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Attendance and absence at the Tibetan Music Awards
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India’s exclusive circles of competitive whistling
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Mr India: Speaking Truth to Power
Ishan Marvel
Magnetic Fields
The Caravan
Gender
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The forgotten women musicians of the Shankar family.
Faizal Khan
Arts
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Essay
The brief, musical life Of “Khuku” Amita Sen
Ilina Sen
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A Mumbai ensemble performs exclusively for disadvantaged groups
Malay Desai
Labour
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Guwahati’s auto drivers feel a favourite song is being used against them
Ragini Bhuyan
Business
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How a textile baron become indispensable to Chennai’s cultural scene
Nandini Krishnan
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A Bangalore group produces song, one ring at a time
Neha Mujumdar
Arts
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In search of the first voice recorded in India
Sudhiti Naskar
Media
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When Indian listeners got their filmi music fix from Radio Ceylon
Isabel Huacuja Alonso
Arts
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Essay
Demonic Resurrection and the cult of Indian death metal
Michael Edison Hayden
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A Colombian peace activist brings his unusual instrument to Delhi
Sharanya
Arts
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Books
A book that delights in how jazz—both as music and worldview—once infiltrated the emerging, cosmopolitan metropolis of Bombay
Sanjay Iyer
Arts
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Reportage
An Indian-American rapper and his crew are making serious waves in the hip hop world. Is Das Racist’s Himanshu Suri for real?
Vivek Menezes
Arts
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Commentary
Why technology doesn’t necessarily help the cause of classical music
Namita Devidayal
Film
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Commentary
English-speaking Hindi filmmakers are changing the film song beyond recognition—not that there’s anything wrong with that
Baradwaj Rangan
Arts
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Essay
Pentagram defines rock ‘n’ roll in the country—sex, drugs, the works. As their latest album releases, here is the story of how they stuck it out for 16 years, defying every rule in the music book
Lalitha Suhasini
Arts
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Commentary
Why the organisers of a ‘charity’ music festival were ejected from a World Heritage Site on their ear
Parni Ray
