Despite Delhi’s love for music, why don’t more concerts happen with bigger acts in the city? Is it the people, the tax hurdles, or the bureaucracy? Delhi may seem like it has it all in terms of entertainment, but when it comes to live music its residents are less fortunate than its siblings. Enjoying music […]

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How popular songs in Bhojpuri legitimise sexual harassment. Earlier this month another case of a viral video of a girl being molested in Nalanda district of Bihar was reported. Within a span of three months, it’s the third such case. Earlier videos of girls being molested in Jehanabad and Gaya went viral in April and […]

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Spending a few moments with Bombay Jayashri is not only enlightening but also delightful “Nightingale of the South” Bombay Jayashri with her molten voice is India’s unofficial ambassador of Carnatic vocal music, reaching out to fans of her film songs, Sanskrit shloka recitations and devotional pieces in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, and Hindi. She also […]

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Music in the moonlight What: Indulge yourself in an enchanting evening of music this weekend. Teamwork Arts presents a special concert, ‘Under the Banyan Tree on a Full Moon Night’ which will showcase traditional classical and folk music. The artist will be performing under the banyan tree with the minarets of the Qutub Minar in […]

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Informal jamming sessions of the Delhi Drum Circle keep hearts beating and audiences mesmerised during hot summer afternoons A teenage boy, intending to spend a quiet evening at a café, sat in a corner reading a Murakami novel. Unexpectedly, a trickle of people started arriving—some with musical instruments, some without. For the next few hours, […]

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The concept of Mile Sur worked when born, failed when reborn. It can’t strike strike a chord with a generation which sees celebrities every day on the small screen Three decades separate two generations in India. One grew up on musical homilies on national integration on Doordarshan. The other trolls or fawns a cross-section of […]

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