Ustad Zakir Hussain was laid to rest on Thursday at a San Francisco cemetery as renowned percussionist A Sivamani and other artistes performed on their drums at a little distance away in a tribute......
'Zakir bhai, Bela, Edgar and I were supposed to bring the As We Speak global concert series to India in January-February 2025.''It would have been our first tour of India after our Grammy win and......
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......
A boat tragedy off the Mumbai coast, which claimed the lives of 13 people, including Navy personnel, has cast a sombre mood over the city's iconic Gateway of India. IMAGE: A doctor waits at......
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......
Driven by a boom in domestic tourism, a record number of weddings in November and December, and a surge in extended weekend vacations. Kindly note the image has been posted only for......
It's a bird, it's a plane, it's the new electric SUVs from Mahindra! Rediff.com's Rajesh Karkera and Hitesh Harisinghani describe the futuristic BE 6e and XEV 9e. Mahindra has once again raised the......
'What scares me is the fact that there is so much content that people have content indigestion.''How do you entice people who have indigestion of content?' Photograph: Kind courtesy Rajadhiraaj:......
Munjya is the most wildly entertaining ghost I have encountered at the movies recently.But he has the added advantage of being a Maharashtrian ghost, of possessing rhythms of speech and behaviour......
When I look back at 2024 at the movies, it feels like it lacked that extra something. Most films felt like recycled formulas wanting to reclaim the box office by hook or crook. And the ones that......
I would tell all my friends to go and watch Mufasa: The Lion King, recommends Krishiv Dedhia, 7. Krishiv: Dad, wasn't Mufasa: The Lion King so cool? Like, I didn't think it would be THAT good, but......
As Swades turns 20, Aseem Chhabra looks back at the film that spoke to him. IMAGE: Gayatri Joshi and Shah Rukh Khan in Swades. Several years ago, I had lunch with the then finance minister of......
IMAGE: Pakistan had beaten India in 2017 to win the Champions Trophy. Photograph: Kind courtesy ICC/X The Champions Trophy tour unveiled by the ICC on Saturday, will be held in Karachi,......
'There will be a lot of spice to the contest -- there is a reason India is the only team other than England against whom Australia is keen to play a five Test series.' 'I'll watch, as I suspect......
IMAGE: Mike Tyson, left, and Jake Paul face off during a press conference at The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory on Wednesday. Photograph: Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images/Reuters Jake Paul is betting......