An article by Vidya Shah

http://www.india-seminar.com/2009/601/601_vidya_shah.htm

"‘NOBODY appreciates its great utility. People will certainly repent one day. The next decade will kill most of the leading musicians and scholars.’ In the year 1922, so wrote Pt. Vishnu Narayan Bhatkande, a seminal figure of Indian musicology, about the steady decline of Hindustani classical music in India in a letter to a close friend.^1..."

Nice read.

Ganga by Mrigya

I first heard this track in 2005, shortly after I arrived in Noida. It has become a cult by now and has been copied by multiple people. This song was born in 2001 when some musicians from some Delhi bands jammed together in a concert. It heralded the beginning of Mrigya -- one of the most melodious fusion bands ever. Mrigya completed 10 years of successful existence in 2011 and released a cd, from which this video is taken. You can find many live versions of this song on the net.