A song I heard in one of the many hip, neon pink lit bars in Amsterdam that sent me straight back to a bhajan class that I didn't even remember having been forced into till then. I couldn't recognise the original bhajan, but I knew what I was hearing had Indian roots. But so did the people around me who had never listened to a bhajan in their lives. Read More
The Casteless Collective are more than just a band. They are a landmark in the progression of independent music in this country, a movement that is astutely political and all encompassing, and an idea that defiantly stands for a better India. Read More
. Pt. Ravi Shankar smiled, and bending a little forward into the microphone in a manner to not topple over his sitar, said, “Thank you. If you appreciate the tuning so much, I hope you will enjoy the playing more”. Read More
A show that makes Classical Music seem both impossibly difficult to master, and as easy as chopping vegetables Read More
Regardless of the changing material conditions, communist protest songs retain an important role in society for viewing the law critically rather than myopically, for inspiring rebellion in the face of autocracy and for striving to ensure the implementation of rights. Read More
For the first edition of the inCulture conversation, Anant Shah is joined... Read More
The next time you listen to Shakti, Miles Davis, Jacob Collier, Kumar Gandharva or Zakir Hussain you’ll realise that they are not randomly “jamming’ together. There’s a grammar, a structure and a technique that combines to produce the intense emotions you might feel on listening. Read More
I couldn’t show my fear, my frustrations, my weakness, but I needed an outlet. After spending countless nights listening to a certain angry blonde hip-hop icon narrate struggles far worse than my own, I finally found it. Read More