Hindustani Music
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Kalyan Mukherjea, the master sarod player with a mathematician’s day job, as remembered by a student
Sumana Ramanan
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Listen: Songs from the film ‘Nagad Narayan’ composed by Hindustani violinist Shridhar Parsekar
Aneesh Pradhan
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Meet the Hindustani violinist who has spawned a rare all-women classical musical lineage
Malini Nair
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Listen: Seven film songs composed by tabla maestro Alla Rakha
Aneesh Pradhan
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What makes Venkatesh Kumar a rock star among Hindustani vocalists? A documentary has some answers
Malini Nair
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How are freedom and democracy reflected in Hindustani music practice? A tabla maestro’s reflections
Aneesh Pradhan
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Listen: Strolling past the chowk in Mumbai named after sitar maestro Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan
Aneesh Pradhan
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Listen: The music of Hariprasad Chaurasia and the story of the Vrindaban Gurukul he set up
Aneesh Pradhan
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Listen: The vocals of CR Vyas, who lends his name to a Chembur street
Aneesh Pradhan
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‘An instrument with no potential’: How Shivkumar Sharma went on to master the santoor
Susheela Misra
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Listen: Music and memories from the storied halls of the NCPA, which graces a corner of South Mumbai
Aneesh Pradhan
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Listen: The music of pathbreaking bansuri player Pannalal Ghosh, after whom a Malad street is named
Aneesh Pradhan
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Is thumri louche or evolved? 100 years on, a debate around the classical form still rages
Malini Nair
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Listen: A raag by bansuri player Malharrao Kulkarni, who lent his name to a Borivali street
Aneesh Pradhan
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Listen: Recordings by Ram Marathe, who is commemorated in a park and street in Thane
Aneesh Pradhan
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Meet the women who have made the cello an ‘Indian instrument’
Malini Nair
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Why khayal, with all its majesty, is content to sing of saas-bahu strife
Malini Nair
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For seven decades, Prabha Atre has been questioning her stellar musical legacy while upholding it
Malini Nair
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Listen: Given how diverse audiences can be, how do performers meet their expectations?
Aneesh Pradhan
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Listen: A Khadim Hussain Khan recording echoes the time musicians sat down to listen to their peers
Aneesh Pradhan