History bears testimony to the fact that a number of musical instruments, which earlier on had originated from a particular country, were used later by the people of another geographical regions where ...

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CHENNAI: Tunes of the shehnai used in the interludes of the song Tum Tak from the film Raanjhnaa still linger in our minds and ears. In fact, the composer A R Rahman had used tunes from the instrument ...

Varanasi/Old Bhojpur (Bihar): On a ragged piece of cardboard, in a disintegrating shop in Godhuliya, a particularly congested part of Varanasi, sits Mohammad Safi. In a city that was once home to ...

Bismillah Khan, 90, a master of the Indian wind instrument called the shehnai, died Monday of a heart attack in the Hindu holy city of Varanasi, India. He had been in failing health for several months ...

CHAKWAL, Dec 31: A local Shehnai artist is gaining international and local acclaim as his videos are now available on YouTube and members of his troupe have performed in Coke studio. And it is all ...

When was the last time you saw a shehnai vaadak (player) playing at a wedding? Shehnai-has-always-been-considered-auspicious-at-Indian-wedding-ceremonies-Photo-Shutterstock While the instrument has ...

“He gave a purpose to my life by making the shehnai an inseparable part of it,” says Pt. Shailesh Bhagwat talking about his celebrated guru Ustad Bismillah Khan. “For 40 long years, I followed him ...