While driving from Brisbane to Sydney apart from feasting my eyes on the beautiful images of the rich countryside sign boards that simply said Stop rest revive at regular intervals also caught my atte ...

A raga that instantly sets off a meditative and intense mood when handled is Hamsanandi. This raga is easy to identify even for an untrained listener since it's notes are so peculiarly aligned and ...

Sohini Ramachandran was 15 years old when she first walked into mathematical geneticist Marcus Feldman’s laboratory at Stanford University. Feldman, had advised Ramachandran’s older sister, Raga, a ...

The second day's proceedings of Bengal Classical Music Festival 2016 reached its crescendo as the nightlong soiree offered plethora of pristine melodies.

Kay Sohini's graphic memoir, This Beautiful, Ridiculous City, tells a story of migration and redefinition. Gay Talese gathers many of his great pieces about the city in A Town Without Time.

Sohini sastri astrologer instagram BlogsGood and God39s morning it is early morning in India and listening to Indianclassical music Raga Sohini Click to listen for me ...

Sonic Saturday Listen: Two film clips from the 1930s illustrate how the tabla accompanies instrumental music Featuring maestros Faiyaz Hussain and Ahmed Jan Thirakwa.

Hamsanandhi or Sohini is a dream raga for evening riyaz (practice) because you can drink its nectar simply from straight notes that slide from one to the next. So why am I drawn to Hamsanandhi now?

Thumri exponent Shobha Gurtu sings a bandish ki thumri in the raag Sohini. It is set to a medium tempo Ektaal.

The saying, l’art pour l’art — art for art’s sake — came to mind with a new dimension when Rashid Khan (picture, left), with his unique voice texture and artistic traits, struck the audience with the ...