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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......

'Kishori Amonkar made classical music accessible'

'Her ability and confidence to 'do her own thing,' both in her music and in her life -- and the great integrity with which she did it -- was amazing.' IMAGE: The legendary Kishori Amonkar, who......

Beauties, PR woes, 'photographer' mark JLF Day 4

After two forgettable days, writer-director Suparn Verma was back with a bang on Monday alongside Rediff.com correspondent Abhishek Mande attending the Jaipur Literature Fest, the biggest literary......

Seven books on shortlist for Shakti Bhatt Prize

Seven books were nominated for the The Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize this year. The contenders are: In Search of a Future: The Story of Kashmir by David Devadas, Kari by Amruta Patil, A Reluctant......