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The Global Ambassador Of Indian Music

He was a formidable musician but seemed utterly human, a Peter Pan who wore his genius with deceptive lightness. Sandip Roy remembers Ustad Zakir Hussain. IMAGE: Ustad Zakir Hussain at one of his......

State-of-the-art Ayodhya airport set for takeoff, Modi to open on Saturday

The soon-to-open international airport here endowed with modern amenities carries a traditional look with the design of its facade depicting architectural style being used in the upcoming Ram......

'Goa Inquisition was most merciless and cruel'

IMAGE: Richard Zimler. Richard Zimler's novel, Guardian of the Dawn, documents the little-known Portuguese Inquisition in India, in 16th century Goa. He points out that, apart from their......

NRIs: Pop Nationalism To Identity Supremacy

Brand India's societal divisions and distortions have remained as much relevant in 'liberal' America and Europe as it still is in the structurally stratified Indian society of the 21st century,......

National Heritage award for Bharata Natyam artiste

Kamala Lakshmi Narayanan, popularly known as Kumari Kamala during her early career in India, last month became the first Bharata Natyam artist in the United States to receive the prestigious......

Professional manager, businessman...

Ajit Balakrishnan on mapping the Business Serengeti.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The other day, when I was introduced at a conference as 'a businessman', I found myself squirming. I......

Carnegie Mellon receives $35 million gift from TCS

Largest industry gift to CMU and largest gift from outside US will support new facility and student scholarships Hamerschlag and Roberts Halls are two of the teaching facilities of the College of......

Slowdown effect: IT-BT Park at Pantnagar shelved

Four years after its launch, an integrated IT-BT Park (Information Technology, Biotechnology Park) which was coming up in Pantnagar area of Kumoan region has been shelved by the Uttarakhand......

Mukesh Ambani to set up varsity

Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani plans to set up a private university in Mumbai or Pune, to be named the Dhirubhai Ambani International University. While investment details of the project......

Global economy, national problems, petty politics

"Power will go to the hands of rascals, rogues and freebooters. All Indian leaders will be of low calibre and men of straw." -- Winston Churchill on the eve of Indian Independence The recent......

Lord Puttnam in Mumbai!

Mumbai movie-lovers have a reason to rejoice -- Lord David Puttnamwill be in town to deliver a lecture. Lord Puttnamwas universally acclaimed as Britain's leading producer of motion pictures from......

A legend talks cinema

Lord David Puttnam was, for over three decades, Britain's leading film producer, bringing to the fore directorial talents like Alan Parker (Midnight Express, Bugsy Malone), Ridley Scott (The......

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