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Musical Revival

A Bengaluru couple wants to save India’s tribal music – with a little help from urban artists

In their first project, Piyush Goswami and Akshatha Shetty have focused on Assam’s Biate tribe.

Sanskrita Bharadwaj
· Jan 19, 2019 · 11:30 am
Punjab’s pakhawaj is the ideal percussion instrument – so why did it lose out to the tabla?

Thanks to two masters, the pakhawaj is getting its groove back.

Vandana Shukla
· Sep 29, 2017 · 11:30 am
Meet the lawyer whose musical rendition of an old elegy to Imam Husain is leaving Indians teary-eyed

Askari Naqvi is re-contextualising Soz Khwani, or songs of lamentation, and presenting them outside their strictly religious setting.

Malini Nair
· Apr 20, 2017 · 11:30 am