Category: Music

• July 9, 2015

  Jaypore’s Vintage Playlist

  

  The monsoon season rained on all your plans? Stay in and make the most of your peculiar urges of having a hot cup of tea & savory snacks beside the window sill, while listening to our vintage English & Hindi playlist that celebrates some of the most renowned musicians/bands of the past decades. The Beatles […]
• March 3, 2015

  Braj Ki Holi

  Braj ki Holi beckoned a band of thirsty travelers from across the land to rejoice in a colorful feast this spring immersed in the magic of Krishna’s playground. In Mathura lay history writ in stone tales of grandeur and glory framed Of Kanishka and his burgeoning metropolis and Buddha worshipped in many a form. Then […]
• October 1, 2014

  Sartorially Set: Trendy Dandiya Night Look

  Symbolizing victory of positivity over negativity, Navratri literally means ‘nine nights’ in Sanskrit.  Amidst worshiping Goddesses Durga, Lakshmi and Saraswati during this festival, the stylish set step out in embellished ghagras and  cholis to dance to garba tunes. While all of the western Indian state of Gujarat erupts in the flavors of this festival and the dance, the […]
• August 15, 2014

  True Independence Never Had Boundaries

  There is nothing ostentatious about them. They are just two ordinary girls leading simple lives. Yet there is something dramatically powerful about the Two Brown Girls whom we had the good fortune of running into. Young independent individuals, half way around the world from the Indian subcontinent, following drastically different interests that tie them strongly […]
• June 30, 2014

  Healing Melodies

  The difference between life and drama is measured by how quickly life can turn on its head and amaze you. In medieval India, such was the miracle of music, that sometimes, life was stranger than fiction. Legend has it that Tansen, Mughal Emperor Akbar’s court musician was once asked to sing Raga Deepak, and so […]
• April 18, 2014

  The Bauls of West Bengal

        “Emotions and essence of life has remained the same over the years, so have the stories. The universal message of love in Baul music draws people looking for relief from life’s troubles.” –          Lakhan Das Baul       Dressed in saffron robes, with their hair uncut and coiled, wearing beads made of […]
• April 5, 2014

  Stream of Life

  The same stream of life that runs through my veins night and day runs through the world and dances in rhythmic measures. It is the same life that shoots in joy through the dust of the earth in numberless blades of grass and breaks into tumultuous waves of leaves and flowers. It is the same […]
• March 24, 2014

  The Gilded Storytellers of Lucknow

  Deep kohl-set eyes follow the graceful movements of decorated fingers, the intricate beats of the tabla and the progressive tempo of rhythmic footwork. Spectators watch transfixed as elegant swirling movements, lightning quick pirouettes, subtle gestures and sudden poses combine to tell a breathtaking story. Kathak, the North Indian dance form famed for its subtlety and grace, traces […]
• March 23, 2014

  Sacred Conversations in the Sanskrit Village of India

  “All speech, written or spoken, is a dead language, until it finds a willing and prepared hearer.” – Robert Louis Stevenson Language evolves over time to allow effective communication and dialogue, giving expression to our ever changing lives and time. In this dynamic world where a social media tag can become a mainstream word, there […]