LOS ANGELES CA — When Usha Chilukuri Vance, poised and articulate, took the stage at the Republican National Convention to deliver the introductory remarks for her husband, the world saw the wife of ...

How did the Pride Anthem come about? The idea for this piece came up quite spontaneously. This was June 2021, right in the thick of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was Pride Month but owing to the ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

Whether you’re a professional musician or you only sing show tunes in the shower, these funny music jokes will hit just the right note Who doesn’t love music? Who doesn’t love jokes? OK, so apparently ...

Music has the power to shift our mood and even elevate our energy levels. Many athletes listen to specific playlists during their workouts or warm-ups to pump up their performance. Funnily enough, ...

Just like how his music blends emotional intensity and classical intricacy with serenity, music artist Sidharth (Sid) Sriram’s personality also exudes a calm demeanour. Even in the bustling Paper and ...

Join Pratibha Sarathy in Lesson 3 of our Classical Indian Music series! 🎶 Learn the key differences between Carnatic and Hindustani music, including style, instruments, and performance techniques.

Janmashtami is all about chhappan bhog, makhan mishri, pedas, and malpuas. But it is also about celebrating the infant form of Lord Krishna through devotional songs. Here’s a list of Krishna songs you ...

The festive spirit is high today as India celebrates Krishna Janmashtami, the birth of Lord Krishna. From beautiful flower decorations to lively Dahi Handi events, Janmashtami is a festival of ...

Author, publisher and singer S Anand; (inset) the jacket of his book 'The NotBook of Kabir'. Anti-caste publisher S Anand started out as a journalist in Chennai in the late 1990s. During this time he ...

Those in love with classical music experience a peculiar joy in identifying raags, taals, composers, gharanas, melakartas, and other arcane elements that many neither know nor care about. This is ...

American violinist Ariana Kim visits India to explore Carnatic music The violin has a storied place in so much of European classical music. But sometime in the 17th century, it began to intrigue ...