The family that built Delhi’s iconic Khan Chacha is looking to a future away from it

Divorced from the Khan Chacha brand, the family of Haji Banda Hasan has started another food joint to revive its legacy.

Akhil Sood

· Apr 22, 2019 · 11:30 am

The release of ‘Gully Boy’ is a bittersweet moment for a stalwart of India’s hip-hop movement

Sez, who worked on some of the biggest hits of Divine and Naezy, is disheartened by the short shrift given to hip-hop producers.

Akhil Sood

· Feb 13, 2019 · 11:30 am

Why Farrokh Chothia finds more joy in his portraits of jazz legends than in his fashion photography

Featuring the likes of BB King, Miles Davis and Erykah Badu, the images were recently exhibited in Delhi.

Akhil Sood

· Dec 17, 2018 · 03:30 pm

Babloo Babylon: The rising underground musician from Jhumri Telaiya whose identity nobody knows

He is elusive, he remains anonymous, and he would rather let his music do the talking.

Akhil Sood

· Nov 20, 2018 · 11:30 am

After scoring several popular web series, Vaibhav Bundhoo is taking his music to live gigs

A self-taught artist, The Viral Fever’s music man is trying to capture a space similar to America’s Pharrell Williams.

Akhil Sood

· Sep 19, 2018 · 03:30 pm

With his new record, Prateek Kuhad does what he does best – create melodic, mushy earworms

‘cold/mess’ became the latest Indian independent music release to top the iTunes India all-genre album chart.

Akhil Sood

· Jul 25, 2018 · 03:30 pm

Sick of dubstep and Bollywood? This collective has the oddball, offbeat electronic music you want

Jwala wants to create a safe space for musical oddballs online. Their youngest member is sixteen.

Akhil Sood

· Aug 26, 2017 · 03:30 pm