Hindu (Free subscription) | 31/08/2008
Memories of my 1987 trip to Gulmohar with ghazal maestro Jagjit Singh will linger forever. Being there, I felt life is a bed of roses. After all, Gulmohar means a meadow of flowers. During winters, the green cover transforms into a sheet of ...
IndianPad - Popular Stories (Free subscription) | 30/08/2008
In an effort to make Indian classical music more popular among the youth, a disciple of legendary shehnai player Ustad Bismillah Khan held a concert here on his second death anniversary, complete with some rare musical instruments. Soma Ghosh, well-known vocalist from the Benaras Gharana (school) of Indian classical music, organised the Yaad-e-Bismillah concert Thursday in memory of her foster father....
The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008
Cooch Behar, Aug. 27: The princes have long gone, but the nahabatkhana, or music hall, atop the entrance to the Madanmohan temple complex in this historic town still rings with Indian classical tunes played on the shehnai every morning and evening.
nandigramunited (Free subscription) | 22/08/2008
Press Information Bureau Government of India ****** Postage Stamp Released on Shehnai Legend Ustad Bismillah Khan Maestro’s Legacy Part of India’s Composite Culture, Says Prime Minister New Delhi : August 22, 2008 The Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh released a commemorative postage stamp on Shehnai Maestro Ustad Bismillah Khan on his death anniversary yesterday. The Department of Posts brought out...
India eNews (Free subscription) | 22/08/2008
In an effort to make Indian classical music more popular among the youth, a disciple of legendary shehnai player Ustad Bismillah Khan held a concert here on his second death anniversary, complete with some rare musical instruments.
India eNews (Free subscription) | 21/08/2008
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday released a commemorative postage stamp on shehnai legend Ustad Bismillah Khan here, terming it 'a token of our nation's and our government's respect for him'.
Thaindian News (Free subscription) | 21/08/2008
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday released a commemorative postage stamp on shehnai legend Ustad Bismillah Khan here, terming it “a token of our nation’s and our government’s respect for him”. “The release of this commemorative postage stamp in memory of Khan saheb is a token of our nation’s and [...]
Indian Express (Free subscription) | 17/07/2008
The Bharat Ratna should be given to Sam Manekshaw, for no reason other than that he deserved it.
BwT (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
I have yet to meet a great artist who is Hindu/Muslim. ना सम्भलोगे तो मिट जाओगे ऎ हिन्दोस्तान वालों, तुम्हारी दास्तान तक भी ना होगी दास्तानों में । -इक़बाल (na samjhoge to mit jaoge ai Hindostan walo,Tumhari dastan tak bhi na hogi dastanon men. - Iqbal)
rediff News (Free subscription) | 06/07/2008
The Congress may have built a new friendship with the Samajwadi Party but the leader of its minority cell some time back brought out a document attacking Mulayam Singh Yadav and his outfit for always misleading Muslims for "petty political gains".
Hindu (Free subscription) | 02/07/2008
Exhibition Three artists display their distinctive paintings at the KASTHURI SREENIVASAN Art Gallery
BwT (Free subscription) | 18/06/2008
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ABC News (Free subscription) | 17/06/2008
Afghan army on high alert after increased activity by Taliban militants.
Hindu (Free subscription) | 07/06/2008
Meeta Pandit tells ANJANA RAJAN that following her passion makes hard work fun
Crooks and Liars (Free subscription) | 19/05/2008
Ever since July of 2006 when we first introduced a live snippet from Bismillah Khan, the world's greatest master of the shenai, people have been hungry for more, especially since Bismillah died, at age 90, a month after our initial post. Bismillah Khan was a living embodiment of Indian spiritual secularism; he was a Muslim [...]
