What Indian Music Should Airlines Play?

So should airlines play the keening, trance-like Siddi folk music from the Kutch peninsula? The Sufiana Kalam of Kashmir? Carnatic music? Rabindra Sangeet? Bihu melodies? Classical music from the......

Checking Big Tech with a Self-Goal

It was amusing to hear Minister Jaishankar's argument of tech companies being influential non-State actors.If only he looked at his own party before saying what he did, notes Shyam G Menon.......

Delhi street play row: 'Banning things has become popular'

A Delhi University college play on religious intolerance is caught up in a controversy as the ABVP-run students' union runs pillar-to-post to get it banned for reported ‘anti-Hindu’......

Kumar Gandharva is a companion for all time

'I doubt very much if I will ever move on from his music, as I have from so much else through the years,' says Aakar Patel.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com In 1980 or so, when I was around......

How to stay a close-knit family

Today's parents, even the most liberal ones, will blanch if they hear their children humming Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in the Wall II".And bringing up children the right way is becoming modern......

The rising EMI burden

Economists, scientists and even Messers Pink Floyd have dabbled with the importance of 'Money' and 'Time.' However, now even the home buyer is grappling with the same question. What should one do?......

How to teach your child the value of money

As you run behind your little son or daughter and try getting him/her to sit still and study, you can't help but feel the background score of your life being Pink Floyd's cult anthem:Another brick......

Murthy: From college dropout to big entrepreneur

"Dream big. The earth's the limit!" says Mahesh Murthy. Murthy represents the new breed of entrepreneurs who have taken the offbeat and unconventional track to build their little empires. Murthy......

Roger Waters to recreate Pink Floyd's The Wall

English singer and founding member of the rock band Pink Floyd, Roger Waters will be reviving the band's hit and innovative album The Wall after thirty years since it was originally performed. When......

Pink Floyd on Broadway!

If you stop for a minute and listen closely, very closely, you might catch the sound of salivating. It's what thousands of Pink Floyd fans around the world are probably doing at this moment, while......

Brad, Angelina to get married at their French retreat

Hollywood star couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, who recently announced their engagement, are set to marry at a private chapel on their 35 million pound estate in the south of France this......

Paul McCartney tops musicians' rich list

With a massive 730 million pounds in his kitty, Sir Paul McCartney is the richest musician in the UK. Check out the others who made it to the list. Paul McCartney, whose fortune is worth 730......

Barmy Army warming up for Aussies

Edgbaston is the spiritual home of England's vociferous Barmy Army IMAGE: The 'Barmy Army'. Photograph: Cameron Spencer/Getty Images If one English ground was designed to test the backbone......

Beckham honoured despite rumoured departure

He may be unwanted by Manchester United but Britain still loves David Beckham -- the English soccer captain tops the list in Queen Elizabeth's birthday honours published on Saturday.Beckham, whose......