Sams due
Indian Express (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
The Bharat Ratna should be given to Sam Manekshaw, for no reason other than that he deserved it.
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Bismillah Khan
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Echoes of Benaras (vol - 1) - a tribute to Ustad Bismillah Khan
BwT (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
I have yet to meet a great artist who is Hindu/Muslim. ना सम्भलोगे तो मिट जाओगे ऎ हिन्दोस्तान वालों, तुम्हारी दास्तान तक भी ना होगी दास्तानों में । -इक़बाल (na samjhoge to mit jaoge ai Hindostan walo,Tumhari dastan tak bhi na hogi dastanon men. - Iqbal)
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SP did nothing for Muslims, says Congress document
rediff News (Free subscription) | 07/06/2008
The Congress may have built a new friendship with the Samajwadi Party but the leader of its minority cell some time back brought out a document attacking Mulayam Singh Yadav and his outfit for always misleading Muslims for "petty political gains".
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A spectrum of shades
Hindu (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
Exhibition Three artists display their distinctive paintings at the KASTHURI SREENIVASAN Art Gallery
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duets from india [vilayat khan (sitar), bismillah khan (shehnai)] (1967)
BwT (Free subscription) | 06/18/2008
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Afghan Army Readies for Taliban Battle
ABC News (Free subscription) | 06/17/2008
Afghan army on high alert after increased activity by Taliban militants.
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Life is a song
Hindu (Free subscription) | 06/07/2008
Meeta Pandit tells ANJANA RAJAN that following her passion makes hard work fun
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C&L's Late Nite Music Club with Bismillah Khan
Crooks and Liars (Free subscription) | 05/19/2008
Ever since July of 2006 when we first introduced a live snippet from Bismillah Khan, the world's greatest master of the shenai, people have been hungry for more, especially since Bismillah died, at age 90, a month after our initial post. Bismillah Khan was a living embodiment of Indian spiritual secularism; he was a Muslim [...]
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The shehnai's fading lilt
A writer and his web-blahg (Free subscription) | 05/17/2008
On a ragged piece of cardboard, in an open-fronted shop in a pinched lane in Gadauliya, a particularly congested part of Varanasi, sits Mohammad Safi. In a city that was once home to Ustad Bismillah Khan and to over a dozen shehnai makers, Safi is now one of only two remaining craftsmen of the instrument, both ageing, both without apprentices to carry on the craft after them. From this little shop,...
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Two Canadian, two Afghan troops wounded in suicide attack - Summary
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 05/16/2008
Kabul - Four soldiers - two Afghan troops and two Canadians serving under NATO command - were wounded in a suicide attack in southern Kandahar province, officials said Friday. The incident took place in the village of Nalgam in the Zirai district of ...
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Theatre as a vehicle for social change
Hindu (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
‘Socially constructive plays can entertain, create awareness’
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SwaUtsab
BwT (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
India Today Swar Utsav 2001. 21-25 Nov. Duet: Bismillah Khan And Rais Khan 1. Raga Yaman Kalyan 41:56 2. Dhun 15:06
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Kishan Maharaj, passes away
Times of India (Free subscription) | 05/05/2008
Maharaj, 85, was undergoing treatment at a hospital in his native town and never recovered from a massive stroke he suffered a week ago.
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Mukherjee, Tendulkar, Bhosle awarded Padma Vibhushan
Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 05/05/2008
Pranab Mukherjee, Tendulkar and Asha Bhosle were among the celebrity recipients of the Padma Vibhushan from President Pratibha Patil.
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Mukherjee, Tendulkar, Bhosle awarded Padma Vibhushan
rediff News (Free subscription) | 05/05/2008
Infosys chief mentor N R Narayan Murthy and renowned hotelier P R S Oberoi were also conferred with the award. The first man to step on the world's highest peak, Mount Everest, Sir Edmund Hillary was conferred the Padma Vibhushan posthumously.
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