In one of the more memorable and surreal scenes offered in a recent film, an Indian boy adrift at sea uneasily watches a menacing Bengal tiger, a fellow shipwreck survivor with whom his fate is ...

Carnatic music does not reward haste. It demands patience, discipline and loyalty to lineage. As the Hyderabad Tyagaraja Aradhana Music Festival (HTAMF) marked its 11th edition in January 2026, the ...

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Hyderabad: Carnatic music can look like a world of polish and perfection from the audience, but the ongoing Hyderabad Tyagaraja Aradhana Music Festival (HTAMF) has shown another side too, the years of ...

American violinist Ariana Kim visits India to explore Carnatic music The violin has a storied place in so much of European classical music. But sometime in the 17th century, it began to intrigue ...

At a modest house in Plymouth, the best veena player in North America goes about her busy schedule. Amid teaching a select set of students and organizing her global concert itinerary — including a ...

DOCTOR Lushen Govender is pioneering the integration of Carnatic music into mental health treatment. Drawing from his expertise as both a medical doctor and accomplished veena player, Govender aims to ...

In the world of classical music, Ranjani and Gayatri are RaGa, the Carnatic collective name that has come to define the genre through their musical eloquence and their stance against accusations of ...

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, ...