Drishti Mehta
Music Writer
Writer and editor at Rest in Beats, where I write long-form cover stories, features, and artist interviews on India's independent music scene. I also develop original video formats for musicians and, taking the conversation beyond the page. My work is driven by how artists build a sound and the story behind a release.
Articles
Lists
Revisiting Lata Mangeshkar's Greatest Hits on Her Birthday
Lists
Every Indian Track on Netflix's Best of the Best Soundtrack
Feature
Mila Sidhu's "One Night" Knows Exactly What Kind of Room It's Walking Into
Indie
Talwiinder Releases "Assay Passay," the First Single From His EP Paiinted Feeliings
Feature
SINASH's "Kaagaz" Is About a Love Too Stubborn to Accept Being Lost
Feature
Chirag Todi's "Stuck" Captures the Loneliness of Being Right Next to Someone
Feature
Dhanji Named His Vendors' Failure in Public. The Show Sold Out Anyway.
Feature
On "The Other Girl," Shriya Rao Writes Her Way Out of Being the Other Woman
Feature
Euphoria's "Aapki Duaa" is Palash Sen Singing Next to a Voice That Isn't Here Anymore
Feature
Last Minute India Wrote “Udd Chale” Eight Years Ago. The Song Waited Them Out.
Artist of the Month
KhoslaRaghu Finished an Album. Then They Cut It in Half.
Feature
Bhajan Jamming is the New Indian Nightlife
Feature
Ramil Ganjoo and Alvina D'Souza Find Their Way Back to the Same Place on "Fizool Ki Baat"
Lists
Revisiting Michael Jackson's Greatest Hits on His Birthday
Feature
Curtain Blue's "Yeh Duniya" Is the Sound He's Been Looking For
Lists
Cross-Language Collaborations That Deserve A Spot on Your Playlist
Lists
Classic Bollywood Songs to Play This Monsoon
Feature
Danish Sood's everyone's a baby finds something useful in being a little naive
Lists
9 Tracks Blending Afrobeats and South Asian Music
Feature
Neram asks what happens to belief when nobody is left to believe
Feature
Akshath Replays the Heartbreak He Couldn't Rewrite in “Aadat Nahi Hai”
Lists
12 Tracks That Prove Indian R&B Has Found Its Own Voice
Lists
India's Best Music Videos of 2026 So Far
Lists
Most Underrated Projects of 2026 So Far
Feature
In Baalti & Lapgan’s “Romance,” the Akhada Becomes a Place for Male Intimacy
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