Hindustani Music
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Anna, Bhai and Tai: Memories of a life in melody with Mallikarjun Mansur
Sunita Deshpande
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For tabla players, a singular festival honouring a singular maestro has become a pilgrimage site
Malini Nair
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Listen: How tabla players accompany tappa vocal performances
Aneesh Pradhan
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Listen: The monsoon imagery of jhoola compositions
Aneesh Pradhan
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Listen: How tabla players accompany songforms that celebrate the monsoon
Aneesh Pradhan
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With dance, music and humour, a hit play has brought to life the legend of Tansen
Malini Nair
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By mixing Carnatic and Hindustani, Mysore’s kings helped create a unique body of music
Malini Nair
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Hindustani stalwart Amarnath’s path to musical glory ran through the carnage of the Partition
Malini Nair
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‘A storm in an ocean’: Hindustani vocalist Kumar Gandharva refused to be bound by orthodoxy
Aditi Deo
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Listen: Renditions of dhamaar by Faiyaz Khan and other maestros
Aneesh Pradhan
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Listen: How the tabla is used to accompany the chaiti folk form
Aneesh Pradhan
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Listen: Two tracks featuring bol banaav thumris set to Jat taal
Aneesh Pradhan
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Listen: How different tabla players colour the rhythmic canvas their own way playing the same taal
Aneesh Pradhan
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Listen: Begum Akhtar and the bonhomie and respect enjoyed by her accompanists
Aneesh Pradhan
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Listen: How tabla players are able to enter into unrehearsed dialogue with featured soloists
Aneesh Pradhan
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Interview: At 91, sarod maestro Rajeev Taranath has not stopped pursuing musical excellence
P Satya
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Listen: Is PR activity in Hindustani music really a new phenomenon?
Aneesh Pradhan
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‘I’m a small man but my music is huge’: Wasifuddin Dagar on the AR Rahman plagiarism row
Malini Nair
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Why is Punjab, a land of sublime classical music, known only for bhangra?
Malini Nair
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Kalyan Mukherjea, the master sarod player with a mathematician’s day job, as remembered by a student
Sumana Ramanan