Reviews

This concert review was carried by the Hindu on April 06, 2023 and can also be accessed here. The world of Hindustani music has always been populated with figures who represent pursuit and integrity more than public success. This is perhaps true for all fields of human endeavour in which the criteria for success are Read more

Note: A condensed version of this book review appeared in The Hindu’s Friday Review on June 18th, 2021. Accessible here. One of the most infuriating things about reading a new book is the gradual realisation that its editors are convinced of the imbecility of their readership. This is especially true of a book that promises insights Read more

An abridged version of this piece was carried in The Hindu dated May 06, 2021 Chaitanya Tamhane makes me jealous. Like his protagonist Sharad, my own induction into the universe of Hindustani music was one of rapture, of an overwhelming sense of awe at the depth and the magnificence of this tradition that I had somehow been included Read more