Ideas Without Boundaries.
By Kavita A Chhibber and Ajit Acharya Music is the biggest healer. On Saturday, May 3rd Ajit and I headed to MIT in Cambridge to watch four stellar artists perform Indian classical music – a bansuri (bamboo flute) duet between two dynamic performers of the Read More …
By Kavita A Chhibber The best part of April has been the 17th LearnQuest Music Festival. The three day event was special – not just because my most favorite Khans graced the stage. Sarod Legend Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Bangash Read More …
By Kavita Chhibber Ajit Acharya and I would have never met, leave alone get married, if it was not for Ustad Zakir Hussain. I always said I’ll share that story some day but never quite got down to it. I’m glad that Zakir ji did Read More …
By Kavita A Chhibber My grandmother once said to me that whenever you pray and you suddenly find tears streaming down your cheeks, it means that the divine energy you are praying to is standing before you, answering your prayers, healing you, and telling you Read More …
On the occasion of legendary singer Kishore Kumar’s birthday: Kavita pays a tribute through an exclusive interview with his son Amit, showcasing some of Amit Kumar and Anand Bhosle’s favorite Kishore Kumar solos, and picking her own favorites. (Part 2 of 2)
On the occasion of legendary singer Kishore Kumar’s birthday: Kavita pays a tribute through an exclusive interview with his son Amit, showcasing some of Amit Kumar and Anand Bhosle’s favorite Kishore Kumar solos, and picking her own favorites. (Part 1 of 2)
By Kavita A Chhibber I first heard him sing Mohammed Rafi Sahib’s ‘Teri Ankhon Ke Siwa Duniya Mein Rakha Kya Hai” when Ustad Zakir Hussain appreciated it. Then a friend of mine shared the video on Facebook. More than his effort at capturing Rafi’s melodious Read More …
Kavita A Chhibber When I was growing up, it was Pandit Bhimsen Joshi whose voice was a permanent fixture in my parents’ home. This remained so until I accidentally discovered the voice of Pandit Jasraj singing “Mero Allah Meherban”. I went and bought every single Read More …
By Kavita A Chhibber He is incredibly witty, has a phenomenal memory, endless energy and passion, and he is a very young 73, but not many people know that writer and poet extraordinaire, Javed Akhtar’s great great grandfather Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi was Mirza Ghalib’s contemporary and Read More …
He calls him self an atheist and a rationalist, his close friend Chanda calls him a “closet spiritualist” because she says, no atheist could have written a deeply spiritual song like “O paalan hare” (from Lagaan) to which he retorts, that he also wrote the Read More …
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