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Tarun Balani turns inherited memories into an evocative album

New Delhi, June 30 -- How do you mourn a person you've never met? How do you process the bone-deep longing for an ancestral homeland you've never visited? New Delhi jazz drummer and composer Tarun Bal... Read More


Word on the street

India, June 22 -- It began with a bout of homesickness. While studying for a degree in economics at Yale in late-2020, Bilal Moin began to feel a yearning for Mumbai. He sought refuge in poems about t... Read More


Streaming gives indie musicians a boost

New Delhi, June 20 -- For years, Moko Koza has reigned as the biggest star of Nagaland's nascent rap scene. The Kohima-born multilingual rapper-he makes music in English as well as Nagamese and local ... Read More


Word on the street: A delightful collection of poems celebrates Indian cities across 2,000 years

India, June 20 -- It began with a bout of homesickness. While studying for a degree in economics at Yale in late-2020, Bilal Moin began to feel a yearning for Mumbai. He sought refuge in poems about ... Read More


Amid WW1, a hidden spice route

India, June 15 -- On December 24, 1914, amid the bloodshed and chaos of the Great War, peace unexpectedly broke out along the Western Front. Spontaneously and without official sanction, troops on both... Read More


A gift of spices: New details are emerging of Indian WW1 troops amid the Christmas Truce of 1914

India, June 14 -- On December 24, 1914, amid the bloodshed and chaos of the Great War, peace unexpectedly broke out along the Western Front. Spontaneously and without official sanction, troops on bot... Read More


Mosh definitely: India's metal scene is lit

India, May 23 -- The YouTube comments section for a Bloodywood video is like the heavy metal version of the United Nations. The New Delhi trio blends nu metal with Indian folk. Their wholesome, tongue... Read More


Mosh definitely: India's metal scene is lit

India, May 23 -- The YouTube comments section for a Bloodywood video is like the heavy metal version of the United Nations. The New Delhi trio blends nu metal with Indian folk. Their wholesome, tongue... Read More


Cells, shutters and soundwaves

India, May 18 -- Think of her as the Renaissance woman. Biologist Chandrima Shaha, 72, has headed the National Institute of Immunology (NII) and was the first woman president of the Indian National Sc... Read More


India's Renaissance woman: Meet Chandrima Shaha, a biologist, cricketer, photographer and more

India, May 16 -- Think of her as the Renaissance woman. Biologist Chandrima Shaha, 72, has headed the National Institute of Immunology (NII) and was the first woman president of the Indian National S... Read More