by Leslie Schneider | Apr 5, 2018 | Music
One of India’s foremost classical musicians, Rajeev Taranath is a master of the sarod. His career spanning over four decades, has drawn accolades from critics and audiences throughout the world. A distinguished disciple of the late legendary maestro Ustad Ali Akbar...
by Kishor Merchant | Apr 3, 2018 | Bandish Network
Friends belonging to the Ekswar group had arranged a sitar concert of an artist who I had known only through Facebook. The musical evening was arranged as an almost private baithak on a terrace with a cozy ambience. I had never met the musician before, and so I was...
by Geetika Pathania Jain | Mar 24, 2018 | Performing Arts
I noticed my mother had started to cry softly when we went to see Gurinder Chadha’s Partition era film The Viceroy’s House (2017). “Always, there is violence against women’s bodies,” she said, as if trying to make sense of the senseless. A line from the poetry of...
by Nina Buddhdev | Mar 22, 2018 | Bandish Network
A festival of classical and contemporary Indian music By Tara Arts and Sama Arts Earth floor – 7 concerts – 50 musicians over 3 days On the 50th anniversary of The Beatles’ trip to India, which revolutionised the perception of Indian music, Tara Theatre...
by Nina Buddhdev | Mar 14, 2018 | Bandish Network
Sharanjeet Singh Mand was a star science student in northern India who represented his high school at national competitions. He was also a fledgeling musician who never had time to attend his elective music class. One day, a frustrated teacher confronted Mand’s...
by Madina Khan | Feb 28, 2018 | Music
Imagine being raised as a child with the narrow, cluttered stretches of a dark backstage as your playground; bright lights and waves of booming applause tick as steady as a metronome through my memories. I had two homes: the home where I ate my cereal each morning and...
