From Pumpkin to Sitar 

The Thanjavur or Tanjore Quartet of the early 19th century consisted of four brothers who made an enormous contribution to South Indian classical dance. In so doing, they also left a permanent...

Born in 1861 in Calcutta (now called Kolkata), Rabindranath Tagore was the most outstanding polymath of his age. In the West, he is mainly celebrated as a poet – he began writing...

It is generally believed that Indian classical music has its origins in the religious observances of the Aryan people who arrived in India some 3,000 years ago, pushing India’s local population, known...