This Island Earth
Sunday October 19th, 2025 with Alka Sharma
Songs dedicated to Diwali and Indian Classical music

Good afternoon, you are listening to This Island Earth. My name is Alka Sharma, and I will be with you until 4 pm. On today's show, we're going to play some music dedicated to Diwali, and then we'll also listen to some Indian Classical music with some Ragas.

Ashtalakshmi Sthothram
Mambalam Sisters - 15 Essential Songs

Deepman Shobhit Bhavana Par
Ranjan and Sanjan Mishra - Celebration Series - Diwali

Shubh Din Aaj Diwali
Shubha Mudgal - Celebration Special

Sri Suktam
Priests of Kashi - Sri Suktam

Sindhi-Bhairavi
Ravi Shankar - The Sounds of India

Raga Brindabani Sarang Alap
Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia - Celebrating the Legend

Chandrakauns
John McLaughlin, Zakir Hussain, and special guest Hariprasad Chaurasia - Remember Shakti

Raga Hindolita
Pandit Bhimsen Joshi - The Best of Bhimsen Joshi

Raga Alhaiya Bilawal
Kishori Amonkar - The Best of Kishori Amonkar

Raga Sanjari
Kumar Ghandharva - Masterworks from the NCPA Archives

Interactive CKCU

Shubham
Good show Alka

1:26 PM, October 19th, 2025

Alka Sharma (host)
Thanks for listening Shubham! Glad you're enjoying it!

1:38 PM, October 19th, 2025

Shubham
Happy Diwali

1:56 PM, October 19th, 2025

Alka Sharma (host)
Thank you! Happy Diwali to you too!

2:10 PM, October 19th, 2025

PeterB
Remember Shakti! A favourite for a very long time, and not played often enough. Aaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh......... Thanks also for the 'brief introduction to raga' Alka. ;^) Peace

2:43 PM, October 19th, 2025

Alka Sharma (host)
Thanks for listening Peter! It was a very brief introduction to raga... It could go on for hours explaining what it is :)

2:46 PM, October 19th, 2025

PeterB
One of yer more complex music forms ever invented ... For Dummies.

2:55 PM, October 19th, 2025

Alka Sharma (host)
:) for sure...

3:00 PM, October 19th, 2025

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