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Truly, the inspiration a musician gets seeing another listening intently makes for an inspired rendition. (Representational image/ Twitter)

Shailaja Khanna | My first brush with magical Marghazi

Realising that literally life stops for several hundred musicians of all types during these 30 days was awe inspiring

27 Feb 2022 1:14 AM IST

A Sacred Journey: The Kedara Kalpa Series of Pahari paintings & the Painter Purkhu of Kangra By B.N. Goswamy and Karuna Goswamy. (Amazon)

Book Review | A family of talented Pahari painters memorialised

The book is not merely about the paintings, (painted between 1800-1825 in Guler, or Kangra) but equally about the text...

29 Jan 2022 6:46 PM IST

Crafting a Future: Stories of Indian Textiles and Sustainable Practices By Archana Shah. (Amazon)

Book review | Scholarly tribute to our artisans and their textiles

The section on fashion links the relevance of the hand crafted tradition to environmental concerns and sustainability

2 Jan 2022 11:50 AM IST

Late Lalita Khanna. (DC Image)

Shailaja Khanna | Thank you, Mother, for the clarity and the music

Listening to musicians with her was a unique experience as she pointed out aspects of the music that no one else did

12 Dec 2021 3:05 AM IST

Tabla Solo by Pt. Sanju Sahai. (DC Photo)

Shailaja Khanna | What democracy' looks like in the world of classical...

With the lockdown, everything changed. This cosy circuit took no time to disintegrate

3 Oct 2021 12:30 AM IST

Interestingly, there were several famous female musicians in this category, including Gauhar Jaan, followed by Kesarbai, and still later by Begum Akhtar, who commanded huge fees, sometimes exceeding those of their male counterparts. Gauhar Jaan. (DC Image)

Shailaja Khanna | Temples, AIR, YouTube: Music's long evolution

In north India prior to 1950, the main patrons of the arts were the rulers

15 Aug 2021 2:08 AM IST

Ustad Wasifuddin Dagar. (Photo: Geetali Tare)

Shailaja Khanna | What kept the maestros going during pandemic

All the musicians have made the best of the pandemic, taken the restrictions imposed on them in their stride

4 July 2021 12:15 AM IST

Girija Devi singing in the intimate baithak style at Sankat Mochan temple, Banaras. RAKESH SINHA

Shailaja Khanna | Old-world musicians need a helping hand

The passing away of several senior musicians due to the virus is another cause of depression in the community

23 May 2021 12:05 AM IST

Banks worked mainly for R.D. Burman, (Banks terms him the Mozart of India ) Laxmikant Pyarelal, then Bappi Lahiri, till around the early 1990s. By arrangement

Chronicled, the incredible journey of India's shy, wry jazz king

Born in 1941 in war-torn Calcutta, Dambar Bahadur Budaprithi was re named Louiz to fit into the anglicised world of...

28 March 2021 9:48 AM IST

Padma Talwalkar (Photo: AVINASH PASRICHA)

Ragas in the morning, with the slowly emerging winter sun

The recent concert by Vidushi Padma Talwalkar was a true eye opener.

17 Feb 2020 2:07 AM IST

Nirmala Rajasekar at the concert (Photo: AVINASH PASRICHA)

A sublime saraswati veena baithak by Nirmala Rajasekar

Nirmala Rajasekar started her concert with a varnam in Raga Sahana, in Telugu, seeking divine grace.

12 Feb 2020 2:45 AM IST

Apparently, 20th generation representative Ustad Wasifuddin Dagars ancestors had received musical training from a disciple of Swami Haridas.

Of dhrupads and the musical tradition of Swami Haridas and Mian Tansen

Tansen's daughter Saraswati whom he taught, married a musician prince of repute Raja Misri Chand, of the Chandravanshi...

22 Jan 2020 7:12 AM IST