Heritage Arts
India Currents has championed the classical arts of India for the past 32 years. We have played a vital role in the existing cultural landscape of the diasporic Indian. Our Heritage Arts Initiative in partnership with the Bandish Network brings the finest of international opportunities, platforms and artists’ stories right at your digital doorstep. Check out some of our stories here.
A Royal Treasure Chest On View
As we browsed the museum shop, the Maharani of Indore looked down at us from her perch on the wall. Around her neck was an emerald necklace studded with the Indore Pears, two diamonds weighing almost 47 carats each. Under her gaze we waited for the docent-led tour to...
Vasundhara Gupta: From Kolkata To Boston
We’ve all heard the saying – music is truly universal. But, how many musicians can truly claim to “know” and “feel” the truth of this statement? Meet Vasundhara Gupta, young musician and sound designer from the Berklee School of Music in Boston – “...
The Veena Maker
Like most teenagers my age, I go to Google for answers. Several months ago when I turned to Google yet again, this time for information on veena makers, I realized that there is very little out there. While I found some YouTube videos on the art of veena making, there...
Unsung Heroine: Bridging Generations And Continents
Today, I lost my guru. And today, along with her, the world lost a deivam. Smt. Ranganayaki Rajagopalan was more than a guru to me. She was a caretaker and a soldier, a giver and a fighter, a pillar in the fortress of Carnatic music. As a disciple of the...