Sai Baba Idol Removed From UP Temple

'The idol was not being worshipped for years. We decided to immerse it respectfully in the Ganga.' A Sai Baba idol at a Shiv temple in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal was removed early on Tuesday morning......

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......

'All India Radio Is No Underdog'

'The largest listenership for Vividh Bharati outside the country is in Spain.''The labourers who go there for the tomato-picking season feel cut off from their country and listen to Vividh Bharati......

'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......

Should The Bengal Files Have Been Made?

Some of the issues Vivek Agnihotri raises in The Bengal Files are valid, but today, the need of the hour is to find ways of negotiating peace and pouring oil over troubled waters, asserts Deepa......

Shiv Pandit: Juggling IPL and Tamil cinema

Radio jockey-turned-model Shiv Panditisenjoying his new role -- hosting the Indian Premiere League on television. "It's been four years since I came to Mumbai. How time flies," says the handsome......

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......