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Amit Chaudhuri
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Three poems (and three translations) by Amit Chaudhuri from his newly published collection of poetry
An excerpt from ‘Sweet Shop: New and Selected Poems, 1985-2023.’
Amit Chaudhuri
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Acts of Retrieval: A ghazal by Mehdi Hassan & the art of improvisation in Hindustani classical music
In a mushaira, a poet reciting their ghazal will repeat a line for effect. But Hassan, in a performance of ‘Kaise Chhupaun Raaz e Gham’, previcarates.
Amit Chaudhuri
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The organic intellectual, mystical poetry, and the rationalist tradition in India today
Intellectuals might debate on class, but they aren’t always defined by it.
Amit Chaudhuri
Trending
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Over 17,400 citizens write to EC seeking action against PM Narendra Modi for hate speech
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Australian journalist leaves country amid visa troubles, says ‘too difficult to do my job in India’
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Dubai: How a high-altitude jet stream, not cloud seeding, created a storm ‘the size of France’
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The Jammu and Kashmir voter who is fighting corruption in job recruitments
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‘The Kerala Story’: Why did Catholics re-release a Hindutva movie days before polling?
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‘Dear Pankaj...Yours, Amit’: An email chat between novelists Pankaj Mishra and Amit Chaudhuri
A conversation over 12 successive days, about Mishra’s new novel, ‘Run and Hide’, and more.
Amit Chaudhuri
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‘The most secret part of yourself’: Amit Chaudhuri on what riyaaz means to the classical musician
An excerpt from the writer and singer’s new book, ‘Finding the Raga: An Improvisation on Indian Music.’
Amit Chaudhuri
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Amit Chaudhuri on Satyajit Ray’s very Indian modernity: Not a ‘beginning’ as much as a ‘fruition’
His humanism was noted in his heyday, but the encounter with Indian modernity that watching his films constituted was hardly mentioned.
Amit Chaudhuri
Video
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes
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Eco India: How can India deal with its mounting tyre waste?
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Peak Jasraj: Remembering the Hindustani vocalist’s contribution to the ethos of artistic modernity
The musician created a deeply idiosyncratic, original and modern version of the sophistication of court culture.
Amit Chaudhuri
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Remembering Mogubai Kurdikar, who mastered the art of perfectionism and self-containment
The vocalist is not as widely heard as she should be – but perhaps that’s by design.
Amit Chaudhuri
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Remembering Uma Bose, who presaged a new era for vocal music
‘The Nightingale of Bengal’ died of tuberculosis on her 21st birthday.
Amit Chaudhuri
The Reel
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Watch: Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman in ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ trailer
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Start the week with a film: A legend returns in ‘Bob Marley: One Love’
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In Cannes-bound ‘In Retreat’, a Ladakh that has rarely been seen before
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‘Trap’ trailer: M Night Shyamalan’s thriller stars Josh Hartnett as a serial killer
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Watch: Five directors shoot on iPhones for MAMI Mumbai Film Festival initiative
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The Art of Solitude: The vivid experience of immediacy in the singing voice
Immediacy comprises its own unpredictable, even radical, meaning.
Amit Chaudhuri
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Listening to the makeshift abandon of DV Paluskar’s Raag Shree
The maestro’s final recording before he died at the age of 34 is paradoxically alive.
Amit Chaudhuri
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Recordings by vocalist Salamat Ali Khan remind us how precise and beautiful the unimaginable can be
He had no peer in Hindustani classical music.
Amit Chaudhuri
The Field
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Table Tennis: Sreeja Akula overtakes Manika Batra as India’s highest ranked women’s singles paddler
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IPL 2024: Sandeep Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal lead Rajasthan Royals to dominant win over Mumbai Indians
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Squash: Saurav Ghosal announces retirement from professional circuit
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Chess: Gukesh Dommaraju – inexperienced, expected to fail, but the chosen Candidate
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Chess: Gukesh Dommaraju becomes youngest winner in history of Candidates tournament