Yorkston Thorne Ghatak
Yorkston Thorne Ghatak
18 May 2022
Kings Place, London
The Currency of Caste: Arundhati Roy in Conversation with Ken Hunt
B.R. Ambedkar, principal architect of the Indian Constitution, had in 1936 prepared a presidential address for delivery at the annual conference of a Hindu reformist group, the Jat-Pat Todak Mandal in Lahore.
The Ghazal – A Marriage of Poetry and Music
Waqt ki qaid mein zindagi hai magar
Chand ghadiyan yehi hain jo aazad hain
Life is trapped in time’s prison but
These are the few moments that are free
(from Fayyaz Hashmi’s ‘Aaj Jaane Ki Zid Na Karo’)
Purcell Sessions Anoushka Shankar
Purcell Sessions
Anoushka Shankar
4 December 2019
Purcell Room, Southbank Centre, London
Reviewed by Ken Hunt
Photo: © Santosh Dass/Swing 51 Archives
Niladri Kumar: Seduced by the Sitar
Niladri Kumar: Seduced by the Sitar, 13 March 2018, Milton Court Concert Hall, London – Reviewed by Ken Hunt