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Carnatic Music Goes From Raga To Rage

They all seem to forget that the Music Academy is as much an independent institution as T M Krishna is an individual musician. In drawing those red lines for the Academy management, they do not......

Classical dancer shot dead in another attack on Indians in US

In yet another deadly attack on Indians and Indian-Americans in the United States in recent months, a 34-year-old trained classical dancer from India and a student of Washington University, was......

Tributes pour in for violin maestro TN Krishnan

Tributes poured in for violin maestro T N Krishnan, who died in Chennai at the age of 92, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and the world of Carnatic music mourning the......

The maharaja who gave his people museums

The collector king Sayajirao Gaekwad III, who lived a century ago, put together a fantastic world of Indian and European art for his subjects. IMAGE: Baroda's Sayajirao Gaekwad III ruled......

Did Hema Malini get a Rs 70 cr plot for Rs 70,000?

'When Revenue Minister Eknath Khadse called Hema Malini to Mantralaya and handed over a plot to set up a dance academy, I felt there is some problem in it.' 'Hema Malini was given a plot in......

Wipro opens door to non-science graduates

These recruits, after going through training, would be sent in areas like infrastructure management services and application support and services. In what could well become a larger sectoral trend,......

A cure for India's traffic mess

There is an urgent need for better infrastrcutrue, proper traffic management and smarter planning, if Indian roads are to be safe and good to drive on, says S S Kumar. When I was in school, the......

Death of the classical music industry

The ageless voice of vocalist Prabha Atre floats off the speakers at the head office of Ninaad Records. The niche music label is in the process of putting together a two-series album comprising......

Kumar Birla to get Kesoram Industries

Basant Kumar Birla, chairman of the Rs 8,000-crore (Rs 80 billion)BK Birla group, has altered his succession plan and at the hub of the change is the Rs 2,500-crore (Rs 25 billion)diversified......

Ramesh Pandey beats Steve Jobs, Warren Buffet

When the votes for the Reader's Choice CEO of the Year by MarketWatch were counted, Dr Ramesh Pandey of Xechem came first, relegating Steve Jobs of Apple Computers to second place and Warren......

'How much more Indian can my film get?'

'These accusations of my film being a copy only makes our chances at the Academy harder.' Even as a raging debate eddies around him about whether his film, Chhello Show (Last Film Show), is a......

'We wanted to select a film that celebrated humanism'

'If we selected a political film or a film on a specific cultural event, they could easily be bypassed if they don't match with the political ideologies of the people viewing the film at the......

You must watch these AMAZING movies!

The stars were there. For a small festival in its fourth year, the International Film Festivals and Awards Macao brings quite a few global film personalities to promote their films. French actress......

The stars who will win the Golden Globes

If anyone thinks that the Golden Globes are insignificant, the Hollywood studios are out to prove them wrong.Aseem Chhabra previews this year's Golden Globes which will be held in Los Angeles on......

Guess who turned 80!

Sukanya Verma celebrates the timeless magic of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs on its 80th anniversary. Children are a pure audience. They grab on to the simplest of suggestions and turn them into......

Boxer Vikas Krishan targets gold medal at Tokyo Olympics

'We have got quite a strong team, we have got two world championship medalists in Amit Panghal and Manish Kaushik. You know that those guys are tough and they can beat any guy on the given day.'......

10 Indian sports stars who left a mark on 2015

What a year Sania Mirza, Leander Paes, Saina Nehwal, Vijender Singh and Anirban Lahiri had! IMAGE: Sania Mirza. Photograph: Clive Brunskill/Getty Images 2015 was an extraordinary year for Sania......

Pakistanis to train at MRF Academy

The Pakistan Cricket Board has confirmed that three Test bowlers besides an under-19 player would be joining for training under former Australian speedster Dennis Lillee at the MRF Pace foundation......

I had the right attitude: Rhodes

Jonty Rhodes revived the art of fielding in modern day cricket. Fielding was considered compulsory practice, something that had to be done after every session of batting or fielding, but Rhodes and......

Pathan, Balaji, Zaheer to train under Lillee

Pace bowlers Irfan Pathan and Lakshmipathy Balaji, India's bowling heroes in the recent Test series against Pakistan, along with left-arm seamer Zaheer Khan will fine-tune their skills at the MRF......

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