Whenever you play folk songs, a dholak is one of the most important instruments contributing to the complete music. The soulful beats of this instrument can make you fall in love with music instantly ...

In Amroha, Uttar Pradesh, the dholak is more than a musical instrument. It is a working product—one that moves seamlessly ...

Dholak, once a permanent feature of any Holi celebration, seems to be losing ground to digitized music, DVDs and DJs. "Earlier, I used to sell at least 100 dholaks during Holi season. But for the past ...

A son was born to Ustad Nobi Bukhsh, music director of musicals, in 1903 in a village called Naal, near Bikaner, Rajasthan. His first tabla performance was at the age of six, after which he continued ...

The dholak, a cylindrical twin-headed drum, has a ubiquitous presence throughout northern India. It forms an inseparable part of many forms of folk music ensembles and is also used in informal musical ...

Bhopal, Mar 28: Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Wednesday celebrated Holi with full fervour with party MLAs and visitors. At the chief minister's official residence here, ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today tried his hand at playing the dholak during a rally in Uttarakhand's Dehradun.

THANE: Every year, for the last 70 years, 90 families from the Shaikh community in Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, arrive in Kalyan just before the Ganapati festival. They come here with one mission — to ...