Category Archives: Music

Begum Abida Parveen – Bulle Shah

Posted on September 17, 2012 by admin

Begum Abida Parveen sings some of the most well-known verses of Bulleshah. Abida’s voice enables the listeners to transcend the barriers of language, culture and creed and get transported to the plane of mystical ecstasy.

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Mesmerised by Mehdi Hasan

Posted on July 12, 2012 by admin

by Mukul Bansal AB ke hum bichde to shayad kabhi kwabon mein milein,/ Jis tarah sookhe huye phool kitabon mein milein.” (If we part this time, we may come across each other in dreams like dried-up flower petals falling out … Continue reading →

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The inimitable, unfathomable K.L. Sehgal

Posted on October 8, 2011 by admin
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His life a hymn

Posted on August 5, 2011 by admin

The secular character of Hindustani music is best represented in Dagar bani. The senior most exponent of Dagar bani, Ustad Rahim Fahimuddin Khan Dagar passed away on July 27, leaving behind a tradition of music that espouses spirituality, erudition and … Continue reading →

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Late recognition of a versatile vocalist

Posted on July 31, 2011 by admin

BY Harihar Swarup “Ilahi koi tamanna nahin Zamane se; Maine saari umra Guzari hai Apne gaane mein” When the renowned classical vocalist from Varanasi was finally conferred the Padma Bhushan last year, he is said to have shrugged and quipped, … Continue reading →

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He translated literature and music for celluloid

Posted on July 7, 2011 by admin

Vandana Shukla/TNS For him, film making was a social act, an attempt to understand the world we live in, distorted by education and media. One of the pioneers of parallel cinema in India, Mani Kaul passed away on Wednesday morning … Continue reading →

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Melody in STRINGS

Posted on June 12, 2011 by admin

SD Sharma “During childhood, I used to wake up to the soulful strains of music emanating from the sitar being played by my mother Tripta Chakraborty. I knew the dawn and morning by this phenomenon,” shares Kolkata-based sitar maestro Debajit … Continue reading →

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Frontiers of folk

Posted on June 12, 2011 by admin

S. D. Sharma Having been the global ambassador of Punjabi music, Surinder Kaur’s legacy needs to be kept alive and recognised much more, say artistes ahead of her death anniversary on June 14 GOD, nature and man must have forged … Continue reading →

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Tune into the past

Posted on May 27, 2011 by admin

The spate of recycled songs from the past has failed to impress. People want the soothing touch of yore back into the music industry Jasmine Singh Dum maaro dum and then Laila O Laila, the remixed and recycled versions of … Continue reading →

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Morning in police station turns musical with all notes classical

Posted on May 16, 2011 by admin

* The dilapidated Darbar hall of Quila Sarai in Sultanpur Lodhi reclaims its musical legacy Vandana Shukla Tribune News Service Sultanpur Lodhi, May 15 On a Sunday morning, the Darbar hall inside the police station reverberates with musical notes of … Continue reading →

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