 Washington Post | The matriarch of the Kirana Gharana Hindu BANGALORE: "I want to live to be a hundred," said 97-year-old Gangubai Hangal a fortnight ago from her hospital bed in Hubli. But that was not to be for the matriarch of the Kirana Gharana, whose full-bodied and robust voice held the musical ... Gangubai Hangal's concert of life ends Her right to sing, to cancer, Gangubai fought many battles How Hindustani music took roots in Dharwad |