With guest: Nachiketa Yakkundi.

We start with a pivotal concept in Hindustani Classical music: Kalyan. Kalyan is a thaat (group or family of ragas) defined by the notes that make it up. However, it's more than just a group of notes. It's a spirit that pervades into many a raga and more generally, many a tune. We interview Sri. Nachiketa Yakkundi, a Hindustani Classical musician and Guru to explore a bit of what is behind this abstract idea, Kalyan.

Nachiketa Ji or Nachiji is a Hindustani musician and guru in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has learned from several maestros of this glorious tradition of music, most notably Padma Bhushan Pandit Basavraj Rajguru, Ustad Ali Akbar Khan Saheb, and more recently from Sri. Rajan Parrikar referred to in our episode as Rajan. Concerts, recordings, and a complete artist profile of Nachiji can be found on www.ganapriya.com.

Hosted by Shishir Rao, a DPhil student at the University of Oxford and a student of Hindustani Classical Music.