Ustad Amjad Ali Khan

When the students of Shriram Bharatiya Kala Kendra (SBKK) stage the legendary Ramlila, every year, they have one permanent member in the audience, occupying a seat in the front row. For 55 years, she has been marking her presence. Not…

Theatre groups are back in action in the city. The line-up of this year’s Qadir Ali Baig Theatre Festival pays tribute to Hyderabad’s theatre doyen late Qadir Ali Baig.In its 17th edition, this year’s theatre festival will be held from…

Composer and santoor maestro Pandit Shivkumar Sharma is no more. He was 84. Reportedly, he had been suffering from kidney-related issues for the last six months and was on dialysis. He passed away yesterday due to cardiac arrest, say…

Musician brothers Amaan Ali and Ayaan Ali Bangash rue lack of support by the Indian government to help the creative industry to get back on its feet, after struggling through different waves of the virus crisis. They say that the biggest…

Sarod maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan hopes for the world to heal fast from the scars of Covid-19 crisis, and is praying music to be the harbinger of peace and harmony in these troubling times. “For me, the pandemic was a universal…

The simmering tension of racial injustice was bubbling under the surface for long, but burst into the open when the world came to a halt with Covid-19 pandemic. As Black Lives Movement gets a new voice, American rock guitar legend Joe…