Mian Tansen, born as Ramtanu Pandey in the late 15th century, stands as a legendary figure in the realm of...
A tiny one-bedroom flat tucked into a quieter lane of Chennai’s Mandavelli neighbourhood is something of a pilgrimage destination for...
Hindustani classical music, with its intricate melodies and emotive expressions, has been shaped over centuries by the diverse cultural and regional influences of the Indian subcontinent. At the heart of this musical tradition lies the concept of gharana, or musical lineage, which serves as a repository of knowledge, technique, and...
The sour golugu berries/And shark fish and mullet/When I eat the fish you appear in my dreams/My dark and handsome...
The plain white tag around the neck of the tanpura says simply: 1890, Miraj, Ustad Abdul Karim Khan. Around it,...
Even in a music community where young masters and child prodigies are now the norm, Ramana Balachandhran is a rarity. Something of a musical polymath, he chose to excel in the toughest and least popular of instruments – the veena. If you had dropped in at any of Ramana’s concerts...
Rabindranath Tagore is known worldwide as a poet, playwright, philosopher, and the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in...
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