Kanebua Pratishthan of Sangli, Maharashtra, recently streamed an unusual three-hour concert titled ‘Das Thaat,’ comprising 10 raags from the 10 ‘thaats’ or groups that Hindustani music is currently ...

Celebrations for Durga Puja and Navratri have begun across the country. Both festivals are devoted to the incarnations of Shakti, or the feminine divine force. Gauri happens to be one of the many ...

The ninth parent raag in the Hindustani scale, thaat Marwa, as enumerated by Pandit Vishnu Narayan Bhatkande, corresponds with the 53rd melakarta (parent raga) Gamanashrama of the Carnatic music scale ...

A few decades ago, no one could have guessed that the Gordon College student who listened to the sound of harmonium and ‘raag’ coming out from the maestro Qazi Zahurul Haq’s recording room would one ...

Characteristic features of Khamaj, the raag that has been the subject of discussion in this column over the past few weeks, are found in many other raags. In addition, it is also treated as a thaat or ...

Devotion, beauty and the opulence of love are the basis of Raga Khamaj which falls under the same thaat. Based on the theme, the murki or the ornamental beautification of the raga is formed. An ...