Musical History
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‘Qawwali can teach us the lesson of unity’: A photo exhibition goes beyond the music
Manjari Chaturvedi, curator of the exhibition, speaks to Scroll.in about the need to document the history of the art form.
Priyali Prakash
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On his 250th birth anniversary, remembering Beethoven the astute businessman
The musical genius also had a flair for commerce, it turns out.
Luis Dias
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The long-ignored connection between Hindustani classical khyal and qawwali
Tracing the history of the khyal presents an opportunity to broaden our understanding of identity beyond religion and borders.
Wajiha Ather Naqvi, Dawn.com
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Kotak firm’s Rs 60 crore donation to BJP coincided with crucial RBI decisions on Kotak Mahindra Bank
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Bharti group’s Rs 150 crore bond donation to BJP coincided with Modi government’s telecom U-turn
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‘The Goat Life’ review: A protracted saga of suffering and survival
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How the brain’s clock speeds up around middle age can determine future health and dementia
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When an emperor came calling on a newly independent India to learn from its early successes
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Champion or copycat? Elvis Presley’s ambiguous relationship with black America
Forty years after his death, how can we reconcile the contradictory black responses to the King of Rock?
Brian Ward, The Conversation
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Habib Painter: The billboard painter who became a famous qawaali singer
His singing earned him the title of ‘Bulbul-E-Hind’ from Jawaharlal Nehru.
Manish Gaekwad
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Have you heard the longest qawaali ever sung?
In the first of our new series, meet Aziz Mian, who clocked his performance at 115 minutes.
Manish Gaekwad
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Watch: Footballers give their jackets to young player escorts amidst heavy rain in New York City
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Caught on camera: Supermarket floor collapses, shopper falls through it
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‘Look at my wonderful costume’: Actor Anne Hathaway reacts to scenes from some of her popular movies
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Watch: Chef makes life-sized pencil and sharpener entirely from chocolate
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Watch: Musicians from Kerala perform their version of the iconic 1985 song ‘We Are The World’
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The proposed biopic on Nazia and Zoheb Hassan needs to have these songs
Among their most popular hits are ‘Aap Jaisa Koi Mere Zindagi Mein Aaye’, ‘Boom Boom’ and ‘Disco Deewane’.
Manish Gaekwad
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How I got George Harrison all peeved in Calcutta in 1976
A brief encounter with the third Beatle.
C Y Gopinath