The Silent Architect of Indian Melody
As part of the WHAM 2026 festival, this guided walk invited visitors into the gallery of India’s instrumental legends to honour the profound legacy of Annapurna Devi, a maestro of the surbahar and a pivotal torchbearer of the Maihar-Senia Gharana. The event featured a ribbon-cutting for the much-anticipated new addition to the museum, led by her senior disciple, distinguished flautist Pt. Nityanand Haldipur, and cultural historian Dr Navina Jafa.
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A Few Thoughts
Last few months have been tumultuous to the world order. As if the ongoing four-year Russia-Ukraine war is not enough, Israel and the United States have waged a war on Iran, resulting in destabilizing the world to a greater degree. The West Asia war has created havoc in the middle eastern countries, apart from several countries who depend on petroleum oil, particularly India. Our leaders have to intensify the efforts to reduce dependence on imported oil by increasing green power generation and by successfully identifying more sites for oil exploration. The on-again, off-again war has made many economies very volatile and has resulted in huge uncertainty for businesses and industries, apart from pushing up cost of living to the citizens across the world. As non-layers in this ongoing mindless war, we Indians can only hope and pray for normalcy to return soon.