My association with Ustad Vilayat Khan saheb is 60 years old. I first met him in 1943 and he was kind enough to accept me as his student.I had actually come to Bombay from Ahmedabad to audition for......
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......
The death of Ustad VilayatKhan saheb is a personal loss; our families have known each other for over two generations. His father Ustad InayatKhan saheb and my father Ustad Hafeez Ali Khan saheb and......
At some point, it became evident to the audience that a subtle musical duel was taking place.By the time the faster taans started, the notes had become sharp arrows shot with the intention to......
Ustad Vilayat Khan's death is a great loss for Indian classical music. He not only inherited music from his forefathers but, with his genius, brought it to a much higher standard. He also developed......
When Ustad Vilayat Khan performed for the first time at the famous Carnegie Hall in New York a few years ago along with many Indian classical musicians, he was so overwhelmed that he announced......
'Everyone at Guru Dutt Productions would get monthly salaries.Waheedadidi would get Rs 2,500 per month. And that was the reason why she left.' Celebrating Guru Dutt's birth centenary on July 9 with......
Glimspes from the launch of Ustad Amjad Ali Khan's book, Master On Masters. Video: Afsar Dayatar/Rediff.com When a music maestro decides to write about 12 music icons of the twentieth century, you......
Had he not taken his final curtain call on April 23, 1992, Satyajit Ray would still, undoubtedly, have been making movies. His films still dazzle with their technical artistry and are relevant even......
Cinema entertains, exhilarates and enlightens. Its ability to relate and inform the viewer through universal, timeless emotions are what contributes to its legacy, now available more easily than......
Cheating poses an existential challenge to chess.It's hard to know how it will be mitigated, but it must be, if chess is to continue being a legitimate sport, asserts Devangshu Datta. IMAGE: World......