Eminent dhaaki Gokul Chandra Das, 57, one of the winners of this year's Padma Shri awards, saw the honour as a recognition of the traditional Indian percussion instrument — the dhaak. The dhaak is an ...

In fact, dhaak is integral to Durga Puja. As the sound defines spirit of celebration Saswata Chatterjee turned a dhaaki as he was attending an event in Kolkata. Check out the video here.

BANGALORE: The dhaakis have gathered, their drumroll infectious, making everyone tap their feet and sway to their beats. The smell of the incense in the smoke curling up from the dhunuchi ...

Naresh Mali, a veteran dhaaki or traditional drummer, would travel to Guwahati from Cooch Behar every year during the Durga Puja to play the dhaak at a Puja organised by a club there. Earnings would ...