India is a country rich in tradition and skill. Be it the ancient dance forms that entertain and inform people even today, to the forms of ‘nataks’ and ‘jatras’ that show society a mirror, Indian art ...

India, a land rich in culture and history, has gifted the world a vast array of unique musical instruments. These instruments aren't just tools for creating sounds; they are a deep part of the country ...

Next to the sitar, the sarod is the most well-known Indian stringed instrument of classical northern Indian music. Sarod means “beautiful sound” or “melody” in Farsi, and is thought to have have ...

With a cheery vanakam, musician Nadaka settles down in the lobby of Hotel Residency in Thiruvananthapuram to talk about his music and the geet-taar, a 24-string acoustic instrument that he created. In ...

Vishwa Mohan Bhatt took an unusual route on the way to Grammy-winning success. Once a disciple of the renowned sitarist Ravi Shankar, he had learned the complex nuances of Hindustani (north Indian) ...

When eleven-year-old Neela’s prized possession – a traditional Indian stringed instrument given to her by her grandmother – suddenly goes missing, the young musician becomes involved in a strange ...