Raga

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Film
Chaiyya Chaiyya: Sufi-inspired lyrics of the Dil Se train scene

The train-top dance made Chaiyya Chaiyya famous. Beneath that public spectacle sits a lyric image drawn from Sufi…

June 27, 2026
Rudra Veena
Zia Mohiuddin Dagar: the maestro of Dhrupad and Rudra Veena

Zia Mohiuddin Dagar—a distinguished Hindustani musician—was a master of the Dhrupad genre which dates back to the 15th…

May 27, 2023
Sarod
Amjad Ali Khan: the revered classical player whose ancestors canonized the sarod

Ustad Amjad Ali Khan is among the most honored Indian virtuosos whose musical skill was nurtured in the tradition of…

May 12, 2022
Meditation
Rudra Veena: evolution of the instrument and Lydian mood of the Yaman raga

Rudra veena is a string instrument originating from the Indian subcontinent where different types of veena have existed…

July 26, 2021
Male Vocal
Vasantrao Deshpande's musical career sparked by Begum Akhtar

Vasantrao Deshpande was an eminent Indian artist best known for his contributions to vocal classical music and the…

April 21, 2021
Meditation
Kumar Gandharva and the perseverance of musical spirit over disease

Kumar Gandharva was an eminent vocalist who sang Hindustani ragas and Carnatic devotional songs while also exploring…

March 5, 2021
Swarmandal
Kishori Amonkar reclaimed her lost voice with Ayurveda

Kishori Amonkar was one of the most respected classical vocalists of the Hindustani tradition who intensively developed…

January 14, 2021
Male Vocal
First musical steps of Bhimsen Joshi

Bhimsen Joshi was a highly regarded vocalist who organically combined all aspects of Indian classical music, be it…

December 10, 2020
Violin
The art of Carnatic violin by Lalgudi Jayaraman

Lalgudi Jayaraman was an Indian violinist whose impeccable performing technique, coupled with his deep understanding of…

November 5, 2020
Bansuri
Hindustani flute by Ronu Majumdar brings meditative mood to classical ragas

Ronu Majumdar is the most influential Indian flutist of our time whose impressive output touches upon most aspects of…

July 12, 2020
Meditation
Navkar Mantra: meaning and concept behind the most essential Jains chant

Chanting or reciting of the Navkar Mantra is a fundamental spiritual practice of Jainism, an ancient Dharmic religion…

June 21, 2020
Sitar
Bhatkhande: the man who canonized music theory that introduced Indian classics to the West

Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande was an Indian sitarist and major musicologist who, in the early 20th century, developed a…

June 7, 2020
Sitar
Early 1930s recordings of classical sitar by Enayat Khan

Enayat Khan was an iconic musician of the early 20th century, representing the fifth generation of the Etawah gharana…

May 3, 20201 comment
Music Theory
Mixolydian mode: famous examples in classical and pop music

In the 17th century, the major and minor scales became the basis for almost all classical music compositions. This…

April 5, 202013 comments
Sitar
The first-ever concerto for sitar and Western orchestra was dedicated to glorious music teacher Allauddin Khan by his most successful pupil

Released in 1971, Concerto for Sitar & Orchestra was the first-ever recording to feature Indian classical music in a…

March 18, 2020
Music Theory
Microtonality: the variety of approaches to microtonal music in world cultures

In theory, microtonal music describes a piece that contains one or more intervals measuring below a semitone. Although…

February 19, 2020
Sarod
Sakhawat Hussain's sarod cast a magical spell rooted in the Afghan rubab traditions

Sakhawat Hussain Khan was an Indian musician whose outstanding performing technique on sarod could serve as a starting…

February 12, 2020
Technologies
Gauhar Jaan: India's first-ever recorded musician

The first-ever recording of Indian music was made by Fred Gaisberg, an American musician and engineer traveling around…

January 7, 20201 comment
Sitar
The world's first sitar recording by Imdad Khan

In 1904, the Gramophone Company sent its team to India in order to record the best Hindustani classical musicians and…

November 3, 20192 comments
Sarod
The mohan veena: classic instrument developed by Radhika Mohan Maitra is a child of veena, sarod, and sitar

Radhika Mohan Maitra was an outstanding Bengali musician who enriched the Hindustani classical tradition by not only…

October 2, 20192 comments
Sitar
The tapped harmonics of Balaram Pathak's sitar

Balaram Pathak was not only one of the most talented Indian classical musicians of the 20th century but also the mind…

August 27, 2019
Veena
Muthuswami Dikshitar: South Indian composer and poet who embellished Carnatic repertoire 200 years ago

Muthuswami Dikshitar was the most influential Indian composer representing Carnatic tradition which is most present in…

July 27, 20192 comments
Veena
Sundaram Balachander: the veena musician and filmmaker who introduced Carnatic culture to the world

The veena is the oldest string instrument of the Indian subcontinent, first mentioned in the Rigveda dating back to…

June 25, 2019
Sitar
The sitar virtuoso who introduced Indian classic to the British parliament

Budhaditya Mukherjee is one of the brightest virtuosos who to this day refines the rich legacy of Hindustani classics…

May 26, 20191 comment
Shehnai
Shehnai oboe and its greatest virtuoso proclaimed the Indian Independence Act of 1947

For several centuries most ceremonial or festive events in India, Pakistan, and Nepal have been accompanied by lively…

April 24, 2019
Sarangi
The Hindustani maestro who arranged the Sārangī fiddle for a classical solo

The sārangī fiddle, mainly used on the Indian subcontinent, is perhaps one of the most complex bowed string instruments…

March 22, 2019
Sitar
Vilayat Khan enriched his sitar technique by giving it human voice

Brilliant sitar player Vilayat Khan is broadly known in India and worldwide as a prominent maestro of the Hindustani…

January 22, 20191 comment
Violin
The fifth string of the Maihar school lead violin

For more than a century, the tiny town of Maihar—now the de facto cradle of the Indian Classical—has been breathing…

November 23, 20181 comment
Sarod
Vasant Rai's fretless guitar arrangements for Indian classical

Vasant Rai (1942-1985) was one of the world's most acclaimed masters of Indian music. Born in Unjha, in the province of…

September 22, 2018
Sarod
Malkauns night music was composed to tame Shiva's dance

Malkauns is one of the oldest music pieces in North Indian tradition that equivalent to Hindolam raga of Carnatic…

September 5, 2018