First appeared in www.scroll.in on October 25, 2014. Unlike Holi, the festival of colours, which has obvious representation in Hindustani music, Diwali, the festival of lights, does not seem to feature similarly in Hindustani compositions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=B4EuV_y3niU Bansuri maestro Pannalal Ghosh’s raag Deepavali is probably a rare instance of a reference to the festival.  The  contemplative mood of the maestro’s presentation of other raags is equally reflected in this raag.   Music lovers would be aware that it was Pannalal Ghosh