“Sher ki kya ichcha hoti hai? Ki woh shikaar kare! Par sher chooha nahi pakad sakta. Meri ichcha zaroor hai ki film music karoon, par badnaami nahi karwa sakta. People offer songs, but if the subject ...

The sky is overcast with dark clouds. The intermittent heavy showers haven't dampened Mumbai's celebratory spirit. Rows of stalls along the roads selling idols teem with people even as dhol tasha ...

Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia who stands tall among the present-day flautists makes it a point to stay in the city on the occasion of Janmashtami—the festival of Krishna’s birth.He has set up a ...

Touching your teacher’s feet to get his or her blessing is an age-old tradition in the world of classical music. A Shishe or Shagird (student) is expected to bow in veneration and devotion in front of ...

Chaurasia initially learned to sing as well but soon realized that it was not his forte. As actor Amitabh Bachchan’s identifiable baritone narrates a story about Krishna and the bansuri (flute), the ...

Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia has epitomized playing the flute, not just in India but all over the world since he started performing from the 1950s. Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia has epitomized playing ...

The language of the humble bamboo flute is universal and more sought after than other classical instruments like the sitar and sarod, says flute maestro Hari Prasad Chaurasia who was born into a ...

Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia is one of India's greatest exponents of the flute. To his listeners the music that emerges from his bansuri is reminiscent of the divine flute of Lord Krishna. For the last ...

One of the most lovable musicians of our times, Padma Vibhushan Pt Hariprasad Chaurasia has not only taken the flute to the hitherto uncharted territory but is also a renowned composer, having created ...

The lyrical sound of the flute, often associated with Vrindavan, Lord Krishna and his numerous gopis, can also fill up auditoriums and big music halls without distorting its charming musical ...