Ustad Rashid Khan has left an enduring legacy with his soul-stirring notes, his melodious voice echoing through time and leaving an indelible imprint on the rich heritage of Hindustani music.......
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......
Eminent Bengali writer Buddhadeb Guha, author of many notable works such as Madhukari (Honey Gatherer), died on Sunday. He was 85. Guha, died of post-covid complications at a private......
Time unkindly has a sole endeavour: To drag the person, whose death you are mourning, further and further away from your presence, to some far edge of your falsely anesthetised mind.So your......
'He had decided to give his body for medical research.''I read that his skin was given to a burn victim that very night.''He would have been thrilled.' Shashwata Chatterjee on his wedding day with......
Mamata Banerjee's triumphal declaration of having attracted investments worth Rs 2.43 lakh crore at the summit, are numbers that no one but she and the enigmatic state finance minister Amit Mitra......
The Rs 2,000 crore Moser Baer has identified regional film production as one of its thrust areas this year and is in talks with The Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute, Calcutta, for film......
Within days of taking over as the managing director of Ceat, Harsh Goenka visited Tokyo for a meeting with the top brass of Yokohama Rubber Company.Throughout the meeting, the Yokohama chief kept......
'Life was a canvas and Pradeep Sarkar painted with full intensity -- be it an ad film or a feature film.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Kajol/Twitter Director Hansal Mehta took to Twitter on Friday......
'He made me feel like a crorepati even without sitting in the hot seat.' Photograph: Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters Rediff.com Senior Contributor Roshmila Bhattacharya reels back to her interactions......
'If a hero wanted Mr Rafi to sing for him, naturally it had to be him.''Then if it was Dilip Kumar, who is a soft-spoken man, he naturally wanted Talat Mehmood.''Now you tell me, where did I stand......
In a career spanning six decades, the Dada Saheb Phalke awardee has acted in more than 300 films. Photograph: PTI Photo Soumitra Chatterjee, the actor who helped take Indian cinema across the......
'I'm a rascal, I'm going to play a paramahansa?!' IMAGE: Victor Banerjee was in Mumbai to promote the film, The Answer. On the second half of a day of back-to-back interviews, the actor changed......
Team captains with the IPL trophy at the opening ceremony in Kolkata on Tuesday. Photograph: BCCI Heavy rain failed to dampen the spirit of the 'City of Joy' on Tuesday, as a dazzling......
A mild thunderstorm coupled with heavy showersdelayed the start of the Indian Premier League match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Delhi Daredevils at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. The sudden......