Ghatam player, researcher, writer and author of the book ‘Song of the Clay Pot’ Sumana Chandrashekar said here on Sunday that just by virtue of being a ghatam player, life has taken several different ...

Ghatam player Sumana Chandrashekar’s book, My Journey with the Ghatam: Song of the Clay Pot (Speaking Tiger) is more than a memoir — It is a critical exploration of the layered histories of Indian ...

The story of my longing for the ghata, this biraha, needs some context. I have myself been intrigued by it and have spent considerable time reflecting and ploughing deeper into what on the surface ...

Excerpted with permission from the publisher Song of the Clay Pot - My Journey With the Ghatam, Sumana Chandrashekar, published by‎ Speaking Tiger Books. I must tell you about this incredible woman, ...

When percussionist Ganesh Murali Iyer was asked to fly down to Goa for a recording session, all he knew was that it involved a UK-based artist. The brief was deliberately vague, leaving him to wonder ...

Sukanya Ramgopal, who has carved a unique niche for herself in the world of music by playing the ghatam for nearly 50 years, says that the acceptance of women as percussionists is progressing at the ...

The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan). It was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist, and is ...

I often feel that instruments have a way of calling; it is a pukaar, a call, that simply cannot be ignored. When it comes, it feels like a giant wave that gently sweeps over one’s whole being. This ...

Since June, Ed Sheeran’s fans in India have been hooked to Sapphire, listening to it on a loop. But what if we said that the chartbuster’s India connection goes beyond Arijit Singh, Shah Rukh Khan, ...