Music

The youth of urban slums connect with the world in a unique and entertaining way. These three young #DelhiHeroes use rap to express their connection and voice their opinions.

Sukhan, a Pune-based mehfil, presents Urdu ghazals and nazms, combined with prose elements like stories and letters, to diverse audiences in an easy to understand format.

A colourful room in a slum, where women and children come to work together, forget all their problems, and create art – that’s Dharavi Art Room for you. Set up by an art graduate way back in 2005, it is a place where dreams are shaped daily.

Thermal and a Quarter talked to The Better India about their 20th anniversary and raising funds to give musical training to underprivileged kids.

Thursday night qawwalis at Nizamuddin Dargah in Delhi, steeped in Sufi devotional music and sung in an an electric atmosphere, should not be missed!

Mumbai-based artist Karan Chitra Deshmukh offers Game of Thrones fans a musical treat with his table cover of the popular theme track

From ghazals to live jamming sessions, gigs and Bollywood music composing, Indian and Pakistani artists have collaborated, appreciated and thrived each others' music across borders.

A music initiative is attempting to change the way we look at musical performances and introduce the magic into our lives.

Move away from the inconsistent chatter of radio channels and switch to podcasts, where the focus is on solid, interesting content and less on commercialisation. Here's a list of ten podcasts from India that are well-researched and intelligent that is sure to keep you hooked.

Sparsh Shah, a 12-year-old singing prodigy who lives in the US, was born with almost 40 fractures. He has given more than 45 performances in just the last year-and-a-half. Read his inspirational story here.