Music
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Dhrupad has been evicted from Dilli
For decades, Dhrupad had one address in Delhi – 379, Asiad Village. Wasifuddin Dagar’s eviction from the house has severed a treasured link with the past.
S Anand & Pramathesh Ambasta
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Why world music owes an immense debt to Ravi Shankar’s Concerto for Sitar and Orchestra
As the world belatedly celebrates the sitarist’s 100th birth anniversary, a look back at the oustized influence of his first concerto.
Malini Nair
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An Ambedkarite is interweaving Buddha’s teachings with dhrupad in a leap of artistic faith
S Anand, the founder of publishing house Navayana, is trying to break away from the body of Hindustani bandishes that remain stuck in antiquity.
Malini Nair
Trending
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Watch: Madhuri Dixit does the viral ‘My Money Don’t Jiggle Jiggle’ dance trend on Instagram
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Data check: Rafael Nadal goes past Roger Federer’s record for most men’s singles wins at a Major
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Does US have evidence of aliens visiting us on Earth?
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Monkeypox: How does it spread, what are the risks, and how is it treated?
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VPN service providers can leave India if they choose not to collect user data, says IT minister
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Is thumri louche or evolved? 100 years on, a debate around the classical form still rages
Tracing the history of arguments around thumri is like tracing the history of feminism.
Malini Nair
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How a music form inspired by the songs of camel drivers of Punjab-Sindh became popular in Bengal
The story of tappa maps fascinating cultural and social shifts spanning over four centuries.
Malini Nair
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What happens when a classical musician gets off the concert stage to perform at a site of activism?
A series titled Blue Planet is documenting performances of Hindustani and Carnatic musicians at vulnerable public spaces around India.
Malini Nair
Video
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‘We will stop you!’: Activists sing to disrupt oil company Shell’s annual general meeting in London
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Watch: New York City removes its last public telephone booth, an era comes to an end
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Watch: Volcano Mount Etna erupts, spewing lava into the sky and down the mountain
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Watch: Texas lawmaker suggests arming teachers, police presence in schools to prevent shootings
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‘Manchester United are rubbish’: BBC trainee learning how to write ticker text makes it to live TV
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Long unsung and marginalised, Indian women percussionists are finally making themselves heard
In the sexist world of Indian classical music, percussion is considered a virile art. A few good women have set themselves up to challenge this notion.
Malini Nair
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Meet the women who have made the cello an ‘Indian instrument’
Saskia Rao-de Haas and Nancy Lesh have, in their own ways, brought the instrument to the Hindustani concert stage.
Malini Nair
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After an unbroken run of 87 years, India’s oldest classical music magazine is facing a bleak future
Published out of Hathras, ‘Sangeet’ has been a cheerful chronicler of an esoteric world. But with just 650 subscribers left, how long can it last?
Malini Nair
The Reel
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Watch: ‘The Gray Man’ stars Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, Dhanush and Ana de Armas
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‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ trailer: Christian Bale joins Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman
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‘Zollywood’ trailer: Marathi film about Vidarbha’s theatre scene is coming soon to cinemas
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Watch: Teaser of new ‘Mission: Impossible’ film ‘Dead Reckoning Part One’ is out
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The highs and highs of Jatin-Lalit’s Hindi film soundtracks
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Why khayal, with all its majesty, is content to sing of saas-bahu strife
To the outsider, the words may seem banal. But to the khayaliya, the poetics are not for literary flash – they are pegs to pin the sweep of the raga’s canvas.
Malini Nair
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For seven decades, Prabha Atre has been questioning her stellar musical legacy while upholding it
The oldest practitioner of the Kirana gharana is often called a rebel, reformer, re-interpreter – and for good reason.
Malini Nair
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The tumult in Afghanistan threatens to silence the musical legacy that gave India so much
The cultural interplay between India and Afghanistan transformed the rabab into the sarod and inspired klasik music. What happens to this heritage now?
Malini Nair
The Field
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Premier League: As Chelsea FC sale gets approved, what next after the Roman Abramovich era?
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‘An innings we’ll never forget’: Reactions to Rajat Patidar’s incredible IPL playoff century for RCB
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IPL 2022 Eliminator, LSG vs RCB as it happened: Patidar, Harshal star as RCB win by 14 runs
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Cricket: India to face England, Australia away as ICC announces match-ups for Women’s Championship
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Indian football: Sethu FC take on defending champions Gokulam Kerala in IWL final