For generations to come it will be difficult for any other Urdu poet to attain such high standards as Nida Fazli, who passed into the ages on Monday, says Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com. When the......
Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar has floored an audience that included her Pakistani counterpart, senior ministers and parliamentarians by delivering a speech in flawless Urdu laced with couplets from......
Books and films were the bonding factors for his friendship with former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Lal Kishenchand Advani said. Releasing the book......
'I was attracted to Javed because he was exactly like my father.' IMAGE: Shabana Azmi with her father Kaifi Azmi. Photograph: Kind courtesy Shabana Azmi/Instagram On Kaifi Azmi's 102nd birth......
Siva Sankar looks at S P Balasubrahmanyam's fantastic repertoire. S P Balasubrahmanyam passed away in his 75th year, and so we celebrate the singer with 75 of his top songs, in a multi-part......
'I was being slowly poisoned''I was bed-ridden for three months and was so weak.' Lata Mangeshkar is an iconic Indian figure and the legendary singer, who turns 91 today, September 28, has an......
S P Balasubrahmanyam sang songs about life and loss with enough soul to break your heart, notes Sukanya Verma. 'I don't know what you say...''Come soon, yaar''Heyyyy...' S P Balasubrahmanyam's......
There are so many memorable songs to celebrate Rishi Kapoor. Sukanya Verma lists Chintu's many musical melodies: Part 1: Bobby to Amar Akbar Antony: Super Rishi songs Part 2: Karz to......