scorecardresearch
Add as a preferred source on Google
Thursday, November 20, 2025
TopicRecord artist

Topic: record artist

When Vande Mataram inspired many recording artistes to join India’s freedom movement

Vikram Sampath -
Besides patriotic songs, gramophone was also used to transmit messages from national leaders. Gandhi’s ‘Spiritual Message’ was recorded in 1931-32.

India’s ‘shy’ classical musicians made way for theatre’s entry into gramophone record books

Vikram Sampath -
The vast corpus of theatre recordings on gramophone from various languages provide a valuable glimpse into India’s social and cultural history.

Bangalore Nagarathnamma, the singer who took to Sanskrit and feminism in 19th Century India

Vikram Sampath -
European record companies participated with artists like Nagarathnamma, a devadasi, at a time Indian society hounded them in name of morality.

Salem Godavari, Carnatic vocalist who fought superstitions to record erotic compositions

Vikram Sampath -
Salem Godavari is a forgotten footnote and sadly evokes no memory in Carnatic musicians or connoisseurs.

Gauhar Jaan, India’s first record artist, took Rs 3,000 a session & threw parties for her cat

Vikram Sampath -
Gramophone’s search for ‘native’ voices in 1900s brought it to India’s Gauhar Jaan, who would go on to have 600 records to her name.

On Camera

YourTurn

Opinion

Hasina’s was a trial in absentia, but not a trial without justice

Faisal Mahmud -
The Sheikh Hasina trial represents an inflection point in the struggle to place citizens above rulers and prevent the next massacre.

Not just Nehru, even Hindutva stems from Macaulay legacy

India has a geopolitical trilemma with Afghanistan. It’s not a good vs evil choice

Economy

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

Mrinalini Dhyani -
While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

Defence

Can’t stay behind tech curve anymore, must catch up—Vice Chief of Navy Staff ahead of Swavlamban 2025

Tejas Bhatotia -
New Delhi: Noting that India cannot afford to stay behind the technology curve when it comes to war-fighting, Vice Chief of the Naval Staff...

National Interest

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Shekhar Gupta -
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.

Follow us

Copyright © 2025 Printline Media Pvt. Ltd. All rights reserved.