Whenever you play folk songs, a dholak is one of the most important instruments contributing to the complete music. The soulful beats of this instrument can make you fall in love with music instantly ...

When divisive forces are busy sowing seeds of distrust, there are also shining examples of people spreading the message of oneness and tolerance. A case in point is the 100-odd Muslim families of the ...

BIJNOR: After a four-month lull, the sound of wood being cut into barrel shapes and beats of drum are reverberating again in the streets of Amroha (UP) — India’s dholak manufacturing hub — as 300-odd ...

Actor Anjum Batra, who portrays the role of dholak player Kesar Singh Tikki in Imtiaz Ali directorial 'Amar Singh Chamkila' shared how the filmmaker appointed renowned dholak player K. C. Vaishnav, to ...

People dancing to the energetic tunes of the dhol walas is a common sight at Indian weddings. From the Barat to the sangeet and to the mehendi, no wedding ceremony is complete without the guests ...

The dholak, a cylindrical twin-headed drum, has a ubiquitous presence throughout northern India. It forms an inseparable part of many forms of folk music ensembles and is also used in informal musical ...

A son was born to Ustad Nobi Bukhsh, music director of musicals, in 1903 in a village called Naal, near Bikaner, Rajasthan. His first tabla performance was at the age of six, after which he continued ...

THANE: Every year, for the last 70 years, 90 families from the Shaikh community in Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, arrive in Kalyan just before the Ganapati festival. They come here with one mission — to ...