Music
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How the bawdy, irreverent songs of kajari and hori have resisted being tamed
Chandranshu Yadav Pratyay Nath
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‘The Scattered Court’: Meticulous archival research reconstructs the musical afterlife of the Empire
Ankush Pal
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Humans are hardwired to sing and dance and it is great for us
Elinor Harrison , The Conversation
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How an 86-year-old music store has helped Kolkata stay in touch with ‘everything musical’
Pratyay Nath
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Always near extinction, the rudra veena accidentally found a lifeline in a young sculptor
Malini Nair
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‘Bread of Angels’: Musician-poet Patti Smith’s intimate new memoir is a quest for her true self
Liz Evans, The Conversation
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What would Bob Marley think about the war on Gaza?
Luis Dias
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Love, memory and continuity: Ramesh Shotham on the themes that make his latest album special
Ramesh Shotham
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Jini Dinshaw (1930-2025): A one-woman institution for whom music was life itself
Aarefa Johari
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Three Indian rappers whose music serves as resistance and as record
Meenakshi Narayanan Tanya Mittal
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Sarngadeva Samaroh: A model for curating performing arts festivals?
Kunal Ray
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How Hindustani vocalist Narayanrao Vyas became a record-breaking superstar in the early 20th century
Malini Nair
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Why musician Zubeen Garg’s death has unleashed a storm of anger in Assam
Rokibuz Zaman
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From the memoir: Ghatam player Sumana Chandrashekar recalls the first calling of the clay pot
Sumana Chandrashekar
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In Panjim, listening to bird song and the sound of hope
Luis Dias
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The sound of touch: How a Dalit artist is reclaiming the beats of the ‘untouchable’ tamate drum
Shruthi Menon
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Hindustani music’s decline in Pakistan began the day the nation was born
Malini Nair
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How TM Krishna turned Emperor Ashoka’s ‘environmental’ messages into music
Nayanjot Lahiri TM Krishna
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Using negativity to drive forward: One-handed pianist Nicholas McCarthy conquers the classical world
Luis Dias
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How Sudha Raghuraman is challenging the old hierarchies of Bharatanatyam
Malini Nair