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Asha ji was hungry to experiment with new age music director: RGV on ‘Rangeela’

Mumbai, Apr 12 (PTI) Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma still remembers the day singer Asha Bhosle walked in the studio to record for his Hindi...

Tributes pour in for ‘sound of Bollywood’ Asha Bhosle in UK

London, Apr 12 (PTI) Tributes have been pouring in on Sunday for singing legend Asha Bhosle following the news of her passing away in Mumbai, with diaspora groups and artists in the UK honouring her musical legacy.  Describing...

Her voice will continue to resonate world over for centuries to come: SRK on Asha Bhosle

Mumbai, Apr 12 (PTI) Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan on Sunday condoled the death of legendary playback singer Asha Bhosle, calling her voice one...

Asha Bhosle was Bollywood’s queen of cabaret. She fought rejections, criticism of ‘bold’ songs

Once, Asha Bhosle was seen as the poor man’s Geeta Dutt. But she persevered, kept singing, and carved out her space in the industry.

Asha Bhosle will always be remembered through her timeless songs: Goa CM Sawant

Panaji, Apr 12 (PTI) Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Sunday condoled the death of legendary singer Asha Bhosle, saying her voice defined...

Ultimate benchmark for how a singer should perform: classical singer Rahul Deshpande on Asha Bhosle

Pune, Apr 12 (PTI) Noted classical singer Rahul Deshpande said the passing away of Asha Bhosle was an immense loss to the world of...

Indian film industry mourn Asha Bhosle’s death: ‘Her voice lives on’

Mumbai, Apr 12 (PTI) Tributes poured in from across the film industry for legendary playback singer Asha Bhosle, who passed away at the age...

Asha Bhosle: Playful, plaintive or pop, India’s voice for every mood falls silent

Mumbai, Apr 12 (PTI) Hers was the voice of sass and soul that struck a million emotive chords down generations, the one they...

Asha Bhosle, who redefined playback singing with unmatched versatility, has died at 92

Mumbai, Apr 12 (PTI) Asha Bhosle, who not only survived in the shadow of her sister's greatness but stepped out of it with a...

Khada Parsi in Byculla is an act of colonial defiance. And a son’s tribute to his father

The Khada Parsi was a showcase of emerging urban infrastructure. By the 1860s, Bombay had begun to modernise with piped water and gas lighting. The fountain incorporated both.

On Camera

Asha Bhosle, Lata Mangeshkar didn’t have a cabaret-classical split. It was about genre, style

Consider Asha Bhosle and Kishore Kumar’s duet ‘Chhod Do Aanchal’. The sequence was set in a flower garden, and the girl’s bashfulness was not even remotely relatable to a cabaret dancer.

Fuel shock hits Asia’s rice bowl as farmers cut planting

War-driven surge in fuel and fertilizer costs forces farmers across Southeast Asia to delay harvests, scale back sowing and risk lower output.

Iran’s Shahed vs US’s LUCAS—The drone arithmetic reshaping the West Asia war

From Kyiv to the Gulf, Iran’s Shahed rewrote the rules of aerial warfare. Now, the US has its own copy of the cheap drones, LUCAS.

The world’s in a flux. India must reform, consolidate & build a strong economy

We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.