A pillion-rider's view of India, with riots as background

Journalist-author Harish Nambiar talks about his book, Defragmenting India Harish Nambiar's Defragmenting India looks at the country after the infamous 2002 Gujarat riots took place. Nambiar, a......

Rebellion in Sangeet Natak Akademi

Sixty artistes on Thursday approached President A P J Abdul Kalam demanding immediate removal of danseuse Sonal Mansingh from the helm of the Sangeet Natak Akademi accusing her of running the......

'Guruji never knew he was great'

My first meeting with Guruji Kelucharan Mohapatra was in 1968 when Sonal Mansingh,I, and a sitarist from Bengal travelled together in the then Soviet Union. So my association with Guruji started......

Guruji shaped the renaissance of Odissi

'Guruji never knew he was great'Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra is no more. But it does not sound real to me and to so many of his disciples, admirers, and friends because such people are eternal. He......