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The ‘Modern’ Guitar in India: A Short Historical Overview
Any music-making operates within a context, and it is important to identify the specific context, leading to the...
King of Melody, Lord of Rhythm: Lydian Nadhaswaram’s musical journey
Prelude Music lies deep within his bones. It pulses in each of his cells, tingles down his nerves,...
Reconciliation Through Music: Childhood Comics Come to Life
Ravi Shankar’s opera Sukanya receives its world premier with a four city UK tour in May 2017. The...
ONE DELHI RESIDENT FINALLY REACHES 50!
As a visitor to India, locals have told me that sometimes things don’t appear on digital maps where...
An Operatic Journey
Born and raised in the small town of Shillong, Meghalaya, I wasn’t blessed with the easiest access to...
Joe’s Violin, Mr. Holland’s Opus and Solveig’s Song
When we began our music charity for disadvantaged children Child’s Play India Foundation (www.childsplayindia.org), we made an appeal...
Sing like everyone’s watching
It’s a sunny afternoon in Delhi and I am wandering around the Qutub Minar with my cousin sister,...
Darwin Leonard Prakash: The Young Indian Opera Prodigy
The Summer of 2014 proved to be a wholly exciting and life changing time for Darwin Leonard Prakash,...