Kanav
@kanav28.bsky.social
Research Fellow, @uniofnottingham.bsky.social PhD @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social Hindustani Music, Music History, Colonial history, Indian History, Literature. 🇵🇸 🇮🇳
Delighted to have a new article in the Frontline magazine: “The middle style marks a phase in a musician’s life when thought and craft entwine so completely that invention flows without the scaffolding showing.” frontline.thehindu.com/arts-and-cul...
Why the Middle Style Defines Hindustani Music’s Deepest Mastery
The article shows how Bhimsen Joshi, Rashid Khan, and Vilayat Khan reveal Hindustani music’s middle style, where craft, judgment, and imagination align.
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13500. Incredible support within just a week. But we need to keep the momentum going. Please sign if you haven’t and share widely. Tell a friend and get them to share too. c.org/WvV2srykpn
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The petition has crossed 5k. But we need more momentum and support. Please sign and share widely. #appeal #saveUoNMusic #Nottingham
Kanav@kanav28.bsky.social · 9mo agoPlease sign and share as widely as possible: c.org/WxNbqBS9g2
Heartbroken to share the news that recruitment to Undergraduate Music courses at the University of Nottingham has been suspended. Please do contact us on protectuonmusic@gmail.com if you would like to support us.
Devastated to share the news that was broken to colleagues in Music (and other departments) at the University of Nottingham yesterday. This is obviously a very difficult time for us and our students. Please contact us on protectuonmusic@gmail.com if you would like to be involved.
Horrific, stupid news from @uniofnottingham.bsky.social — they are closing their music department. Apparently they all found out suddently in a meeting yesterday. It is one of the best music departments in the country — solidarity with my colleagues and their students www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Music and modern languages courses suspended at University of Nottingham
In a statement the institution also says it is
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Enchanted to have interviewed the living legend Ustad Irfan Muhammad Khansahab. Here’s a clip of him talking about his wonderful mother.
Rutgers bans caste-based discrimination across all campuses! Rutgers also outlines further steps for reporting, collecting more data about caste on campus, and developing trainings. This took a lot of work & is a big win for caste equity! laborrelations.rutgers.edu/updates-anno... #caste #Rutgers
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This exciting new art exhibition at Somerset House explores the iniquitous colonial salt tax. The artists, Hylozoic Desires, have drawn inspiration in part from my work on a powerful courtesan, Mayalee, who defied the British at Sambhar Salt Lake in the 1830s. www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
Somerset House to reveal the restored ‘Salt Stair’ after fire renovations
London landmark puts symbol of empire at the centre of a new exhibition exploring colonial taxes on commodity
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Zakir Hussain shall ALWAYS be. Past tense shall never touch him. So long as a tabla plays somewhere in this world, Zakir Hussain is.
The Afghan rabab has FINALLY been recognised by UNESCO as intangible cultural heritage! amu.tv/141402/
UNESCO recognizes Rubab as cultural heritage for Afghanistan, neighbors | Amu TV
Rubab is one of the oldest musical instruments in Central, South, and Southwest Asia.
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