Ajab duniya, jaariya kahan hai?/Jaan paryo na maika aage ke paachhe re, Baithe jyo guni yeh hain, poochhat inaso mein/...
If music were charted on a gender spectrum, popular theory has it that the dhrupad would fall on the masculine...
“The melodic character of Indian music and the harmonic character of Western music are like oil and water. They will not mix…Nor should there be any fear that one will harm the other.” — Sitar maestro Ravi Shankar, 1967, The Life and Music of Ravi Shankar, Oliver Craske Four years...
What is Indian classical music? A typical answer will mention ragas, talas, sitars, tablas, and now konnakol: as the most clearly...