The first " dhaaki " to receive the Padma award and break barriers by encouraging women to play the dhaak, dedicated the award to his guru, tabla maestro Tanmay Bose, who was the first to recognise ...

Dhunuchi naach is performed during Durga Puja to honour the goddess. The participant holds at least one dhunuchi, an earthenware filled with coconut husk and dhunno (incense), which is burnt ...

Durga puja without drum beats is unthinkable. But, the dhaaki s who congregate every year for a couple of days at the Hazra-Kalighat Road crossing, create a stupendous din. It makes life miserable for ...

Headlines hotted up with the combined frenzy of a Puja pandal dhaaki and dandiyas on speed. We should have been immersed only in Navami bhog and Navratri chaniya-cholis, but instead we were ...