. About the Artist: Krishna Chakraborty is an established name in world of vocal Indian classical music noted for her exceptional voice, power and range. She started her training at the tender age of 5 and had the exceptional fortune of learning under maestros, Pt Bholanath Bhatt, Ustad Mushtaq Hussain Khan, Pt. Tarapada Chakraborti, Pt. Nivruttibua Sarnaik and Pt. V.G. Jog.  The influence of different gharanas – Kirana, Rampur Shahswan and Jaipur Atrauli – has helped her evolve her own style that set her apart from other artists. She excels in khyal, thumris and tappas with equal ease. Chakraborti performs  [ Read More ]

The City Hindus Network was founded in 2005. Ever since then, we have grown and grown.   A change of Chair, a committee update and a website refresh later, we thought in March 2011 it was time to ask CHN members what they really thought of us, by asking them to fill in this survey to help us shape the coming months and years. The results were encouraging. They highlighted what members thought the CHN did well, and what our key areas of development are. Read the results summary below. We got a few dozen responses out of several hundred members, so the  [ Read More ]