From the 16th century onwards, the guardians of the great vocal music of northern India were the “courtesans”, the tawaif baiji, high-class women schooled in dancing, song and poetry who […]
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To mark the 60th birthday of India’s most famous composer and musician, Ravi Shankar, Radio Netherlands devoted a special edition of its weekly Asia magazine programme “Mainstream Asia” to the […]