Shakuntala Bharne is an Indian

vocalist Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define singi ...

, 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 (05 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. She was a ...

, 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 and

Konkani Bhasha Mandal __NOTOC__ Konkani may refer to: Language * Konkani language is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in the Konkan region of India. * Konkani alphabets, different scripts used to write the language **Konkani in the Roman script, one of the scripts used to ...

award. She also wrote the biography of Pt.

Prabhakar Karekar Pandit Prabhakar Karekar (1944 – 12 February 2025) was an Indian Hindustani classical vocalist, born in Goa, Portuguese India. He was awarded Tansen Samman in 2014 and Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in the year 2016. Background Prabhakar Janard ...

. 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 __NOTOC__ Konkani may refer to: Language * Konkani language is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in the Konkan region of India. * Konkani alphabets, different scripts used to write the language **Konkani in the Roman script, one of the scripts used to ...

, in 2014. In 2016, she performed at Vasant Bahar - Konkani Geetancho Haar, a Konkani musical programme. In 2017, she performed at ''Ghumttachem Fest'', in Socorro, Goa. 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

The Navhind Times ''The Navhind Times'' is an English language newspaper in Goa. Founded in 1963 and based in Panaji, the capital of Goa, it is the largest selling newspaper, amongst the three locally published English newspapers in the state. The other two be ...

' 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)