Siddhi Goel
Siddhi Goel: दीदी, the word thumri comes from ठुमका and thus contains suggestions of dance. Then, is thumri one genre or two genres? Is it just singing, or both singing and dancing?
Vidya Rao: नैना जी कहती थीं, 'ठुमक के रिझाना', हमेशा यही सुना है. You see there was a time when people…
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Siddhi Goel
Thumri is a beautiful genre from Hindustani music and is extremely popular in Kathak. Thumri was majorly performed by courtesans who sang and danced it themselves.
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This article by Peter Manuel is a study on 'tala' in the semi-classical Indian music.
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Ashish Mohan Khokar
Kathak and its history would be incomplete, if not poorer, were it not for its foremost proponent, Shambhu Maharaj. This scion of the Lucknow gharana of Kathak has left an indelible mark which no amount of chakras or tatkars can obliterate. The great Kathak master is…
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Ashok Ranade writes about the life and works of vocalist Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan of Patiala Gharana.
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B.R. Deodhar writes about the life and works of Indian classical vocalist, Ustad Fayyaz Khan of Agra Gharana (1881—1950).
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Who is Radha? Appearing for the first time in Jayadeva’s Gita Govinda around the 12th century CE, Krishna's beloved is now worshipped as a goddess in mainstream Hinduism. Emerging from poetry, she has been described and depicted in every creative medium, whether it be art, music, dance, or…
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Kanupriya Dhawan: Thank you for making time for this interview. First, if you could elaborate on the way your article is titled, ‘Celebrating her in Thumri’, as if ‘her’ i.e., Radha was just there. It became obvious that ‘her’ would be Radha.
Vidya Rao: Actually that title and…
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