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Aneesh Pradhan
Aneesh Pradhan is a regular Scroll.in contributor
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Listen: A Khadim Hussain Khan recording echoes the time musicians sat down to listen to their peers
The presence of musicians in the audience could provide a different perspective to listening and could even guide lay listeners through their responses.
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How should musicians react when politicians interrupt their concerts?
A speech by BJP leader Jyotiraditya Scindia in the middle of a performance in Gwalior sparked a discussion about disruptive behaviour.
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Tracks by Begum Akhtar, Bade Ghulam Ali Khan show how audiences respond to great performances
How do reactions by listeners effect musicians?
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Trending
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Watch: Tiger drags safari vehicle backwards in Bengaluru’s Bannerghatta park
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Sushant Singh death: Republic TV, Times Now reporting ‘prima facie contemptuous’, says Bombay HC
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Watch: Beyoncé’s daughter Blue Ivy dances with contagious energy
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Australia vs India, Brisbane Test: Rain, thunderstorm in weather forecast for Day 5 at Gabba
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Watch: Akash Banerjee’s new satirical video on why Arnab Goswami’s leaked chats are ‘fake’
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Listen: Vidyadhar Vyas and other muscians explain Hindustani music on the Sangeet Sarita radio show
The programme on Vividh Bharati ran for 250 episodes.
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Listen: What is the association between Hindustani music and film music based on raags?
Discussing these links could help us understand techniques and aesthetics of composition for film songs.
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Listen: An introduction to the poetry of the ashtapadi form
These poems of eight stanzas have primarily been part of the repertoire of Gwalior gharana singers.
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Video
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Oath Keepers, neo-Nazi tattoos, and more: This video decodes symbols spotted at the US Capitol siege
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Watch: Recap of Kamala Harris’s journey from being a presidential candidate to the US VP
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Caught on camera: ‘New Yorker’ journalist followed Trump’s supporters as they stormed the US Capitol
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‘You can’t enforce non-law’: Trader Joe’s manager rejects entry to spirited anti-mask protestors
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‘Teddy bear mama’: This woman from Hungary has collected over 20,000 teddy bears
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Listen: Begum Akhtar and other greats sing compositions in Braj bhasha
The majority of dhrupad, dhamar, khayal and thumri-dadra compositions and seasonal song forms like chaiti, kajri, jhoola, use this Hindi dialect.
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Listen: Vasantrao Deshpande and Veena Sahasrabuddhe sing khayals that use Urdu
Many traditional compositions use more than one language, suggesting the composers’ ability to look beyond narrow geographical and political boundaries.
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Listen: This track by Omkarnath Thakur shows that his guru VD Paluskar did not sanitise song texts
The educationist has been accused – unfairly – of scrubbing the music of erotic song-texts.
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The Reel
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‘Gandii Baat’ trailer: AltBalaji erotic thriller series is now into season six
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‘The Legend of Hanuman’ trailer: Animated series features the voice of Sharad Kelkar
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‘Mission Frontline’ trailer: Rana Daggubati anchors a tribute to the Border Security Force
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How Netflix series ‘Bridgerton’ adapted the period costume drama for the digital age
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Last chance to watch: Documentaries and animated films about women and nature
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Listen: Patiala gharana maestro Bade Ghulam Ali Khan sings a bandish in Punjabi
A new series focusing on compositions that use different languages in song-texts for khayal, thumri, tappa or tarana compositions.
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Listen: Mishra Bhairavi by Ram Narayan, raagsagar by Zarin Sharma and more
The last part of a series on Hindustani raags that use two varieties of the same swara chromatically.
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Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, Padmavati Shaligram Gokhale and Shivkumar Sharma perform raag Shuddha Sarang
Explorations of the afternoon raag.
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The Field
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I-League: Coach Stanley Rozario parts ways with Aizawl FC to be there for daughter’s wedding
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Tennis: Davis Cup Finals increased to 11 days to ease burden on players, teams to be reduced
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Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy: Unbeaten Baroda reach knockouts, defending champs Karnataka remain in hunt
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ISL: Goalkeeper Debjit Majumder stars as ten-man East Bengal hold Chennaiyin to goalless draw
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India vs England: Hosts to name squad for first two Tests on Tuesday, Virat Kohli set to return