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Three new indie rap records you should hear

New Delhi, Aug. 7 -- As a professional music critic, my inbox is always overflowing with new music-advance copies of major label albums pushed by corporate PR, indie artists sending me their new EPs, ... Read More


The 'nepo babies' who are making a mark on stage away from the paparazzi buzz

India, July 27 -- You'd be hard-pressed to find two young artists more steeped in the Bollywood showbiz tradition than Aditya Rawal and Zahan Kapoor. One is the son of veteran actor Paresh Rawal and a... Read More


The 'nepo babies' who are making a mark on the stage away from paparazzi buzz

MUMBAI, July 27 -- You'd be hard-pressed to find two young artists more steeped in the Bollywood showbiz tradition than Aditya Rawal and Zahan Kapoor. One is the son of veteran actor Paresh Rawal and ... Read More


The crisper effect: Plants that heal, kill, aid in defence

India, July 20 -- Can a banana be a snack and a vaccine? Could a cabbage wield a scorpion's sting? In labs around the world, scientists are quietly reshaping ideas of what a vegetable can be, as exper... Read More


The crisper effect: Fruits, vegetables of the future could heal, kill, aid in defence

India, July 18 -- Can a banana be a snack and a vaccine? Could a cabbage wield a scorpion's sting? In labs around the world, scientists are quietly reshaping ideas of what a vegetable can be, as expe... Read More


King Gizzard are contemporary music's premier shape-shifters

New Delhi, July 9 -- To call King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard a rock band is like describing the Marvel Cinematic Universe as just a film franchise. While that's technically true, they're also so much... Read More


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