Shakuntala Bharne is an Indian

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, writer, poet and

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. She is a writer and activist of the

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Career

She trained in music under the guidance of

Gangubai Hangal Gangubai Hangal (5 March 1913 – 21 July 2009) was an Indian singer of the ''khayal'' genre of Hindustani classical music from Karnataka, who was known for her deep and powerful voice. Hangal belonged to the Kirana gharana. Early life Ga ...

, in

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. She has done a double graduation. She has written two books on music - ''Swaranand'' and ''Naadbrahm'', for which she received

Goa Konkani Akademi The Goa Konkani Akademi (Goa Academy of Letters for Konkani) is an organization set up by the Government of Goa in 1986 to promote the Konkani in Goa. Its stated aim is to accelerate the pace of development of Konkani by encouraging writers, rese ...

and Konkani Bhasha Mandal award. She also wrote the biography of Pt.

Prabhakar Karekar Pandit Prabhakar Karekar (b 1944) is a Hindustani classical vocalist, born in Goa, India. He was awarded Tansen Samman in 2014 and Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in the year 2016. Background Prabhakar Janardan Karekar was born in 1944, in what wa ...

. She released an album called ''Goph'' at Swaranjali, a tribute concert to

. She was one of the poets at Uttējana, a poetry recital in Konkani, in 2014. In 2016, she performed at Vasant Bahar - Konkani Geetancho Haar, a Konkani musical programme. In 2017, she performed at ''Ghumttachem Fest'', in

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. She was also part of the Multilingual Poetry Convention organised in

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, by

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. She hosted the Swarasamrani Girijatai Kelkar music festival in 2018. She was also part of

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' series, ''Your Career Matters'' in 2019.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bharne, Shakuntala Living people Konkani-language writers 21st-century Indian writers 21st-century Indian women writers Year of birth missing (living people)