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.
The Soulful Singing Of Begum Akthar
I remember the first time when I heard her voice. I was in my teens, the ghazal: Ai mohabbat tere anjaam pe rona aaya used to play at our home often. I used to wait for my dad to look away and change the player to Elvis Presley’s Heartbreak hotel, ABBA or Connie...
Harmonious blend of Hinduism, Buddhism, Shinto strains in Japan
The 900 year old Sanjusangen-do Zen temple in Kyoto Sanjusangen-do (Built in 1164 CE and reconstructed in 1266 after a fire broke out) is a Buddhist temple in Kyoto that’s guarded by around 1000- Armed Human sized statues of Kannon, the Japanese Goddess of...
Are Competitions Beneficial For The Music Aspirant?
Helping your children pursue Indian classical music and sustaining their interest through years of training and performance is no easy task. In the concluding part of her article on classical music education in America. musician Rajeswari Satish has laid out many...
Kabir meets Miles Davis at Stanford Jazz 2019
The weather in Central Maharashtra, said Jim Nadel, Artistic Director and Founder of Stanford Jazz Workshop, was about the same as outside, in Palo Alto, California. This seemed a fitting setting for the Indian Jazz Journey on June 23rd, and attendees were welcomed...