Nikhil Banerjee: Raga Desi: Karmatullah Khan: All India Radio Archival:Feb 28 1965 :  

This is a recording of All India Radio. It is of good quality. Pandit Niklhil Banerjee is accompanied by Karmatullah Khan on Tabla.
Raga Desi or Deshi
Raga Desi
Thaat Asavari
Samay Late Morning
Swaras Used Komal Gandhar, Komal Dhaivat, and Komal Nishad. All other notes are Shuddha. Use of Shuddha Dhaivat is common.
Raga Desi or Desh differs from Raga Desh. Raga Desh which is more prevalent has following composition::
The raga is of Audav-sampurna nature, i.e., in its arohana (ascent) only five notes are used, whereas the avarohana (descent) uses all the seven notes. Shuddha Ni is used in the arohana, while Komal Ni (represented as ni below) is used in avarohana. All other swaras are shuddha.
Arohana: Ni Sa Re, Ma Pa Ni,Sa.
Avarohana: Sa ni Dha, Pa Dha Ma Ga Re, Pa Ma Ga, Re Ga Ni Sa.
Pakad: Re, Ma Pa Ni, Sa Re ni Dha Pa,ma Ga Re
The vadi swara is Re, and the samvadi is Pa.
February 28 1965