Miyan Ki Malhar is a monsoon raga, popularly used for invoking and embracing rain to drench the earth and to welcome the monsoon. For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. One ...

Providing relief from the intense heat of summer, the rains bring the hope of rejuvenation and fertility to flora and fauna. Not surprisingly, the monsoon is celebrated through music in India. For ...

Every raga is classified into a male and female version, and Malhar is a calm and soothing one, often associated with the moon and the feminine. It evokes feelings of calm, peace and rainfall. So, ...

It would perhaps be inopportune to celebrate the rains with music given the havoc that the intemperate weather conditions have caused in Mumbai and the floods in many Indian states. In fact, many have ...

In its series of Purnima concerts, held every month on or around the night of full moon, IGNCA presented Ustad Nishat Khan’s sitar recital. Entitled “The Music of the Monsoons – the Magic of the ...

The city witnessed a solo performance by Vidyadhar Vyas at a programme in G.D. Birla Sabhagar that was organized by Sangeet Ashram. The artist commenced his presentation with the appropriate monsoon ...

If you thought art walks were just about visiting galleries to catch a glimpse of a famous painting, think again. the Coho Art Walk this weekend includes poetry and book readings, plays, film ...

In the North Indian musical tradition, the link of raga Malhar with the monsoons is so widespread that recently a pan Indian retail chain called its new monsoon collection Malhar. Throughout North ...

Adding to the sound of the rain is the music of the Megh Malhar Festival, a melodious compliment to the monsoons Every season inspires music, and the rains bring their own unique inspiration. This ...

Pancham Nishad’s three-day ‘Sarang Malhar’ festival brings young classical maestros together to explore the deep connections and contrasts between two timeless ragas Sarang and Malhar are two ragas ...

Music lovers all over Delhi welcomed the rain gods with two soulful Hindustani classical vocal performances by Aditya Sharma and Jui Dhaigude Pande at Triveni Kala Sangam. The event, Malhar Festival, ...

It was a very badly organised but musically very rewarding programme where one was treated to almost the entire gamut of the Malhar group of ragas. As is common knowledge, Hindustani classical music ...