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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......

Soni Somarajan's INSPIRING LIFE

It was Soni Somarajan's biggest dream -- to see himself as a proud member of the Indian Armed Forces.Life brutally shattered that dream.So, Soni tells Air Commodore Nitin Sathe (retd), he wove new......

When Keshub Mahindra silenced T N Seshan

T N Seshan, who passed into the ages last month. believed that toughness at every level is needed to keep the flock under him strictly duty bound, recalls Dr K S Parthasarathy, former secretary,......

'She was Amma to all of us'

'Mrinalini Sarabhai was gracious, well-read, liberal, very secular, and very well informed,' recalls film historian S Theodore Baskaran of the celebrated dancer who passed into the ages last week.......

He liked the Army dress, says slain NSG Lt Col Niranjan's father

Lt Colonel E K Niranjan, head of the elite bomb squad of the NSG and an "explosives expert", was on Sunday killed while defusing an explosive device at the Pathankot IAF base. Officials said he......

Music & business: What's the relation?

Have you ever thought of hot idlis for breakfast accompanied by German Riesling, or, say, vadas with Italian Campari? If that's a wild thought think of this: mixing Carnatic music with management.......

Lalu's Rail Budget speech

Union Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav made the following speech while presenting the Railway Budget for 2004-2005 in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday (July 6, 2004)."Mr Speaker Sir,I rise to present the......

Kaalai's music is pleasing

The Tamil film Kaalai has Silambarasan and Vedhika in the lead. Silambarasan has also tried his hand at singing as well as writing some of the lyrics of the songs from the film. Directed by Tarun......

Impressive debut from Rahman's nephew

Composer G V Prakash Kumar's mama also happens to be a music director. His name is A R Rahman. It is to Prakash Kumar's credit that he manages to have something to show for himself beyond his......

'The University called K Balachander'

Suresh Krissna is a popular name in South Indian cinema. He has directed top stars like Kamal Haasan, Rajnikanth, Chiranjeevi, Revathi and Salman Khan, as well as upcoming actors in films made in......

Meera Jasmine: Destiny's child

It was destiny that brought Jasmine Mary Joseph from a small town called Kuttapuzha in Tiruvalla to the world of cinema. She was just an ordinary girl who wanted to study and become a doctor. She......

'Hindi is my indulgence'

Madhavan is shooting for Saran's (Gemini's highly successful director) Jay Jay at a Chennai shopping complex. Theweatheris hot butthe actor ison a high. His first comedy, the Tamil film Nala......

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