Soz literally means ‘burning’, the burning of grief. It belongs to a family of elegiac forms, marsiya, noha, salaam, soz — that developed together in Awadh, the Shia-ruled kingdom centred on Lucknow, ...

‘Varaha Roopam’ from ‘Kantara’ is composed by Ajaneesh B Lokesh. The song, however, is accused of having been lifted from an album made by Kerala’s Thaikkudam Bridge in 2015. ‘Navarasam’ is the title ...

Still She stands The Statue of Victory atop the dome of the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus peeks from the covers as it undergoes restoration work Metal matters Midhaven performs at a concert.

Their band Midhaven won the Indian competition to perform at the Wacken Open Air metal festival in Germany from July 29 to ...

People of Ettayapuram and their ‘king’ are fighting to reclaim the royal and compassionate legacy of ‘Ettappan’, which is now ...

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Tansen (Ramtanu Pandey) was born into a Hindu Brahmin (priestly class) family near Gwalior. It is said that he was slow to speak in his early childhood. However, he possessed a genius ear that allowed ...

Chennai-based Aishwarya Ravichandran traces her musical identity not to the recording studio but to years of rigorous Carnatic classical training ...

LANSDALE, PA-The Philadelphia Rajasthani Mandal (PARAM) has opened the Todi’s Place of Hope, a 20-bed supportive housing facility in Lansdale aimed at addressing homelessness in Montgomery County. The ...

Although S. Janaki received formal training in Carnatic music for less than a year, she went on to become perhaps the playback singer who rendered some of the finest film songs based on Carnatic ragas ...

A gaunt elderly woman, her face sombre and framed by wispy grey hair left loose over her shoulders, gazes out in the side-profile. She wears the unmistakable symbols of an upper caste elite woman from ...