Nithya Rajendran

Creativity is not spontaneous

As a child, I was often asked if I practised hours on end to be able to sing well, or…

4 years ago

WHY EVERYONE SHOULD SING

I often get asked this question by a gamut of people. Audiences at concerts, participants at lecture demonstrations, parents of…

4 years ago

WHAT’S THE FUNDA?

It was during one of my music-appreciation workshops that I came across this question, “What’s the funda?” It cropped up…

4 years ago

ICHAK DAANA BICHAK DAANA

MUSIC MUSINGS ‘DAANEDAAR!’ boomed a voice from inside me during one of my Riyaaz sessions while I was practising ‘Taans’…

4 years ago

The most powerful melody comes from soul; it’s the unsung one

When I was a senior in college, I was entrusted with the task of auditioning and choosing singers for an…

4 years ago

ONCE UPON A SONG

It was a dreary Monday morning that day. Writing it off, as usual, Monday morning blues wasn’t quite cutting it;…

4 years ago

The Immersiveness of music

The other day, I reached out to an old classmate of mine who works in the Virtual Reality (VR) space.…

4 years ago

OF SOUNDS AND SILENCES

As I sit down to write on music and its relevance in our lives, the first thing I am aware…

5 years ago