Desi News

Two Torchbearers of Raag Music in Concert

By MOHAMED KHAKI In his online article, The scientific mystery of why humans love music, Brian Reznick writes, “From an...

Exiting the Pandemic with Exciting Programming

By MOHAMED KHAKI By now, activity across Canada is almost back to normal; the uncertainty that existed for most of...

Pandit Shivkumar Sharma: A Legend and His Music

By MOHAMED KHAKI  Pandit Shivkumar Sharma, who passed away recently, is credited with raising the stature of the santoor from...

A Close Encounter of the Exhilarating Kind

By SUJIT SEN  My annual visits to Kolkata, the “City of Joy”, are always pleasurable as I immerse myself in...

Sarod Master Steve Oda In His Guru’s Footsteps

By MOHAMED KHAKI Just a few months after immigrating to Canada in 1976, I attended my first live concert, a...

Alvida, Didi

By MOHAMED KHAKI Lata Mangeshkar’s recent passing at the age of 92 was met with an outpouring of grief in...

Blue Planet: Linking Music to Environment

By MOHAMED KHAKI Raag-Mala Toronto is partnering with First Edition Arts (FEA) to present Blue Planet, a four-month digital series...

The Begum and I

By MOHAMED KHAKI  Diwana banana hai to diwana bana de, varna taqdeer tamasha na bana de. One can only imagine...

On The Road With A Hindustani Classical Music Aficionado

By MOHAMED KHAKI Recently, I recalled a joke from many years ago: A man runs   into an old friend whom...

I Won’t Let The Virus Infect My Music

By ANDREW KAY I’m sure that we all have the same thought in our heads…when will this pandemic finally be...

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