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Remembering Girija Devi, the voice of Benares

'There is no one who can fill the vacuum created by the passing of Girija Devi,' mourns Sunita Budhiraja. Photograph: Kind courtesy Suyash Dwivedi/Wikimedia Commons It was the year 2008. I learnt......

'Everything she sang became a prayer'

'Anyone who heard her sing was left with a lump in the throat.'Sunita Budhiraja recounts her encounters with the Goddess of Swara. IMAGE: 'Vrindavan being the bhoomi of Krishna, her music united......

Narendra Modi vs Rahul Gandhi: It's a battle of ideas

Poverty in the Indian context can never be wiped through direct state intervention. Kalavati is a classical example of this. The only way of eradicating it is by encouraging personal initiatives.......

Mumbai's over-aged lifeline

Nearly 500 coaches of Mumbai's local trains are on the tracks despite crossing their operational life of 25 years. In a reply to an RTI application filed by Mumbai resident Chetan Kothari, it was......

Hard to say no to free love: Ravi Shankar

Sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar has said that he found hard to say no to free love."Whatever happened, it was spontaneous. The spontaneity was always there; it gave me and others a lot of......

Nobel Prize, World Bank Chief... anything is possible for R3

'With his envious academic record, extraordinary research calibre and unparalleled work experience, we can trust him to become the first Indian -- fully Indian, not one of those Americans of Indian......

The Very Best Of Shabana Azmi

Filmmaker Sai Paranjpye shares an amusing anecdote of Shabana Azmi's perfection in her memoir, A Patchwork Quilt: A Collage of My Creative Life. While filming Sparsh, the actress wished to know if......

The world of Chaitanya Tamhane's Disciple

'Tamhane's densely composed shots achieve what a vacuously whizzing camera seldom does.''Like those Renaissance Paintings in which a bewitching lady is shown posing for a portrait, and daily life......

Asha Bhosle: 30 Eternal Classics

Asha Bhosle turns 85 on September 8.Dinesh Raheja salutes the legend's versatility in her heyday. IMAGE: Asha Bhosle with Madhuri Dixit, Mickey Contractor and Kajol on the sets of the reality show......

Bollywood's Parsi power!

And no, says Sukanya Verma, the list doesn't start and stop with Boman Irani! Often caricatured on celluloid, there's more to the small but solid Parsi community than quirks and accent. Quite a few......

Lata Mangeshkar: My father predicted my success

On her 84th birthday on September 28, Lata Mangeshkar looks back at all the people who influenced her the most in her life. Take a look. My father, Pandit Dinanath Mangeshkar My father had a huge......

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Remembering Girija Devi, the voice of Benares

'Everything she sang became a prayer'

Narendra Modi vs Rahul Gandhi: It's a battle of ideas

Mumbai's over-aged lifeline

Hard to say no to free love: Ravi Shankar

Nobel Prize, World Bank Chief... anything is possible for R3

The Very Best Of Shabana Azmi

The world of Chaitanya Tamhane's Disciple

Asha Bhosle: 30 Eternal Classics

Bollywood's Parsi power!

Lata Mangeshkar: My father predicted my success

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