That's right, a man named Kiran Phatak has made that possible, by translating a number of classical Indian ragas to English. The second your radio tunes into a channel that's playing Indian classical music, how many of you listen, honestly? Classical singer and teacher Kiran Phatak has taken it upon himself to translate the classical bandishes he's learnt into English, and write new ones in English. Now, what if we tell you that even the current generation of youngsters can understand exactly what the classical doyens of Indian music sing about? Since then, he's written over 25 bandishes in English, and is even training a new generation of singers in his new-found form.

Source: India Today July 13, 2016 11:26 UTC