A raga that is suitable for singing in the evenings, a raga that ushers in the festive spirit and one that dispels fear and instills hope – it's the raga Vasantha. "Vasantha" means springtime, and ...

The Republican Attorney Generals Association is waging a legal war to overturn reproductive rights, LGBTQ rights, and climate regulations, one state at a time. If you sit down and talk with ...

State attorneys general, who are the top law enforcement officials in each state, have the final say on which cases to pursue or not. That power has not gone unnoticed by lobbyists. CBS News got an ...

Dikshitar inserted the raga mudra in many (but not all) of his compositions whereas Tyagaraja and Syama Sastri did not insert it at all. Two of Tyagaraja’s compositions have a raga mudra — ‘Ganamurthe ...

When you enter an Indian restaurant or an ethnic grocery store, you may have heard a unique melody that is not Japanese or Western music. That music is based on a mode called ' raga ' and is said to ...

Raga Justin is a former investigative reporter covering politics and policy with the Capitol Bureau. She is a native Texan and University of Texas at Austin graduate and has worked for the Hearst ...

A festival celebrating Indian classical music tradition with a modern twist is about to take over Downtown Brooklyn. “Counterpoint: Brooklyn Raga Massive Festival,” presented by Clara Wu Tsai and the ...

Jazz and Indian ragas share common ground in their traditional use of improvisation. They are often talked about in compatible terms, but Ravi Shankar, for one, did not believe that ragas could be ...