Kabir Project brings you Gulshan-e-Armaan, Delhi September 2026

Do spiritual seeking and social justice go together?Can the power of poems, stories and ideas be silenced?What does the mystic’s call to ‘give up your head’ truly mean? The Kabir Project brings you the story of an 18th century Sufi from Sindh, unraveling many questions for our times. Join us for an intimate evening of storytelling,… Read More Kabir Project brings you Gulshan-e-Armaan, Delhi September 2026

Wake up

Wake up: Song by Arcade Fire – 2004 Somethin’ filled upMy heart with nothin’Someone told me not to cry Now that I’m olderMy heart’s colderAnd I can see that it’s a lie Children, wake upHold your mistake upBefore they turn the summer into dust If the children don’t grow upOur bodies get bigger but our… Read More Wake up

The Silenced Lecture & Music Against Genocide

Dr. Malik’s lecture asks one of the most important questions facing the healing professions today: What happens when institutions built to recognize psychological harm learn to look away from the largest concentration of psychological injury on earth? Doctors Against Genocide invites you to join an urgent webinar This Sunday, MAY 24th, 2026 at 12PM ET This week’s webinar… Read More The Silenced Lecture & Music Against Genocide

Trial, Triumph, and the Art of the Possible: The Remarkable Story Behind Beethoven’s ‘Ode to Joy’

By Maria Popova “Day by day I am approaching the goal which I apprehend but cannot describe,” Ludwig van Beethoven (December 16, 1770–March 26, 1827) wrote to his boyhood friend, rallying his own resilience as he began losing his hearing. A year later, shortly after completing his Second Symphony, he sent his brothers a stunning letter about the joy of suffering… Read More Trial, Triumph, and the Art of the Possible: The Remarkable Story Behind Beethoven’s ‘Ode to Joy’

Bruce Springsteen – Streets Of Minneapolis

NB: Solidarity and love to all American citizens resisting fascism. I salute you, Bruce, thank you Bruce Springsteen – Streets Of Minneapolis [Verse 1]Through the winter’s ice and coldDown Nicollet AvenueA city aflame fought fire and ice‘Neath an occupier’s bootsKing Trump’s private army from the DHSGuns belted to their coatsCame to Minneapolis to enforce the… Read More Bruce Springsteen – Streets Of Minneapolis

The Little Drummer Boy / Christmas with André Rieu – Live in Maastricht (2019)

Some music for Christmas Christmas with André Rieu – Live in Maastricht (2019) WW1: Christmas Truce of 1914 – Vision of Humanity The Soldiers’ Christmas Truce 1914 / Armistice Day, November 11, 1918: In Pictures The Little Drummer Boy (originally known as Carol of the Drum) is a popular Christmas song written by the American classical music composer and teacher Katherine… Read More The Little Drummer Boy / Christmas with André Rieu – Live in Maastricht (2019)

Clearest Blue

A very unusual song, both for its lyrics and its melody. It comes at the end of a new film with a superb child actor, Ana Sophia Heger, in She Rides Shotgun. Quite something. This is a Scottish group Clearest Blue Song by CHVRCHES ‧ 2015 Light is all over usLike it always wasLike it… Read More Clearest Blue

Mainstream, November 29, 2025

Readers outside of India can donate hereto support Mainstream Weeklyhttps://tinyurl.com/2rsy4ss6++++++ In this issue Few Questions To those who, during the Bihar election campaign tarred Lalu Prasad Yadav years in Govt as “Jungle Raj” | Suresh Khairnar Bihar Assembly election results: Chacha Paltu Ram can no more shake off Modi’s bond | Faraz Ahmad The Importance of Being… Read More Mainstream, November 29, 2025