Art and Culture

November Rain: A Legendary Rock Love Story

Released in 1992, November Rain by Guns N’ Roses became a cinematic rock opera, marking a pivotal moment in music…

3 weeks ago

India sparkle in Saudi cultural festival

India and Saudi Arabia's bilateral relationship, rooted in trust and mutual benefit, has recently expanded across society, culture, security, and…

1 month ago

How religion still means power in ‘secular’ Turkey

The Hagia Sophia is a permanent symbol of Turkey’s mixture of faith and history converging. : Niek Verlaan/Pixabay https://pixabay.com/photos/hagia-sophia-turkey-istanbul-church-216471/ CC…

1 year ago

Brasilia-A city that speaks for itself and its builders

Marcal Costa and Oscar Niemeyer, backed by Brazilian President Juscelino Kubitschek built Brasilia from scratch like India's Chandigarh. Did the…

2 years ago

50 years of Thick as a Brick: Is it still the best rock album ever?

The album, Thick as a Brick, is housed in a faux 12-page multi-paged folded newspaper titled The St. Cleve Chronicle &…

3 years ago

When Rafi sang for Kishore Kumar

It is indeed strange when other singers have sung for highly popular actor-singers in Bombay cinema. So why did that…

3 years ago

Tax raid at Sonu Sood-Why for Rs.20 crore evasion? Need more zeros in crores.

In the context of tax raids in India, the bugle call of “Charge” is invariably accompanied bymassive publicity. The bugle…

3 years ago

Singing errors in tune- glaring mistakes in Indian film songs. Does it matter?

Some of the finest old songs in Bollywood had glaring errors which went noticed. Surely, these ‘mistakes’ are a precious…

3 years ago

Mukesh: The brown blues’ singer who touched many hearts

On his 98th birth anniversary we remember a singer who left an indelible imprint on the national consciousness by his…

3 years ago

Boy-man Biggles and our childhood memories

One of the most memorable characters of English children fiction, Biggles, would have been 122 years old in May this…

4 years ago