Soumya Vajpayee

As Euphoria marks its return with Dhoomsday, Dr Palash Sen reflects on the songs that defined a generation, balancing life as a doctor and musician, and why staying true matters more than chasing trends

Mumbai has little patience for fusion. It is expensive, loud and quick to demand, bhai, original bajao na? Yet The Indian Jam Project has spent a decade recasting Oppenheimer, Squid Game, Harry Potter and James Bond through sarangi, tabla, bansuri and sitar.

There is a singular, almost otherworldly quality when Padma Vibhushan Dr N Rajam holds her violin. Under her bow, an instrument that came to India from the West becomes a vessel for the human voice — bending, lingering and gliding through a raga with the inflection of a singer. This was Rajam's great artistic intervention: not simply to play Hindustani music on the violin, but to make the violin speak its language.

On February 1, 2026, Meditations: The Reflections of His Holiness the Dalai Lama won Best Audio Book, Narration and Storytelling Recording at the 68th Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. The album placed the Dalai Lama's words on peace, compassion and human responsibility alongside original music by sarod maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, 80, and his sons, Amaan Ali Bangash, 49, and Ayaan Ali Bangash, 46.

The history of the Indian television detective can be traced through his tools. Karamchand had a carrot and an assistant named Kitty; the crime procedurals of the satellite era brought forensic laboratories, mobile vans and officers who could extract a confession before the next commercial break. Today, CCTV footage and phone locations do much of the sleuthing.

From moringa to amla to khubani, top chefs share easy recipes that use seasonal ingredients and spices to support digestion, immunity and gut health

As she drops her new single Oh Jaanu with Palash Sen, the singer on the return of OG indie pop, why live shows remain the only real revenue model for independent artistes and doing fewer film projects

Festivals mean kheer, phirni, and pongal. But what if your sweets loved you back too? Chefs across India rework 6 iconic rice-based desserts with less sugar, better ingredients, and zero guilt

It took 44 years for Rambha Ho to become an overnight sensation. A Bappi Lahiri disco banger from a forgotten 1981 film, Armaan, is now 2026's biggest dance floor anthem. Actor Ranveer Singh is grooving to it in Dhurandhar, Instagram is exploding with it every second, and its original voice — Usha Uthup — found out like the rest of us. On WhatsApp. “Somebody sent me the link, I said, ‘Wow! It's fabulous'. I'm ecstatic, actually over the moon,” Uthup,who performed in Mumbai recently, tells us.

The actor, Kathak dancer and sitar player Prachee Shah Paandya talks about finding harmony between her three artistic pursuits