Harry Belafonte | Photo Credit: AP Harry Belafonte’s songs are part of the soundtrack of Indian culture. That seems like an overstatement, but consider the evidence. The most famous, ‘Jamaica Farewell’, is a staple wherever there is live music and an audience of greyhairs. Especially at those dodgy Sunday buffets — and I’ve eaten enough […]
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Harry Belafonte | Photo Credit: AP Harry Belafonte’s songs are part of the soundtrack of Indian culture. That seems like an overstatement, but consider the evidence. The most famous, ‘Jamaica Farewell’, is a staple wherever there is live music and an audience of greyhairs. Especially at those dodgy Sunday buffets — and I’ve eaten enough […]
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Pop icon Usha Uthup | Photo Credit: Periasamy M. In 1968-69, when Usha Uthup was preparing for her opening night at Trincas on Park Street, her soon-to-be-husband requested her to sing Harry Belafonte’s ‘Matilda’. She knew the song, having heard the American singer’s 1959 album Belafonte at Carnegie Hall. Calling the singer-actor-human rights activist’s passing […]
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Amitabh Choudhary was a retired senior IPS officer, who rose to the rank of IGP with the Jharkhand Police, the former top cop was also the chairman of JPSC Amitabh Choudhary was a retired senior IPS officer, who rose to the rank of IGP with the Jharkhand Police, the former top cop was also the […]
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Based in Chennai, the Kerala-born painter was a significant force in India’s contemporary abstract art movement, and also a quiet mentor to many Based in Chennai, the Kerala-born painter was a significant force in India’s contemporary abstract art movement, and also a quiet mentor to many Achuthan Kudallur was endearingly grouchy on the phone. He […]
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V.K. Narayanan had joined the newspaper in December 1999 and retired in March 2014 V.K. Narayanan had joined the newspaper in December 1999 and retired in March 2014 V.K. Narayanan who had retired as the National News Editor of The Hindu died of heart attack on Thursday. Mr. Narayanan had gone for his regular evening […]
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Over the years, santoor and Shivkumar Sharma had became synonymous. Over the years, santoor and Shivkumar Sharma had became synonymous. Pandit Shivkumar Sharma, the maestro who etched an image of the Kashmir Valley and a sound of spirituality every time he struck a chord on his santoor, transcended for a divine concert on Tuesday. A […]
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