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Life Is Not a Song

Malini Nair

A theatrical celebration of the lives and times of iconic women classical singers who dared

The Last Mehfil

Chinki Sinha

From Benares to Mirzapur, mujrawaalis of today live on song and nostalgia, mourning the passing of their culture. As they prepare for the final farewell, we go in search of their last performances

The Voice That Broke Hearts

Rakhshanda Jalil

The ghazals of Begum Akhtar retain their resonance even today. A tribute on her birth centenary

The Other Song

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The search for a lost song opens out a vast furrow of other half-remembered songs, the memories of past singers, and those histories that have been forcefully banished into oblivion.