There is a tribe of parents that subjects their guests to the talent of their kids, even when said guests have no desire to be subjected. My parents were the leaders of that tribe.

In a Tamil Brahmin household, mornings aren’t complete without the holy trinity of filter coffee, The Hindu, and MS Subbulakshmi’s “Suprabhatam”.

I grew up on my mother’s radio-ordained playlist of Lata Mangeshkar and Mohd Rafi. But as a teenager, when every girl in school fawned over the Jonas Brothers and Taylor Swift, I, too embarrassed to ask my classmates the names of the songs they were singing, turned to Google. It eventually dawned on me: I didn’t care about fitting in.

Any good poet should be able to touch your heart – but Shiv Kumar Batalvi had the ability to rip it out of your chest, and then place it back there gently.

No matter what your mood, there’s a Bappi Da composition to go with it. Our desi disco legend is absolutely irreplaceable. Today is his birthday and I don’t know about you, but I’ll be dancing – unironically – to “Koi yahan aha nache nache”.

n the occasion of Eid al-Adha, we take a closer look at the life and times of the Elvis of the East, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.

Dushyant Kumar’s poetry freed me from the cage of square cubicles and straight lives that the Gulzar School of poetry, dripping with flowery dew and the warmth of unreality, never could. My struggles were personal, and so it turned out was the language of my resistance, learned through his poetry, so irregular and unlike anything you’d have come across.

Happy birthday, Rahul Baba! We hope you at least remember your nursery rhymes.

Sheetal Sathe and Sachin Mali were declared Naxalites in 2011 for giving voice to the Dalit community. They’ve paid a heavy price, but they continue to sing their songs of resistance.

In every Indian gathering of intoxicated people, someone has to play “Summer of ’69”. I’ll bet you my Aadhaar number that there’ll come a point when everyone is triumphantly screaming, “Those were the BEST DAYS of my life!” That's the magic of #BryanAdams.

Raja Kumari has no time for the haters and is never going to stop making music.

Awkward Bong is LIVE on Arré Sessions with his guitar, so tune in at 10 PM for some acoustic jams!

Tom Petty’s songs were words soaked in kerosene and set alight, aimed straight at the heart of cynicism – yet somehow missing it. Close enough to singe but not quite burn the place that says “try again”.

The first time I met Amrita Pritam, she told me that a smoke is one of the few pleasures of life. I knew then that Amrita Pritam was the writer – and the woman – I wanted to be.

Sumukhi Suresh has us in splits as she takes our # UssTypeKiLadki Quiz, just for kicks. She always knew she was one :)

Honeypreet's behind bars, Jagmeet's our new political star. The News In Blues with Aditi Ramesh

If there’s no jazz by the bay any longer, where has the music gone? The answer, oddly enough, is Delhi.

It's the evergreen Asha Bhosle's 84th birthday, and we're going down memory lane with her well-known hits and little-known trivia. Happy birthday, Asha Tai.

In Mumbai, revellers dance to the the tunes of drummer girls as they celebrate Lord Ganesha. Meet Vainavi Mohite, one of the city's youngest Nashik Dhol players, as she preps for all the fanfare.

Seventy years after Independence, some choose to rewrite history. We chose to rewrite the alphabet. Presenting a brand-new, updated A to Z for India at 70

Tupac Shakur found splendour in squalor, simultaneously an activist and a gangsta. A bunch of Indian rappers are now tapping into the spirit of the subaltern that Tupac channelled.

How does a video with petals, magic wands and a grown man wearing gender-ambiguous clothing, go viral? Shah’s “Angel” seems to pose more questions than answers.