Heart to heart
| Title | Heart to heart
remembering Nainaji |
|---|---|
| Author | Vidya Rao |
| Publication | Harper Collins India |
| Size | 146p |
| Language |  ENG |
| ISBN | 9789350291474 |
| Topics |
Biography--Women--India Biography--Music Biography--Dance Dance--India Dancers--Biography--India Musicians--India Biography--Nobility Naina Devi (N. Ripjit Singh, Indian singer & dancer, 1917-1993) |
| Notes | Naina Devi (27 September 1917 – 1 November 1993) also known as Naina Ripjit Singh, was Indian vocalist of Hindustani classical music, most known for her thumri renditions, though she also sang dadra and ghazals. She was a music producer at All India Radio and later with Doordarshan. She started her musical training under Girja Shankar Chakravarty in her teens, later restarted it with Ustad Mushtaq Hussain Khan of Rampur-Sahaswan gharana and Rasoolan Bai of Benaras gharana, in the 1950s. Born in an aristocratic family in Kolkata, she was married into the royal family of Kapurthala State at age 16, and was started singing in concerts only after her husband died in 1949, and she moved to Delhi. |
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