In 'Chapal Rani, the Last Queen of Bengal', Sandip Roy traces the career of Bengali stage actor Chapal Bhaduri and his struggle for artistic identity in a changing world.
Padma Bhushan awardee Sharda Sinha, known as Bihar Kokila, whose Chhath Puja songs are played as a ritual, was battling multiple myeloma, a type of blood cancer.
‘As many as 265 Chinese visual artists participate at Santa Fe. Even small countries like Kenya send 32 people. And we’re going there for the first time,’ said Amrinder Kathua.
Everyone in Hyderabad recognises folk artist Darshanam Mogilaiah, who reinvented the rare musical instrument 'kinnera'. Recently, he was seen working at a construction site.
The collusion between the new class of bureaucrats, politicians, businessmen and trade union bosses perpetuates itself partly because of the short-run benefits and partly because they see no way out of the system, wrote author MH Mody in 1980.
IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.
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