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HC halts Music Academy's MS Subbulakshmi award for TM Krishna

The Madras high court on Tuesday restrained the Music Academy from conferring an award named after legendary vocalist MS Subbulakshmi on well-known Carnatic music singer TM Krishna, following a......

Carnatic musicians boycott Madras Academy event over Award to TM Krishna

Several Carnatic musicians have pulled out of Madras Music Academy's annual December conference to protest the Sangita Kalanidhi award to classical vocalist T M Krishna, who they allege has......

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......

TM Krishna row: Madras Academy 'not to change decision'

A storm is brewing in the Carnatic music circle over the Music Academy Madras's decision to give its prestigious Sangita Kalanidhi Award to Carnatic vocalist T M Krishna this year, which was......

The Master Of The Slide Guitar

One of Debashish Bhattacharya's most remarkable contributions is that he has taken the scope and foundation of the slide guitar, improvised it again and again, thereby designing and creating four......

Maestro A R Rahman's sound tips for Mahindra EVs

As auto major Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) became the number two player in the retail passenger vehicle segment for the first time in February, powered by its new launches, the company is setting its......

2024 Economics Nobel awarded to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, and James A Robinson

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Monday has decided to award the 2024 Nobel Prize also known as the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James......

Disney, Citibank organise musical concert for underprivileged kids

Disney and Citibank organised a live musical concert--‘Beauty and the Beast’ for around 290 underprivileged from various NGOs spread across Mumbai. It is for the first time ever that......

Industrialist T T Vasu dead

T T Vasu, well-known industrialist and son of late Union Finance Minister, T T Krishnamachari, died in a corporate hospital in the wee hours of Wednesday following brief illness, his family said.He......

'Making Films Is Not What I Do, It Is Who I Am'

'I was just a little kid in a darkened theatre, and I remember that beam of light just cut across the room, and I remember looking up, and it seemed to just explode on the screen.' IMAGE: Tom......

'Melody Is Making A Comeback'

'Some time back, music was just noise.''Producers wrongly think item songs sell better.''Audiences are intelligent, they accept whatever you give, but that doesn't mean you can fool them.'......

Will Amar Singh Chamkila Win An Emmy?

IMAGE: Parineeti Chopra and Diljit Dosanjh in Amar Singh Chamkila. Filmmaker Imtiaz Ali and actor-musician Diljit Dosanjh have expressed joy over the two International Emmy nominations for their......

Robert Redford: The Man Beyond The Sex Symbol

With his killer smile, the sex symbol image, Robert Redford would go beyond just being an actor, remembers Aseem Chhabra. IMAGE: Robert Redford in Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid. I discovered......

'Ancient Mantras In A Global Bed Of Music'

'It was great to have the Indian roots reflected in full force.' IMAGE: Chandrika Tandon after winning the Grammy's. Photographs: Kind courtesy Chandrika Tandon/Instagram.com Borders and......

Radhika Yadav was just a co-actor: Music video producer

'This incident is being given a Hindu-Muslim angle too. I don't know why it is being done. I don't have anything to do with this case...' IMAGE: Radhika Yadav had acted in a music video with......

Gill On the Moment He Knew Cricket Was His Calling

IMAGE: In 114 international matches, Shubman Gill has scored 6,020 runs in 146 innings at an average of 46.30 and a strike rate of 80.05, with 18 centuries and 25 fifties. Photograph: BCCI......

Ed Sheeran's Cricket Skills Will Stun You

IMAGE: From strumming chords to smashing boundaries, Ed Sheeran hits the right note on a cricket field in Bengaluru. Photograph and video: Kind courtesy Rajasthan Royals/X Ed Sheeran's India tour......

Bappi Lahiri plans soccer academy

Bollywood music director Bappi Lahiri is planning an academy. It's not one formusicthat he has in mind but, hold your breath, forfootball!The musician, popularly known as 'Bappida', says the......

How Rishabh Pant Welcomed Rahul At NCA

Photograph: Kind Courtesy KL Rahul/Instagram K L Rahul, who is currently undergoing rehabilitation at the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru, provided fans with an update on his......