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Santoor maestro Shivkumar Sharma is dead

Santoor virtuoso Pt Shivkumar Sharma, who took the stringed instrument to the global stage and successfully straddled the worlds of classical and film music, died in Mumbai on Tuesday following a......

'Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma created magic with the santoor'

Anup Jalota and Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt pay tribute to the late Pandit Shivkumar Sharma. IMAGE: In this picture taken in Bhopal in July 2016, Pandit Shivkumar Sharma stopped for a quick chat......

Santoor maestro Bhajan Sopori dies at 73 after battle against cancer

Santoor maestro Bhajan Sopori, often referred to as the 'saint of santoor' and 'king of strings' for his mastery over the instrument, died on Thursday at a Gurugram hospital following a battle with......

A Day That Ustad Zakir Hussain Gifted Me

The eulogies will pour for Ustad Zakir Hussain.There will be those who recount his genius, his enterprise, his achievements, his grace, and his charm.I have no selfies or autographs to remember him......

How Ram mandir is a true amalgamation of India

Marble from Rajasthan's Makrana, a three billion-year-old rock from Mysuru for the idol, polished teakwood from Maharashtra -- all corners of the country contributed to making Ayodhya's Ram temple......

Amul, Santoor, Castrol join election frenzy

Brands are turning up the pitch on voter participation, targeting millennial consumers.T E Narasimhan reports. Photograph: Kind courtesy Amul.coop/Twitter Within days of the dates being announced......

Saif Ali, Madhavan to be Santoor brand ambassadors

After dazzling cricketer Mahinder Singh Dhoni's endorsement of Mysore Sandal, it's now the turn of ageless soap, Santoor to rope in brand ambassadors. The brand has also recently extended into......

Wipro Consumer Care to intensify rural focus

Wipro Consumer Care & Lighting, maker of the 'Santoor' brand of soaps, said on Thursday it would expand its efforts to tap the rural market by introducing its lower priced products in more regions......

War brews between HUL, Sebamed over soap ads

Sebamed's campaign for its cleansing bar of the same name, released across print, television, digital and outdoor, has also named Santoor, a popular soap brand from Wipro Consumer Care. German......

Wipro's consumer care biz logs hefty growth

The first quarter of the financial year 2009-10 was exceptional for Wipro's consumer care business. Santoor, its flagship soap brand, which contributed close to Rs 850 crore in 2008-09 to the......

All India Rank Review: Tender Must Watch

All India Rank achieves a fine balance of authenticity and sensitivity in the fine portrayals of its young actors and old, points out Sukanya Verma. I first saw Varun Grover's All India Rank at......

'Bollywood is such a waste of time'

'You make a song, it gets rejected, you have to make 10 more.' IMAGE: Rakesh Chaurasia and Ustad Zakir Hussain. Photograph: Kind courtesy Rakesh Chaurasia Rakesh Chaurasia made history when he won......

'I travel the world with a piece of bamboo'

'I will always cherish the fact that I received the first big award of my life, actually two, in the company of legends for an incredible collaboration.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Rakesh Chaurasia......

Rest Well, Pandit Shivkumar Sharma

Santoor maestro Pandit Shivkumar Sharma passed into the ages on May 10. He was 83. Celebrities from the music fraternity paid their respects to Panditji at his State funeral in north west Mumbai. .......

Shiv-Hari's MAGIC in The Movies

'Mere Haathon Mein Nau-Nau Chudiya Hain showed how skillfully Shiv-Hari could weave into the commercial idiom.' IMAGE: Amitabh Bachchan and Rekha in Silsila. If it wasn't for Khayyam, there would......