A different beat: award-winning drummer and A R Rahman collaborator, Ranjit Barot, on why big films (and big budgets) no longer turn him on.Printed in GQ India, January 2012

A different beat: award-winning drummer and A R Rahman collaborator, Ranjit Barot, on why big films (and big budgets) no longer turn him on.

Printed in GQ India, January 2012

The rise of Indian indie: This month’s NH7 Weekender festival in Pune proves that bands will forgo money as long as there’s an audience.Published in GQ India, November 2011 

The rise of Indian indie: This month’s NH7 Weekender festival in Pune proves that bands will forgo money as long as there’s an audience.

Published in GQ India, November 2011 

The digital DJ: after years of halfway solutions, the Traktor S4 is the killer controller you’ve dreamed of.Printed in GQ India, June 2011 

The digital DJ: after years of halfway solutions, the Traktor S4 is the killer controller you’ve dreamed of.

Printed in GQ India, June 2011 

Southern style: Mysore-born Raghu Dixit has wowed Robert Plant - now he takes on Glastonbury.Printed in GQ India, June 2011 

Southern style: Mysore-born Raghu Dixit has wowed Robert Plant - now he takes on Glastonbury.

Printed in GQ India, June 2011 

Play List: go around the world, one festival at a time. Here’s our pick of the five hottest musical festivals of the year. 
Printed in Vogue India, April 2011

Play List: go around the world, one festival at a time. Here’s our pick of the five hottest musical festivals of the year. 

Printed in Vogue India, April 2011

Preview of the 2011 edition of California’s Coachella festival. 
Published in GQ India, March 2011

Preview of the 2011 edition of California’s Coachella festival. 

Published in GQ India, March 2011

A different beat: award-winning drummer and A R Rahman collaborator, Ranjit Barot, on why big films (and big budgets) no longer turn him on.Printed in GQ India, January 2012

A different beat: award-winning drummer and A R Rahman collaborator, Ranjit Barot, on why big films (and big budgets) no longer turn him on.

Printed in GQ India, January 2012

The rise of Indian indie: This month’s NH7 Weekender festival in Pune proves that bands will forgo money as long as there’s an audience.Published in GQ India, November 2011 

The rise of Indian indie: This month’s NH7 Weekender festival in Pune proves that bands will forgo money as long as there’s an audience.

Published in GQ India, November 2011 

The digital DJ: after years of halfway solutions, the Traktor S4 is the killer controller you’ve dreamed of.Printed in GQ India, June 2011 

The digital DJ: after years of halfway solutions, the Traktor S4 is the killer controller you’ve dreamed of.

Printed in GQ India, June 2011 

Southern style: Mysore-born Raghu Dixit has wowed Robert Plant - now he takes on Glastonbury.Printed in GQ India, June 2011 

Southern style: Mysore-born Raghu Dixit has wowed Robert Plant - now he takes on Glastonbury.

Printed in GQ India, June 2011 

Play List: go around the world, one festival at a time. Here’s our pick of the five hottest musical festivals of the year. 
Printed in Vogue India, April 2011

Play List: go around the world, one festival at a time. Here’s our pick of the five hottest musical festivals of the year. 

Printed in Vogue India, April 2011

Preview of the 2011 edition of California’s Coachella festival. 
Published in GQ India, March 2011

Preview of the 2011 edition of California’s Coachella festival. 

Published in GQ India, March 2011

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