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Tabla · INDIA

Shreya Bhattacharjee

Recognised for tabla performances.

12 in the 2023 citation; dates and ages for the individual music events remain unestablished.

Assam · India

Shreya Bhattacharjee, portrait on the named page of the 2023 government award citation
Shreya Bhattacharjee in the 2023 government citation booklet, page 12. Photo capture date not established.
Image source ↗ · Ministry of Women and Child Development, via PIB · original photographer not credited
Source photograph · credit and provenance below

BEHIND THE RESULT

Recognition for an instrumental voice

Shreya Bhattacharjee appears in the government’s 2023 national child award list under Art and Culture. Her named citation identifies her as a young tabla player, while contemporary coverage connects the recognition with her performances and a duration record. The tabla is the instrument at the centre of this account. The award date tells us when recognition was conferred; it does not tell us the date of every performance that came before it. A published age of twelve in the citation also belongs to that historical context, rather than being a current-age label.

Read the detail behind a record

The citation refers to music competitions and a Cultural Olympiad distinction. The separate message of appreciation also mentions her tabla record and appearances at performing-arts forums. Those references suggest a body of performance, but this review has not obtained the underlying competition sheets or a record certificate showing exact duration and conditions. We therefore do not turn the description into a world-record claim or supply a number of hours. A fuller interview could explore how she learned and listened; no such interview has been invented for this source-based draft.

Try listening for a repeating pattern

Listen to a piece of music with a familiar rhythm and quietly count where a short pattern begins again. If you lose the pattern, start over and compare what you heard with a friend. This is our listening prompt, not Shreya’s training exercise. You do not need to play loudly, perform for a long time or attempt a duration record to explore rhythm. Asking a music teacher to explain one phrase can make the listening more interesting. The aim is to notice something in the sound, rather than compare yourself with a medal or a record.

Source-based story · the activities are prompts for readers.

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The achievement, in context.

Sources you can explore.

MWCD · 2023 citation booklet, page 12 ↗Government award citation · historical achievement summary; not an independent performance or clinical audit

PIB · 23 January 2023 ↗Government award announcement · ceremony date

The Global Indian · 3 February 2023 ↗Editorial report · historical coverage

PIB · 24 January 2023 ↗Government message of appreciation; distinct from incident/project date

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