Vande Mataram is the national song of India. It was composed by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee in a mixture of Bengali and Sanskrit. Vande Matara...

One of my favorite Kabir's poem I call "Dulhani." In this beautiful poem, Kabir envisions himself as the bride and the univers...

Today I came across some unusal tappas sung by Ghulam Ali ... I am writing this as I listen to them.  'Tappa' is believed to be orig...

Pour love in your heart, like the rain pours on the land today. As I am working on a Meerabai song I am doing research on the different vari...

I often say that if you are not singing at work, you need to work on your singing. You have to love what you do. Here is advice that Albert ...

Happy Earth Day folks! Those who have found love in nature can find true freedom, and inspire others to be free. Here are two of my favorite...

Deh Shiva Bar Mohe Eha (ਦੇਹ ਸ਼ਿਵਾ ਬਰ ਮੋਹੇ ਈਹੇ) is a popular hymn by Guru Gobind Singh, taken from Chandi Charitar Ukati Bilas composition of...

For centuries writers and philosophers have written about Good and Evil.  The topic is as young today as it was in the Vedic times, during t...

Background  The Trump and Biden debate is reminding me of another yesteryear debate that was crucial.  In 1858, Abraham Lincoln was a rela...

Several years ago I heard this and I keep going back to this haunting melody by Shubha Mudgal. The lyrics are strikingly similar to Kabir...