Curtain comes down on iconic Prabhat theatre

I was honoured to be part of legendary thumri artiste Girija Devi's 85th birthday celebrations in Varanasi. Thumri is a semi-classical style of singing with lyrics that are romantic or devotional. You cannot execute its emotions without the right ...

SCRUNCHED up on a bed, she was sans her mandatory cosmetic coated face. No moon-sized bindi on her forehead either. She was caught off guard and detested that. I had sauntered, unannounced, into the first floor Napean Sea Road apartment of her ...

Durga Jasraj Singer and producer Medha Jalota 1955-2014 A living miracle called love Medha Jalota, 59, died in the US after undergoing a heart and kidney transplant yesterday WHAT a cruel day. Woke up reading Anupji's message: "Medha no ...

QUEEN'S ROAD: Within the structured confines of a demanding discipline like Kathak, Sitara Devi was a free spirit. Author Uday Tara Nayar who penned Dilip Kumar's biography, The Substance and the Shadow, recalls how the danseuse, though in her 90s, ...

AReduce font size AIncrease font size AReduce font size AIncrease font size URL copied to clipboard ApnaCircle My Saved articles Sitara Devi flanked by Ustad Zakir Hussain and Pandit Shivkumar Sharma; Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia ...