Qawwali’s are simple performances, without a wide array of instruments or orchestra, etc. A chorus of claps modulates the underlying rhythm. Human anatomy limits the maximum beat that can be created by clapping. Hence, Qawwals use a table to get around this limitation and introduce faster beats in between the claps. A Harmonium is mostly …
One significant disconnect between me and my History textbook was over the events of the third Battle of Panipat. Ask any Maratha above the age of seventy, educated or otherwise. The mere mention of Panipat brings out an uncanny sadness. The pain of a singular event is carried down by generations in their collective memory. …
When your teacher is a good 6 feet, and she can readily assume a boxer’s stance.the only thing you should think of is “how to avoid being her punching bag !!”Now is the season of sports biopics, first Milkha now Mary Kom, then in a few days maybe Leander, but wait Leander is himself an …