At a time when the acoustic tanpura is bidding a quiet adieu to the classical concert stage, a book Acoustical Analysis of the Tanpura, Indian Plucked String Instrument written by a team of physicists ...

A scientific rethink of a craft steeped in tradition, unencumbered by hallowed strictures, can shatter long-held beliefs, shed valuable insight, and provide interesting perspective. Dr. Bhushan M.

An curved arrow pointing right. The Sitarmakers of Miraj, India, have been crafting musical instruments out of pumpkins for almost 200 years. They are known for making the tanpura, a string instrument ...

Sharmila Tagore recently explored Dayanita Singh's Museum of Tanpura at the Indian Museum, a highlight of the Bengal Biennale. She was captivated by the candid black-and-white photographs of India's ...

CHENNAI : When the audience gathered for the virtual Library Talk by Dakshina Chitra Heritage Museum expected Jyothika KP to pick up a tanpura and play a song by tuning and twisting its strings, they ...

He recently registered his design under Intellectual Property Rights at Indian Patent Office. Although not a musician himself, Hari says he has been inspired by Yamaha’s approach towards designing ...

The plain white tag around the neck of the tanpura says simply: 1890, Miraj, Ustad Abdul Karim Khan. Around it, many more tanpuras stand tall, perched on their protuberant bases like awkward sentinels ...

THE TRIBUNE, India’s oldest, daily English-language newspaper, was first published on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan), and save for 40 days in the immediate aftermath of Partition, has ...

In a softly lit room in New Delhi, 19-year-old Suyash Bengani rises at 5 am and begins his riyaaz, the daily ritual that lies at the heart of Indian classical music. A student at Gandharva ...