We’re still in 1998. But this time, we turn to 1947 Earth. If Dil Se was all motion and intensity, this album does the opposite. It slows us down. It asks us to sit with history, with fracture, and with the quiet that follows ...

Welcome back to Brothers in Music: The A. R. Rahman Edition. We’re in 1998 — the year Dil Se burst into our lives, our cassette players, and our television screens. The image is still impos...

In 1997, as India marked fifty years of independence, A. R. Rahman released Vande Mataram—an album unlike anything before or since. Fresh, fearless, and unforgettable, it was a cultural moment as much as a musical one. The sound was ne...

Welcome back to Brothers in Music: The A R Rahman Edition. We’re still in 1997, and in this episode, we continue to be joined by Sowmiya Ashok (@sowmiyashok on Twitter/@sowmiyashok.writes on Insta). We’re taking on two albu...

Welcome back to Brothers in Music: The A R Rahman Edition. It’s 1997, and as always, we’re starting you off right in the thick of it—no prelude, no buildup. Just the music, the conversation, and the joy of revisiting Rahman’s incredibl...