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Music of the Muses – Brahmo Sangeet From Raja Rammohan to Tagore
Last evening I attended a lecture demonstration by Srenanda Mukherjee organized by Sohini tracing out the path of the Brahmo sangeet from Raja Rammohan Roy to Rabindranath Tagore (The vowel in Brahmo being pronounced as the O in oval). Brahmo … Continue reading
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Ashok Kumar Ganguly alias Kumud
Ashok Kumar’s biography has been much written. By Divine Grace the actor lived long and in full alertness of the mind and in good health and spoke freely to those who sought him out for interviews and a longer engagement. … Continue reading
Posted in Media Sociology
Tagged Ashok Kumar, Bollywood, Dadamoni, Raghu Dakaat, Vidyasagar
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The Sister and Her Brother
This is the story of the sister and her brother, both superstars, one the highest awardee in India and the other of Pakistan. The sister is known as Lata Mangeshkar and her brother, though born as Yousuf Khan is better … Continue reading
Posted in Media Sociology
Tagged Bollywood, Dilip Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar, Yousuf Khan
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Mystery of the Dipping Auto Sales
Most of us, who have been born well and belonged to well endowed families often look upon the consumption of stuff by the less endowed as being aspirational. We imagine that they are imitating us when they buy their refrigerators … Continue reading
Sociology of Winning Societies, Losing Societies
I am visiting Chennai with mother in what is likely to become an annual affair from now on. My cousin and her family are dedicated doctors to say the least, fantastic in diagnosis and peerless in commitments to patients. Besides, … Continue reading
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Kashi Viswanath
It was getting a bit too much that Madhusree was yet to see the Viswanath Temple of Benaras. So, braving the hot and humid weather, we set afoot in the city, booked a day taxi travelled across its lanes and … Continue reading
All Wrong With Arong
Arong has been in the news ostensibly because it arbitrarily raised the prices of its products just as the Id shopping was heating up. The consumer affairs officer was called in, who inspected and closed the retail outlet. However, in … Continue reading
