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Santoor maestro Shivkumar Sharma is dead

Santoor virtuoso Pt Shivkumar Sharma, who took the stringed instrument to the global stage and successfully straddled the worlds of classical and film music, died in Mumbai on Tuesday following a......

Legendary Kathak dancer Birju Maharaj passes away

Legendary Kathak exponent Birju Maharaj, who took the traditional Indian dance form to the world, died at his home in New Delhi in the early hours of Monday, his granddaughter said. IMAGE:......

PHOTOS: Pandit Jasraj cremated with state honours

Legendary Indian classical vocalist Pandit Jasraj was on Thursday cremated with state honours in the presence of his family members and close friends in Mumbai. The 90-year-old music doyen, who......

With Pandit Jasraj's passing, heaven has become richer

The mesmerising and familiar image of Pandit Jasraj saying 'Jai Ho' and then raising his hands to mark the beginning of his performances will now remain only in the fond memories of thousands of......

Pt Jasraj's mortal remains to be flown to Mumbai today

Disciples and followers of music legend Pandit Jasraj in the United States paid their tributes to the Indian classical vocalist and described his passing away as an irreparable loss to India and......

Brijmohan Lall Munjal: A hero forever

Brijmohan Lall Munjal was a perfectionist, who empathised with people who worked for him. 'Hero Forever' posters with Brij Mohan Lall Munjal could be seen on lamp posts leading to the Indira Gandhi......

This Janmashtami, hi-tech flute for Lord Krishna

The lyrical sound of the flute, often associated with Vrindavan, Lord Krishna and his numerous gopis, can also fill up auditoriums and big music halls without distorting its charming musical......

Meet Assocham's first lady chief

Men in Delhi! Swati Piramal, Assocham's first lady-President in 93 years laughs as she the recounts the questions she's faced - and not at the first press conference she's just addressed in her......

What are you downloading next?

Punjabi pop, heavy metal, hard rock and tuneless songs from some of the recent Hindi flicks. These are some genres that lack appeal, especially when it blares from your mobile phone into the......

Hillary Clinton to keynote Pan-IIT conference

United States Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, General Electric CEO Jeffrey Immelt and Vodafone CEO Arun Sarin will keynote the Indian Institute of Technology 2007 Global Alumni Conference titled......

'Sangeet Manapmaan Is As Big As It Gets'

'We should support cinema that's rooted in our culture and not ape the West.' IMAGE: Subodh Bhave and Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy launch the music album of Sangeet Manapmaan. Photograph: Satish......

How Did Katrina Spend Her Sunday?

How did Bollywood celebrate the weekend? Take a look. Photograph: Kind courtesy Katrina Kaif/Instagram Katrina Kaif spends Sunday musing. Photograph: Kind courtesy Tisca......

'Lataji proved perfection is possible in this imperfect world'

'Lataji, Ghalib, Beethoven and Shakespeare are far removed from the normal chain of human civilisation.''If they were just role models, how come no one was able to achieve an iota of their......

Looking at Yami Gautam's wedding album

Yami Gautam married her Uri: The Surgical Strike Director Aditya Dhar on June 4 in a simple ceremony attended only by family members. The wedding was held at Yami's home in Himachal Pradesh. ......

Lataji lists her 5 MOST ROMANTIC songs

'For those who like romance in their music, I suggest they search for this song.' Subhash K Jha tells us of an incident that Javed Akhtar shared with him. Pandit Jasraj had told Javedsaab that in......

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