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Pandit Omkarnath Thakur by Susheela Misra (Rec.: a feature on Omkarnath Thakur - musician extraordinaire and a model for every self-respecting Bharatiya; Pilfered from: "Great Masters of Hindustani Music" by Smt. Susheela Misra, Hem Publishers Pvt. Ltd., 1981. - Originally posted on RMIC by Rajan Parrikar as part of Great Masters Series.) After listening to Pandit Omkarnath Thakur's music once, Mahatma Gandhi is said to have remarked : "Pandit Omkarnathji can achieve through a single song of his, what I cannot achieve through several speeches." Such was the impact of Omkarnath Thakur's personality and his music on listeners. Besides being...

Thakur comes from a musical family, as her father is Bengali singer and actor Shakti Thakur and her sister Mehuli Thakur-Goswami is also a professional playback singer. Thakur got her start by singing in school and college competitions and performing at local functions, and then rose to popularity after placing ninth in Indian Idol 2, the Indian version of Pop Idol. She was never in the Bottom 3 until her elimination, and immediately after she was eliminated, judge Anu Malik offered to help her find a future singing opportunity, which turned out to be a playback song in the movie...