The Arabic word Ishq means love or passion. And Islamic tradition has many shades of ishq. Beset by gilded ornamental lamps, draped in fine shawls and indigenous block-printed ajrak, two brothers sit...
Why does India celebrate Teachers’ Day? For Baselia Neves, a primary English school teacher at a private school in Mumbai, a typical weekday morning involves waking up at 6:00 am, attending to...
Could Rasa and Bhava be the bedrock of modern-day Psychology? And how does music lead to religious enlightenment? It’s often said that the Indian artistic ethos is not fragmented or neatly...
There are spiritual reasons to wake up at this so-called ungodly hour. Keep calm and Riyaz on Western folklore has instilled in our minds that 3 am is the witching hour. However,...
Behind the scenes with Darbar’s sound engineer Christoph Bracher With so many moving parts in an artform driven by extempore, spontaneous performance, orchestrating an Indian classical music concert is no small feat....
In a world grappling with the aftermath of a pandemic and mental health crisis, what sounds can help most on our road to recovery? Emerging research has started to support what Indian...
*This story was made possible in collaboration with The Citizens Archive of Pakistan. Ustad Abdullah Khan is the last shehnai player to play the composition of Ustad Bismillah Khan in Pakistan. Following...