Moments of Tranquility

This year on the 24th of May, Bob Dylan, the greatest singer songwriter of all times turns 79! It was 58 years ago, in 1962, when his debu...

Walter Benjamin Ever since I first read Hannah Arendt's introduction to "Illuminations", the great German-Jewish intelle...

In my many years of loving Hindustani classical music, I have noticed my clear and strong affinity for certain Ragas and Raga families (cal...

Ustad Barkat Ali Khan (1906 - 1963), born in Kasur, was a great vocalist of the Patiala gharana. By all accounts he was as talented a musi...

"Jab Teri Samandar AankhoN maiN" is a "geet" by the poet Faiz, better known by its first three words, "Yeh Dhoop ...

Rabindranath Tagore In addition to Punjab, Sindh and U.P's folk music, the other sub-continental musical tradition I love is Benga...

Part of the soundtrack of my childhood and adolescence was the rustic notes of Punjabi film and folk music. The great influence here wa...

I just watched the excellent first episode of "Horace and Pete", a new series by Louis C.K., released on his website yesterd...

The shrine of Hazrat Amir Khusrau in Delhi's Nizamuddin quarters Random musical discoveries have often been the trigger for thes...

Just the other day I was watching Stephen Colbert and Matthew Broderick sing Julie Andrew's famous "My Fair Lady" song ...