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‘Indian Sun: The Life and Music of Ravi Shankar’ (excerpt)
Ravi Shankar was bemused by the Beatles, Rolling Stones, the Yardbirds and other bands using the sitar in rock music. Enjoy this excerpt from biography Indian Sun, by Oliver Craske (who worked with Shankar on his 1997 autobiography), courtesy of Hachette Books.
Sunny Jain’s Impressive ‘Wild Wild East’ Is a Compelling Call for Human Rights
Brooklyn bhangra heavyweight Sunny Jain draws on jazz, rock, and folk in a new, anti-xenophobia album Wild Wild East.
‘Night Theater’: Surgery, Corruption, and Chekhov
The well-timed choreography of Vikram Paralkar's Night Theater leads us to interrogate the unfamiliar notes of our personal harmonies.
Bringing Forth the Male Gaze in ‘Preeto & Other Stories’
The male writers in the anthology, Preeto & Other Stories, have been selected because each wrote extensively, if sometimes idealistically and sentimentally, about women.
Indian Percussionist Subhasis Bhattacharya Emerges with ‘Tablananda’
Versatile percussionist Subhasis Bhattacharya steps into the spotlight with masterful Tablananda.
India’s ‘Bos Indicus’ Religion Is Explored in ‘The Milk Lady of Bangalore’
Shoba Narayan's memoir of creating a new life in Bangalore after two decades in the US centers on an unlikely friendship with her milk lady and their quest to buy a cow.
‘Ants Among Elephants’ Is a Riveting Account of Left-wing Politics and Casteism in India
Sujatha Gidla's memoir is an example of history as told from down below, by the people who were involved in the labour and caste protests and the women who did the reproductive labour for the revolutionaries.
What Is the Line Between Cultural Respect and (Mis)appropriation?
‘Calcutta’ Is a Vivid, Sensitive, and Perceptive Literary Portrait of the City
