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Padma Awards 2013: The Winners

The 2013 Padma Awards were announced on the eve of the 64th Republic DayHere’s the complete list of the winnersPadma Vibhushan Sl No. Name Discipline State/ Domicile 1. Shri Raghunath......

Vaihayasi P Daniel speaks to William Dalrymple

India has probably just one Punjabi Scotsman. Writer and historian William Dalrymple lives in eccentric, oddball-style outside Delhi in a rambling bungalow in Mehrauli. He shares his home with......

'Ginsberg looked for the sacred in India'

In 1961, Allen Ginsberg, the poet who had become notorious and famous for his anti-establishment poem Howl, left New York for Bombay, with his troubled lover, Peter Orlovsky. And yet he would......

Desai, Mishra on New York Times' Top 100 books

Six weeks after winning the Man Booker Prize for her second novel, The Inheritance of Loss, Kiran Desai is hardly out of the news. She appeared with her mother, the novelist Anita Desai, last week......

A US achiever's advice for Indian students

Nandini 'Pushkin' Chattopadhyay is among 15 immigrant students chosen as the first Merage American Dream Fellow. The $20,000 scholarship is restricted to mostly elite universities in America,......

Art in focus in AIDS fight

In an attempt to create awareness about AIDS and HIV in rural areas where media cannot reach, the Public Affairs Office of the US Consulate General, Kolkata, would make use of scroll-painters to......

Will these 3 Indians win the Grammy?

Music, they say, has no barriers. No wonder, Vienna echoes in the strains of the music of the Manganiyars (a singing community from Rajasthan). No wonder also that Baul singers from the villages......

Mira's Namesake comes to India!

Mira Nair started shooting her new film, The Namesake, in Kolkata on Sunday, May 22. The film isan adaptation of Pulitzer-winning writer Jhumpa Lahiri's debut book of the same name. "The two-week......

Advani rallies to down Hughes

Eighteen-year-old Pankaj Advani stretched his form further to win a difficult match against Eugene Hughes of the Republic of Ireland as two other Indians, Rishabh Thakkar and Siddarth Parikh, won......

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Q. Is BAUL sangeet ( popular music of west bengal) a mixture of classical and folk ?
: A. Bauls are divinely inspired poets of Bengal.The music of the Bauls, refers to a particular type of folk song sung by Bauls. It carries influences...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/is-baul-sangeet--popular-music-of-west-bengal-a-mixture-of-c//answers/12035095

Q. can u name five saints bengal
Joyesh Chakraborty: A. Here saints belong to different religions:aul, baul,vaisnava, and sahajiya. more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/can-u-name-five-saints-bengal/12034797/answers/12903416

Q. Who is a BAUL? What does a BAUL do? What is his way of life?
Dinesh C S: A. Baul songs are folk songs originated in Birbhum district of West Bengal. A baul mela is organised every year during winter at Joydeb Kenduly...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/who-is-a-baul-what-does-a-baul-do-what-is-his-way-of-life/12901387/answers/10212307

Q. What is SUFI Music ?
Khem Pun: A. Sufi music means any music that connects with the heart. It is the music of submission and surrender that bonds humans to God and transcends all...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/what-is-sufi-music-/615375/answers/9424740

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Thirty years and still counting

The Bank Employees Arts Movement Ernakulam (BEAME)'s activities, which has struck a chord with Kochiites is well on its thirtieth year. Formed in... ...

http://newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/Thirty-years-and-still-counting/2013/05/21/article1598624.ece

Ganguly, Mithun, Rituparno Given Bangabibhusan Award

Former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly, Olympian footballers P K Banerjee and Chuni Goswami, actor Mithun Chakraborty and dancer Thankamani... ...

http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=798624

Buffalo boy's Calcutta crush!

My family and I board a plane this morning to take us back to America. For the last three years, I have been proud to say I live in Calcutta, and... ...

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130519/jsp/calcutta/story_16914796.jsp

Dream Logic

The bicentenary of Charles Dickens last year overshadowed that of at least one other contemporary who was born in 1812 and had an India connection.... ...

http://travel.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?285257

Stone laid

Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has laid the foundation stone for the Vivekananda Museum at Sai Gramam, Thonnackal, near here. The museum is being... ...

http://newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/Vivekananda-Museum-Stone-laid/2013/05/13/article1587963.ece

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Padma Awards 2013: The Winners

Vaihayasi P Daniel speaks to William Dalrymple

'Ginsberg looked for the sacred in India'

Desai, Mishra on New York Times' Top 100 books

A US achiever's advice for Indian students

Art in focus in AIDS fight

Will these 3 Indians win the Grammy?

Mira's Namesake comes to India!

Advani rallies to down Hughes

People speak for baul

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