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Shailaja Khanna
Shailaja Khanna | What makes this festival in Kashi a treat for the soul
Performing at the temple is not easy — the recitals are interrupted by temple rituals at midnight and the break of dawn
15 May 2022 12:12 AM
Shailaja Khanna | Timeless ebullience and other musical secrets
This is the fascinating story of the origins of dance; a story that was preserved in stone and text over the centuries
10 Apr 2022 1:44 AM
Shailaja Khanna | My first brush with magical Marghazi
Realising that literally life stops for several hundred musicians of all types during these 30 days was awe inspiring
27 Feb 2022 1:14 AM
Book Review | A family of talented Pahari painters memorialised
The book is not merely about the paintings, (painted between 1800-1825 in Guler, or Kangra) but equally about the text that inspired them
29 Jan 2022 6:46 PM
Book review | Scholarly tribute to our artisans and their textiles
The section on fashion links the relevance of the hand crafted tradition to environmental concerns and sustainability
02 Jan 2022 11:50 AM
Shailaja Khanna | Thank you, Mother, for the clarity and the music
Listening to musicians with her was a unique experience as she pointed out aspects of the music that no one else did
12 Dec 2021 3:05 AM
Shailaja Khanna | What ‘democracy’ looks like in the world of classical music
With the lockdown, everything changed. This cosy circuit took no time to disintegrate
03 Oct 2021 12:30 AM
Shailaja Khanna | Temples, AIR, YouTube: Music’s long evolution
In north India prior to 1950, the main patrons of the arts were the rulers
15 Aug 2021 2:08 AM
Shailaja Khanna | What kept the maestros going during pandemic
All the musicians have made the best of the pandemic, taken the restrictions imposed on them in their stride
04 Jul 2021 12:15 AM
Shailaja Khanna | Old-world musicians need a helping hand
The passing away of several senior musicians due to the virus is another cause of depression in the community
23 May 2021 12:05 AM
Chronicled, the incredible journey of India’s shy, wry jazz king
Born in 1941 in war-torn Calcutta, Dambar Bahadur Budaprithi was re named “Louiz” to fit into the anglicised world of nightclubs
28 Mar 2021 9:48 AM
Ragas in the morning, with the slowly emerging winter sun
The recent concert by Vidushi Padma Talwalkar was a true eye opener.
17 Feb 2020 2:07 AM
A sublime saraswati veena baithak by Nirmala Rajasekar
Nirmala Rajasekar started her concert with a “varnam” in Raga Sahana, in Telugu, seeking divine grace.
12 Feb 2020 2:45 AM
Of dhrupads and the musical tradition of Swami Haridas and Mian Tansen
Tansen’s daughter Saraswati whom he taught, married a musician prince of repute — Raja Misri Chand, of the Chandravanshi Rajput lineage.
22 Jan 2020 7:12 AM
‘I dance for myself; my body and spirit is the vessel of my art’
Malavika is a most effective communicator, extremely lucid and cerebral, apart from having an easily perceivable highly evolved sensitivity.
02 Jan 2020 1:32 AM
A Classical Christmas
Indian Classical musicians too happen to be in a festive mood, and they have their repertoire to show for it.
27 Dec 2019 1:03 AM
A guitarist’s journey, and the genesis of his pushpaveena
On Saraswati Puja day, the instrument finally took shape, and I named it pushpaveena, in the honour of the goddess.
18 Dec 2019 2:16 AM
Paramparik festival looks to promote Indian classical music
The next concert was by Waseem Ahmed Khan, grandson of Ustad Ata Hussain Khan of the Agra gharana.
10 Dec 2019 5:37 AM
The legacy of the sarod
In the capital, the baton of a musical tradition is passed on to the next generation in spellbinding fashion.
05 Dec 2019 12:23 AM
Four masters and two jugalbandis in New Delhi
The main piece with “aalap” and “thanam” was again in a raga common to both systems — Jaijaiwanti, adopted in Carnatic music as Dwijawanti.
28 Nov 2019 2:28 AM
Columns
The move has created a gap of six years between parallel ranks in the IAS and IPS, and IPS officers are upset at this 'unprecedented' order
The Tokyo summit was the second in-person meeting of the four leaders
Bandi Sanjay was able to bring Central funds to the extent of Rs 5,458 crore for various developmental projects in his constituency
Like the 1770 famine which heralded the West’s arrival on Indian soil, the British departure from the East too saw the worst of all famines