Hindustani classical music
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Qawwali in Chennai
X.T.M notes the launch of the Unruly Bodies Art Exhibition in Chennai, with Tamil, Sanskrit and Hindi heard, and a friend’s correction that the music was Carnatic rather than Hindustani.
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On Safety and Hinduphobia
Announcing a ten-day suspension of a commenter who posted another commenter’s personal details, the authors affirm privacy as a house standard. They then argue Hinduphobia is real, theological in form…
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On the Question of Who “Owns” the Indo-Muslim Legacy
X.T.M, prompted by Sophia Khan’s piece on lost Muslim cities, argues Pakistanis with family roots in Delhi and Lucknow may fairly claim the Indo-Muslim legacy, since India itself selectively appropriates…
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The Hindification of Muslim Culture
X.T.M argues that India is seeing a slow Hindification of Muslim cultural inheritances, from khayal and Bollywood to cuisine, as Muslim political power recedes. He calls it succession rather than…
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🎶 Bravo, Kabir | Artists Across Borders
X.T.M celebrates a virtual Indian–Pakistani artists’ dialogue, including the singer Kabir Altaf, as shared heritage doing what diplomacy cannot, and lists the event’s moderator and speakers.
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On Moderation, Minoritization, and the Elite
X.T.M reflects on over-curating the threads and says his interest has moved from the India–Pakistan binary to who makes meaning and who sits in the room, setting out nested elite…
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Thyaga-Raja is our Raja
Quotes on copyright claims over Thyagaraja’s compositions, with the poster arguing that the North-South divide survives mostly in classical music and urging a joint Hall of Fame.
