Up-to-date information: Composers, musicians, scholars, publications and special events

Custom SafeSearch – press and websites

For up-to-date information from several leading periodicals and other websites, simply type one or several keywords such as a personal name or institution you want to learn more about (e.g. “carnatic”, “karnatak composer”, “hindustani musician”, “ragamalika”); optionally add a city or state (e.g. “Madurai singer”, “Karnataka violinist”, “Trivandrum music festival”, “Chennai music season”):

Periodicals and other recommended sites covered here (Custom SafeSearch)

Deccan Herald

Hindustantimes.com

The Indian Express

Livemint.com

Madras Heritage and Carnatic Music by music historian V. Sriram

Newindianexpress.com

Sruti.com

Telegraphindia.com (The Telegraph Calcutta)

Thebetterindia.com

TheHindu.com

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com

To confine results to one website, include its name in the search field (e.g. “MS Subbulakshmi sruti.com” or “MS Subbulakshmi musicresearch.org”).

Alternative SafeSearch >>

Search tips | For information on places, persons, instruments or institutions

ask a question like “who brought the violin to Indian music?”

“musical heritage of Mysore”

personal names associated with a particular place or family tradition (bāni) like “Lalgudi Viyalakshmi”, “Mysore Chaudiah”, “Kanchipuram Naina Pillai”, “Andhra Carnatic singer”

details like “Mysore violin”, “Tanjavur vina” or “South Indian tambura”, “konnakkol expert”

Technical support for browser viewing

When a web browser fails to display a Google SafeSearch window, try the following:

  • click the current post heading (works when viewing a list of summaries)
  • toggle from “reader view” to normal view
  • directly view the websites include (e.g. Dictionaries)

More tips >>