In the early sixties, when I was twenty and a visitor to Calcutta, a lean, bent by age guest to my sister’s place resembling the maestro S D Burman invited me to attend a bhajan at his residence. I ...

On one end of the block came the sound of mashed cymbals and dad-rock vocals. The other: the ticky-tap of an old-timey group. On a perfect summery Saturday afternoon, no one needed any excuse to ...

There may be no better way to start the day than with this video that's going viral. At Eisenhower Junior High School in Darien, Ill., last month, the school band was playing the national anthem.