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Sitar maestro Pandit Debu Chaudhuri dies of Covid related complications

Sitar maestro Pandit Debu Chaudhuri died of Covid related complications at a Delhi hospital on Saturday, his son Prateek Chaudhuri said. He was 85. Prateek announced the death of his father,......

The concert that changed Ravi Shankar and Vilayat Khan's lives

At some point, it became evident to the audience that a subtle musical duel was taking place.By the time the faster taans started, the notes had become sharp arrows shot with the intention to......

WATCH: Vilayat Khan or Ravi Shankar? Who was No 1?

9 MUST WATCH videos!Videos: Afsar Dayatar/Rediff.com IMAGE: Ustad Vilayat Khan. Photograph: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com When you think of the classical greats, you think of gravitas, of hours of......

Panditji was a lovely teacher: Raakhee on Ravi Shankar

Believe it or not,Raakhee Gulzar spent weeks learning how to play the sitar from the maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar himself. It was for her role of the unfulfilled housewifein Aparna Sen'sParoma.......

US: Indian music teacher faces sexual charges

The case of 42-year-old Shafaatullah Khan, which came up in a court in Bridgeport on Wednesday, comes close on the heels of a Hindu priest being arrested on charges of groping two children in......

What are you downloading next?

Punjabi pop, heavy metal, hard rock and tuneless songs from some of the recent Hindi flicks. These are some genres that lack appeal, especially when it blares from your mobile phone into the......

Watch The Best Of Satyajit Ray On OTT

Had he not taken his final curtain call on April 23, 1992, Satyajit Ray would still, undoubtedly, have been making movies. His films still dazzle with their technical artistry and are relevant even......

Jalsaghar is a viewing treat you owe yourself

Cinema entertains, exhilarates and enlightens. Its ability to relate and inform the viewer through universal, timeless emotions are what contributes to its legacy, now available more easily than......

Video: Why did Ustad Amjad Ali Khan invite Karan Johar?

Glimspes from the launch of Ustad Amjad Ali Khan's book, Master On Masters. Video: Afsar Dayatar/Rediff.com When a music maestro decides to write about 12 music icons of the twentieth century, you......

Look out New York, here comes Zakir Hussain!

As the tabla maestro Zakir Hussain is heading to New York to perform at a Lincoln Center theatre as part of the Zakir Hussain's Masters of Percussion national tour, he says he is thankful to his......

Carnegie Hall's tribute to Ustad Vilayat Khan

When Ustad Vilayat Khan performed for the first time at the famous Carnegie Hall in New York a few years ago along with many Indian classical musicians, he was so overwhelmed that he announced......

Are Computers Destroying Chess?

Cheating poses an existential challenge to chess.It's hard to know how it will be mitigated, but it must be, if chess is to continue being a legitimate sport, asserts Devangshu Datta. IMAGE: World......

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