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‘Wanted to sing better than her but never by pulling her down’—what Asha Bhosle said about sister Lata Mangeshkar

In 2006 Walk the Talk, Asha Bhosle discussed with Shekhar Gupta her journey, struggles and relationship with her sister the late Lata Mangeshkar.

A melody fades into eternity as Asha Bhosle, India’s evergreen voice, dies at 92

Asha Bhosle, one of India’s most celebrated playback singers, died on Sunday at 92 in Mumbai following multi-organ failure, ending a career spanning over eight decades.

Why the AR Rahman-Dagar dispute is big for India’s classical musicians

The case concerns the song ‘Veer Raja Veera’ from the movie Ponniyin Selvan II (2023) and whether it draws from a classical Dhrupad composition called ‘Shiva Stuti’.

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Women petitioned courts for justice against rapists 800 yrs ago. Things haven’t changed much

The number of rape cases on record has fallen through the years. Either the police are reluctant to register FIRs, or survivors are losing faith in the criminal justice system.

E85 may need to be 25% cheaper than petrol for cost parity, says IIT Delhi-AIDA paper

Paper proposes dynamic pricing based on cost per kilometre and vehicle-specific fuel economy, calls for separate ethanol strategy for two-wheelers.

Drones for IAF are not revolutionary but evolutionary, says IAF chief

IAF chief Air Chief Marshal A.P. Singh has ruled out a separate drone force, saying that UAVs must operate with fighters and other existing technology.

India has always been a hard state under Gandhian cover. Nehru to Modi, leaders have reinforced it

Modern India might have been conjured up in the image of Gandhi. But India was never a Gandhian state. Founders of the Republic, be it Nehru or Patel, nursed zero such notions.