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Just Enough Madness - Payal Ramchandani

Saturday 22nd November 2025

Just Enough Madness - Payal Ramchandani

What happens to a woman when the world calls it joy, but her body whispers something else? When the womb becomes a house - sometimes full, sometimes hollow-and the mind becomes its own battleground? 

Riverside Ragas: Sanskrati Wahane (sitar) and Gurdain Rayatt (tabla)

Friday 28th November 2025

Riverside Ragas: Sanskrati Wahane (sitar) and Gurdain Rayatt (tabla)

Sitar prodigy Sanskrati Wahane was first discovered through a raw home video in 2016, filmed during a routine practice session by her father. Just 18 at the time, her command over the sitar stunned classical music lovers.  Now 23, Wahane is known for preserving the purity of raga and balancing gayaki and tantrakari ang—hallmarks of the Etawah gharana. She began playing at age five, ...