When dance captures the stillness in movements
The Platform 2025 in Bengaluru showcased January Lows Pending and Sooraj Subramaniams Reflections of an Indian Dancer, both of which shared a theme but explored it differently.
Reviving the desi Mohiniyattam repertoire
Hridya Haridas, a disciple of Nirmala Panicker, added a novel folk element to his performance
Madurai R Muralidharans take on Kalidasas play stood out for its visualisation and teamwork
Metal band The Down Troddence drops the first track Maharani from its new album AYAKTIHIS
The Down Troddence returns with Maharani, featuring TM Krishna, discussing their evolved sound, politics, and dreams for the future
Between Flowers: OAFFs musical journey through love and loss
Composer and singer Kabeer Kathpalia, aka OAFF, who released his debut album Between Flowers, delves into the emotional core of his album
Singer Indrani Mukherjee on how thumri creates a visual poetry
Indrani Mukherjee began engaging with the musical form drawn by its expressive power.
How rare musical genres link the past and the present
At a seminar held recently at NCPA in Mumbai, musicians and scholars discussed the history and aesthetics of tappa and tarana and other stylised forms of Hindustani music.
Young dancer Aishwarya Balasubramanian impresses with her mature approach
Bharatanatyam dancer Aishwarya Balasubramanian explored well the emotions of a nayika.
Austria celebrates 200 years of musical legacy ofwaltz kingJohann Strauss II
Vienna is marking the bicentenary with special events, concerts and exhibitions, and even an Austrian Airlines aeroplane emblazoned with a portrait of Strauss and his violin
Ed Sheeran finds the sum of India in Delhi, closing his Mathematics Tour on the perfect high
Armed with nothing but a loop pedal, a guitar, and an unmistakable voice that shifted effortlessly between hushed confessions to stadium-sized wails, Ed Sheeran bid India farewell at his last concert in the capital last night
