What George Harrison learnt from Ravi Shankar

Pandit Ravi Shankar was George Harrison's link into the Vedic world.A fascinating excerpt from Kavita Das's Poignant Song: The Life And Music Of Lakshmi Shankar to mark Pandit Ravi Shankar's birth......

Kumar Gandharva is a companion for all time

'I doubt very much if I will ever move on from his music, as I have from so much else through the years,' says Aakar Patel.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com In 1980 or so, when I was around......

The coming water wars

Kerala is a creation of the rains; its tropical abundance obviously depends on lentiful monsoons. On a drive up the Kerala coast, there are areas of great beauty: the lakes around Paravur and......

The BEST FOREIGN Films of 2017

Aseem Chhabra gives us the top films that enriched his year. There was a lot of love in different shades in the films of 2017 that I liked -- from a mute woman falling in love with an alien, to a......

When R D Burman inspired movie titles!

The late R D Burman has inspired music, musicians and movie titles. On his 75th birth anniversary on June 27, we celebrate the legend all over again. Movies like Breakfast at Tiffany’s and......

Review: Jobs fails to live up to expectations

Jobs fails to meet expectations, writes Paloma Sharma.Jobs’ director Joshua Michael Stern has perhaps been handed a raw deal because audiences had high expectations from his film, merely due......

Review: Moonrise Kingdom is thrilling

Moonrise Kingdon is one of Wes Anderson's best films, writes Raja SenA confectioner with all the time in the world, Wes Anderson's latest cinematic pastry is a work of obsessive detailing and......