunil Pandey .
figure in the list next time.If you had to choose a businessman,you could have opted for B.P.Sinha instead