Nityanand Haldipur, the disciple of the legendary Annapoorna Devi, and the head of The Annapoorna Devi Foundation, Mumbai, was in Bengaluru recently to confer the Gurumaa Annapoorna Devi Award to Vidushi Lalith J. Rao, senior exponent of the Agra gharana. Schooled in the Agra-Atrauli Gharana, Lalithji’s music is marked by a methodical exposition of the raag and meticulous presentation of …
Living in the digital age has it own perks, especially for women, who have found their voice on social media, which has now become a platform for advocacy and change. In 2011, Vinod Kapur, a businessman with a deep passion for music, launched the Purab Ang Gayaki Utsav, a series of concerts to promote thumri, dadra, chaiti and more in …
I don’t remember if it was at Rang Bhavan or at the quadrangle of St Xavier’s College in Mumbai, but it was on a late winter night sometime in 1978 or 1979, when Pandit Jasraj had finished a hauntingly beautiful concert. Another man gave him a hundred rupee note to sign, a princely sum in those days, assuming Jasraj would …
