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 ...

The 17th-century Ragamala painting of Darbari Kanada beautifully captured the grandeur of the raag. On the painting was inscribed a Sanskrit shloka from the ancient treatise Sangeet Darpan that ...

Chhayanaut's two daylong (December 18-19) Classical Music Festival 2014 wrapped up on a high note. The nightlong concluding session of the festival featured many evocative moments. Bishwajit Roy ...

Going by its nomenclature, one would think the 45 melakarta which is placed in the Vasu chakra (wheel connoting ashtavasus or eight deities operating in Nature) in the third number, is an auspicious ...

Mukesh was most emotionally bonded to this tune, so all we will do is look at his songs engaging with this raag in films. In his fascinating book, Windows To The Soul: And Other Essays on Music, Manek ...

The lay of the land: Raag Darbari, greeted with silence when first published, is a modern classic. Shivpalganj proper was in Vaidyaji’s sitting room.” An entire village prised open in a single, terse ...

Indian Classical music is being used to affect miraculous cures, for quicker post operative recovery, treating infertility, preventing natal handicaps in new-born. ALLAHABAD: Raga Jogiya, Bhairavi, ...