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A Day That Ustad Zakir Hussain Gifted Me

 The eulogies will pour for Ustad Zakir Hussain.There will be those who recount his genius, his enterprise, his achievements, his grace, and his charm.I have no selfies or autographs to remember him......

Yet again, Amitav Ghosh sails on opium

 Man and opium have a relationship that goes back to the infancy of mankind. Human civilization is inconceivable without it,' Amitav Ghosh said during an interview with an American radio station in......

Assassins in the Garden

 With the felling of the mango tree at his home, Bijoy Venugopal lost more than just a tree. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh 'The mango trees are in flower,' my father said two weeks ago with an ache in......

Meet the parents

 My Tam Bram friend was madly in love with his Catholic girlfriend, though he dreaded the thought of interacting with her family. Their stiff Western etiquette -- they ate idlis witha fork and knife......

An Alsatian roams free...

 Just as Vaikom Mohammad Basheer's grandfather had an elephant, my great uncle -- on my father's side, twice removed -- had a dog. It was a German Shepherd, or as the Mallus like to call it, an......

Spider-Man 2 spins a Strings tune

 Ourfriendly neighbouring pop duo andour friendly neighbourhood superhero havejoined handsto spin a musical web. Na jaane kyun, a track from Pakistani pop band Strings' recent album Dhaani, will......

Happy Birthday, Norma Jean

 This day in 1926, Norma Jean Mortensen was born to Gladys Baker in Los Angeles, California. Since her father's identity was undetermined, she was baptised Norma Jean Baker.August 5, 1962, she was......

When a man dances

 The happy part about commuting to the tail end of Mumbai to catch an afternoon show is being allowed to watch it undisturbed. So when I turned up hot and sweaty in a cool, dim Malad theatre to......

Soundtracks filmmakers love

 Imagine watching The Godfather without the soundtrack, or any James Bond flick, or Mission Impossible without the signature tune that launched a thousand ringtones. What would the movies do without......

Yuva shows a different Rahman

 Your opinion of A R Rahman's music notwithstanding, everything he does these days is hailed as a blockbuster. The industry pundits say so and you had better lap that up. But I guess I am entitled......

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