Bhakti and music are intertwined in India, where poets and musicians have paid tributes to the mother Goddess in various forms
Sounds so Divine: Carnatic kritis and the worship of Shakti
Divinity on AIR
The imagery of Durga as Mahishasuramardini is one of the most popular ones. This imagery has been celebrated across ages. A special radio programme on All India Radio paid an ode to this imagery and it has today become one of the oldest active radio programmes in the world
Pages from history – A reading list
The present is closely linked to the past. We bring you a list of books to know your country better this Independence Day. Some of these are vividly documented retellings of the past and some are fictional narratives set in the freedom movement
Waves of poetry – Bharatiyar’s years in Pondicherry
Subramania Bharati spent a decade in Pondicherry. This period also saw him come out with some of this most wonderful works
