TM Krishna is now coming out with a Carnatic song that is in Chennai Tamil For Krishna, who has been trying to engage in cultural and socio-political discourses for some time, this presented a rare ...

The lyrical canvas of Carnatic music, usually associated with devotion, is being broadenedwith people penning songson diverse themes. One such, ‘Tamizh Mozhiye’, about the beauty and evolution of ...

Growing up in Chennai, I remember the game we used to play with our cousins and friends from other cities. It involved guessing the names of places by describing the characteristics they would have ...

Speaking at the traditional oriental convocation aka the Sadas of the Music Academy in 2020, Suresh Krishna, chairman, Sundaram Fasteners Ltd, made a strong case for striking a balance between lyrics ...

It’s a coming together of two internal and mutual conversations. Environmental activist Nityanand Jayaraman, the brain behind the idea to a large extent, had taken me on an early morning trip to the ...

When Maria sang, “how do you hold a moonbeam in your hand?” in the Sound of Music, she was probably talking about Harini Iyer. Her hair is slicked back with a pastel bandana and a flowy shirt. Her ...

Vocalist sister-duo Ranjani (left) and Gayatri sing at Vani Mahal in Chennai during the December music season. The buzz of soft, animated conversations makes way for applause as the curtain rises at ...

In a context where extremism is trying to destabilise democracy, and where vested interests are using geopolitical games to divide people, the story of migrants who survived civil war and ...

If Zarin Sharma-Daruwala were alive now, the sarod player would have been 71—a year younger to south Indian classical vocalist Suguna Varadachari, who celebrates her birthday today. The Mumbai-based ...

For 35 years, O.S. Arun has been a professional singer of Carnatic music, a classical genre popular in South India. It's an embellished form of singing frequently backed by the tanpura, a long-necked, ...