it isnt everyday that one has a discussion on old and forgotten music we all assume it would have been archived preserved somewhere and then move on listening to some classical music off and on but mostly tripping on bollywood songs that is why we were surprised when we bumped into this trio at the jawahar kala kendra coffee house having a serious discussion on preserving music the long forgotten voices and also making it accessible to all and sundry culturist sundeep bhutoria singer manesha agarwal and rajasthani folk activist vinod joshi were arguing over the selection of songs by seeing the back cover of a cd what is it we asked old music with their vintage value has definitely been the centre of attention of music lovers in the recent years and i have always been asking myself how can it be saved from anonymity in the era of digital technology at a time when the indian music industry is grappling with issues like piracy and copyright reviving the glory of the old vintage music is something i feel must be given top priority said bhutoria on whose request archive of indian music has recently come up with a collection of musical treasures of indias cultural history and musical heritage bhutoria will also be gifting the cd to the prominent opinion makers of the country the collection comprises songs of maestros like gauhar jaan of kolkata janki bai of allahabad gangubai hangal kl saigal and many more rajasthani singer sushilas geega ghadi ek soja re has also been included in this cd this compilation has been especially created on my request by archive of indian music which is trying to digitize and preserve for posterity the priceless treasures of indias cultural history and musical heritage its a privilege for our generation to listen to such artistes said bhutoria who conceptualized this idea of compilation of rare hindustani classics this compilation was originally recorded on 78 rpm shellac discs for gramophone only and has never been produced before in cassettes cds or dvds joshi said one must sensitize people about the artistes and their valuable art and what better way to do than by reviving them bhutoria added though the state has seen many renowned musicians there is no procurement process to revive old music in rajasthan as far as i know this is quite a sad state of affairs manesha agarwal opined with technological advancement efforts should be made to digitise music of rare artistes and their art especially rajasthani artistes we must focus on preserving their works or we would lose many rare compositions folk singer manesha says with so much of technological advancement efforts should be made to digitise music of rare artists and their art especially more should be done to preserve rajasthani artists or else we would lose lakhs of compositions