Talk:Esraj

Taus
We need an article on the older instrument taus, that is mentioned in this article. Badagnani (talk) 23:21, 28 August 2009 (UTC)
 * There is already a picture on Commons for it, but I haven't seen a reliable source so far. Hekerui (talk) 23:30, 28 August 2009 (UTC)

Moved commentary from article
I have moved the following text from the article to the talk page. It is unsourced (although, so is the rest of the article) and reads more like a comment. -- Gyrofrog (talk) 19:28, 9 June 2010 (UTC) Among the "Notable Players", there are some names who have contributed not just to improvement of the instrument but also to enrichment of the philosophy of playing-style. SAMAR KUMAR CHATTERJEE (of AIR, Kolkata) and PARVATI CHARAN CHATTERJEE (of AIR, Siliguri) have done extensive research on the potentiality of the instrument vis-a-vis the gharana they follow (Senia-Nishikant Gharana). Their style of playing (which is an expression of their rich philosophy on Indian Classical Music) is a perfect blend of Vocal and Instrumental styles. Full-fledged Classical recordings of SAMAR KUMAR CHATTERJEE has been broadcasted from French Radio.

Another successful Esraj-player is Alauddin Khan (not Baba Alauddin Khan, guru of Pt.Ravi Shankar & Ustad Ali Akbar) from Delhi. We often find him accompanying with Ghulam Ali, the famous Ghazal Singer. His style of playing resembles a bit like Sarengi-playing. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 03:40, 16 May 2010 (talk • contribs) Meghadoot Chaudhuri

Changing Esraj to Dilruba
I request that this Wikipedia entry be changed from Esraj to Dilruba simply for the reason that the original instrument goes by the name of Dilruba, and Esraj is the name of a less popular modern variant. So it just seems illogical to refer to it as Esraj, as most individuals will have heard of it by the name of Dilruba, rather than Esraj. Also the creator of the instrument, Guru Gobind Singh, gave it the name "Dilruba", and not Esraj.
 * The name Dilruba has a redirect to Esraj, and Esraj has 'Dilruba in the lede. No further changes needed.--Dthomsen8 (talk) 23:53, 2 April 2017 (UTC)

Esraj is not a Dilruba
Just because Hinduism came before Sikhism, and derives some of its beliefs from there, does not justify the opinion that Sikhism be renamed to Hinduism. Similarly, the claim that the Esraj evolved from the Dilruba (which is contested claim anyways) does not justify calling the Esraj a Dilruba. To laymen, they may look very similar, but there are very significant differences in shape, tone, style of playing, etc... All you need to do is to ask a player of one instrument to play the other one! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.71.245.202 (talk) 15:17, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

Following up on this, the article picture is of a Sikh boy playing a Dilruba. It is even captioned as such. Given that these are two different instruments it is not an accurate picture, so if there is no follow up I will plan to remove it. --Autumn astronomer (talk) 23:52, 26 October 2021 (UTC)

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Esraj instrument
Hi, am ashvin velleyen from mauritius, interested to learn the esraj instrument in india please advice thank you Ashvin hansley velleyen (talk) 05:18, 10 August 2018 (UTC)