Ratnakar Narale
Toronto
Ratnakar Narale is Prof. of Hindi at Ryerson University. He has Ph.D. from IIT Kharagpur and Ph.D. from Kalidas Sanskrit University, Nagpur, India. He has a passion for Hindi and Sanskrit poetry and music. He is devoted to teaching Hindi, Sanskrit and Gita to English speaking people. He knows Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Punjabi, Urdu, Tamil and Sanskrit languages and has written books for learning these languages.
His publications include such Hindi and Sanskrit titles as, Nayi Sangeet Roshani, Sangeet Krishna-Ramayan, Gita as She is in Krishna's own Words, Gita Ka Shabdakosh, Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, Learn Hindi through English Medium, Learn Sanskrit through English Medium, Learn Tamil through English/Hindi, Learn Punjabi through English/Hindi, Learn Gujarati through English/Hindi, Learn Bengali through English/Hindi, Learn Marathi through English/Hindi, Learn Urdu through English/Hindi, Learn Indian Music through English/Hindi, ...etc.
He has taught Hindi at the York University, University of Toronto and Ryerson University. He also teaches Hindi at Toronto District School Board and World Literacy of Canada. He teaches Sanskrit and Gita at the Hindu Institute of Learning. He is a member of Hindi Writers Guild and an advisor to Hindi Chetna, the organizations devoted to propagation of Hindi.
He has studied Raagas of Indian Music and has written hundreds of compositions. His chosen 108 compositions appear in his "Nayi Sangit Roshani" publisged by Academy of Indian Music. They include 40 Ragas in Alaps, Taans, Khayals, Geets, Bhajans, Kitrans, Aartis, Taranas, Thumri, Dhrupad, Chaiti, Kajri, Hori, Chutney, Tilana, Ghazal, Chaupai, Doha, etc., etc., in Dadra taal, Rupak taal, Tivra taal, Deepchandi taal, Jhap-taal, Ek-taal, Chau-taal, Kaharva Taal, etc. For its musical innovation and originality of the authors, this Monumental work has established its own "Taruba Gharana," the first true Music Gharana outside India. He is presently working on his voluminous Musical and Poetic work "Sangeet Krishna-Ramayanyan."