Lounge looks forward to three must-visit events at the multidisciplinary Serendipity Arts Festival
1 min read15 Dec 2018Shubha Mudgal on how the season crops up in different guises in Hindustani classical music
3 min read18 May 2018Madurai Shanmugavadivu Subbulakshmi, who was born on 16 September 1916 and died on 11 December 2004, remains an unsurpassed phenomenon in Carnatic music
3 min read16 Sep 2017The abilities of these Indian child prodigies resist scientific explanation
5 min read1 Sep 2017If the relevance of an art form is in breaking barriers, music is the most transcendental of them all
3 min read15 Aug 2017We have to keep believing that in the ultimate analysis, 'Hindustaniyat' will triumph over imported terror. This is what our 5,000-year history teaches us
3 min read18 Jul 2017In Abbas' best works, progressiveness grapples with the complications of the real world
3 min read19 May 2017Kishori Amonkar never got the Bharat Ratna, but she was India's jewel
4 min read6 Apr 2017Gloriously individualistic and intensely private, classical music legend Amonkar was the last of a dying breed
3 min read5 Apr 2017Kishori Amonkar was recognized as one of the foremost singers in the Hindustani tradition and as an innovative exponent of the Jaipur 'gharana'
1 min read4 Apr 2017The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared