Since the beginning of 2000, SAWF has nurtured a repository of articles on Indian Classical Music that have now come to be recognised as the finest expositions on the subject.
Our features on the ragas of Hindustani music are written by Rajan P. Parrikar. They contain his insightful analysis and commentary, fortified by around 2000 carefully prepared audio clips that illustrate and illuminate the nuances of raga structure. A large number of these adduced recordings are rare and hitherto unpublished. Rajan, as many of you know, has a penchant to understand not only the music of the masters, but their hearts and minds too.
In the Carnatic department, V.N. Muthukumar and M.V. Ramana have deposited their considered meditations on Carnatic ragas and musicians, supported by rare recordings of the maestros of yesteryear. The well-known musician Kiranavali Vidyasankar has also contributed to our Carnatic pool.
