Sounding as if the voices were coming from someplace else, the band’s performance at the IIT Bombay Livewire was a complete experience and the pleasure derived was paramount, says Itihas Shetty

When a thoroughly indulging drug like Katatonia is playing somewhere, there is no place for second thoughts. Wooing your soul with immensely enriching and mature music, Katatonia was the right pick by organizers at IIT Bombay to headline one of the biggest college events in India. This also shows that the musical understanding of IITians do match that of rock band lovers outside of college. And when Indus Creed, who regrouped this year after having called it quits in the late-nineties, were to open for Katatonia, I did not want a minute’s delay for the evening to get underway.

Music has been a part of my growing-up years and I even played for a band during my college days. But Bollywood happened by chance, says Amit Trivedi.

At a relatively young age, Amit Trivedi has made quite a name for himself, in Bollywood. He debuted as a composer for the critically-acclaimed film Aamir, and made waves with his brilliant score for the movie Dev D, which also won him a National Award.

Wilbur Sargunaraj the unlikely hero, the singing and dancing sensation of YouTube.

He is India's first YouTube star; with his self-titled hits, Wilbur Sargunaraj has made uproarious waves in social media. What began as a mere experiment has led him to carve a niche in his trademark style, an amalgam of music, dance and drums and a dash of unadulterated humour, fetching him a cult status.

It is rare to see one play pack several subversive elements. It is even rarer that such subversion is aesthetically woven into the fabric of the play, and does not come across as propaganda. Sanchari is one such play.

Playwright Sumathi Murthy is also an accomplished Hindustani musician. She has chosen music as the subject of her play and has highlighted the several layers of hierarchies and oppression embedded within what we perceive as just a thing of beauty. In A. Mangai's direction and in the solo performance by Ponni Arasu, the Kannada play's interwoven politics of gender, sexuality and art come through with power and punch. Sanchari was staged in Delhi in January, at the annual festival of the National School of Drama.