• Newsletters
  • Gift Membership
Logo Logo
Take Scroll With You Download the app to read our award-winning journalism on the go and stay up-to-date with our notifications.
Get the app Get the app
ANDROID iOS
  • Home
  • Common Ground
  • The India Fix
  • Eco India
  • The Latest
  • The Reel
  • Magazine
  • Video
  • Trending
    • UK’s new rules for international students will worsen university finances
    • ‘I was astonished’: Valmik Thapar (1952–2025) on spotting one of his beloved tigers in the wild
    • Long shunned as too explicit, an Indian music genre is rising from the margins
    • Nature, who needs it? A writing adventure with Ranjit Hoskote at the Himalayan Writing Retreat
    • From the archives: How Raj Khosla and Guru Dutt struck up an instant friendship
    • This new cookbook has compiled heirloom recipes from every corner of India
    • ‘Sister Midnight’ review: Radhika Apte is a blast as a rebellious housewife with a dark side
    • From Assam to Haryana, arbitrary arrests of social media users make a mockery of the Constitution
    • ‘Andhar Maya’ review: An ancestral home in the Konkan is overrun by ghosts and greed
    • Aristotle would scoff at Mark Zuckerberg’s suggestion that AI can solve the loneliness epidemic
    • June fiction: Six new fiction titles by Indian writers that probe the unseen of everyday life
    • Maharashtra livestock commission asks animal markets to close during Bakri Eid week
  • Sections
    • Politics
    • Culture
    • India
    • World
    • Film and TV
    • Music
    • Books and Ideas
    • Business and Economy
    • Science and Technology
    • In Pictures
    • Announcements
    • Bookshop
    • The Field
    • Pulse
    • Elections 2024

Birds in Hindustani music

  • Listen: Hindustani songs in which the cry of the papiha reminds us of separated lovers

    Listen: Hindustani songs in which the cry of the papiha reminds us of separated lovers

    Aneesh Pradhan
    · Jun 27, 2020 · 07:00 am
  • Listen: Hindustani songs about the mythical garuda, associated with Vishnu and Krishna

    Listen: Hindustani songs about the mythical garuda, associated with Vishnu and Krishna

    Aneesh Pradhan
    · Jun 20, 2020 · 07:00 am
  • Listen: Mallikarjun Mansur sings the rare raag Vihang – the raag of the bird

    Listen: Mallikarjun Mansur sings the rare raag Vihang – the raag of the bird

    Aneesh Pradhan
    · Jun 13, 2020 · 07:00 am
  • Listen: The swan glides through melodies in the rarely-heard raag Hansakinkini

    Listen: The swan glides through melodies in the rarely-heard raag Hansakinkini

    Aneesh Pradhan
    · Jun 06, 2020 · 07:00 am
  • Listen: Compositions in raag Hamsadhvani, the sound of the swan

    Listen: Compositions in raag Hamsadhvani, the sound of the swan

    Aneesh Pradhan
    · May 30, 2020 · 08:00 am
  • Listen: A song of spring by Laxman Prasad Jaipurwale that resounds with the cry of the parrot

    Listen: A song of spring by Laxman Prasad Jaipurwale that resounds with the cry of the parrot

    Aneesh Pradhan
    · May 23, 2020 · 08:45 am
  • Listen: Hindustani melodies that echo with the cry of the peacock

    Listen: Hindustani melodies that echo with the cry of the peacock

    Aneesh Pradhan
    · May 16, 2020 · 08:00 am
  • Listen: Hindustani melodies in which the crow acts as a messenger for lovers

    Listen: Hindustani melodies in which the crow acts as a messenger for lovers

    Aneesh Pradhan
    · May 09, 2020 · 08:00 am
  • In the silence of lockdown, listen to Begum Akhtar and Ulhas Kashalkar sing about the koel

    In the silence of lockdown, listen to Begum Akhtar and Ulhas Kashalkar sing about the koel

    Aneesh Pradhan
    · May 02, 2020 · 08:00 am