A teenager in a buttoned coat, hands at his sides, looking calmly at the camera. The photograph of Khudiram Bose became one of the defining images of India's freedom struggle.

Netanyahu hid his prostate cancer diagnosis for two months. Most people stay silent for far longer. A look at why disclosure ...

In November 1902, a woman arrived at a makeshift recording studio in a Calcutta hotel wearing black gauze draperies embroidered with real gold lace. Frederick William Gaisberg, the Gramophone ...

Ever since its founding nearly a decade ago, The Revolver Club has played an important role in the resurgence of vinyl culture in India. That effort is guided by the belief that arts and hobbies are ...

NEW DELHI, (IANS) – Our connection with art and aesthetics is about as old as humanity; and performers’ multi-layered lives and stories go at least as far back as recorded history. Madhur Gupta, one ...

Classical music is a genre so revered that the respect often reverses the value of the music, turning it into an untouchable category. To make matters worse, the world of classical music in the Indian ...

In an era before radio waves carried melodies into homes and long before cinema turned singers into icons, music in India lived and died in the moment. It was experienced in courtyards, royal courts, ...

In August 1959, iconic Bengali actor Suchitra Sen recorded a song in her own voice at the Gramophone Company office in Kolkata, leaving behind a rare 78 rpm 'test record'. After recording the song, ...

After recording the song, 'Bone Noy Aaj Mone Hoy…', the composer and lyricist declared, "Take ok", clearing the test disc for cutting more copies for public release. Decades earlier, in 1935, ...

Recording history in India dates back to 1902, when some of the earliest discs were cut. Soon after, recordings of legendary singer Gauhar Jaan began circulating widely.

The 1920s produced a wealth of music, known of course for the birth of jazz, but I am taking this opportunity to share my interest in a woman I recently discovered in a History seminar called Gauhar ...

Gauhar Jaan’s thumri is food for the soul, many people believe. One of India’s earliest female voices, Gauhar inspired many Indian singers, especially women, to take up music. A historical figure who ...