First appeared in www.scroll.in on October 17, 2015. The second part of the series on raags associated with specific composers features sitar renditions of raag Mia ki Todi this week.  Mia ki Todi, also known as Shuddha Todi, is believed to have been composed by Mia Tansen, one of the Navratnas or nine jewels in the court of Emperor Akbar. Many gharanas owe their allegiance to Mia Tansen through guru-shishya or master-disciple lineages.  One of these is the Maihar-Senia gharana founded