About this minute
- Title
- Raga Desh
- Creator
- Roshanara Begum
- Location
- Pakistan
- Collections
- South Asian Classical Collection
SAC #16
You just heard Roshanara Begum sing a ‘Thumri’, which is a light and romantic song, sung in the raga ‘Raga Desh’. Desh means land or country in many South Asian languages including Hindi, Urdu and Bengali. The idea of home and belonging were important themes in Roshanara’s life. She lived in different places across the Indian subcontinent…
