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Tuesday, February 3, 2026
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.

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Opinion

Why Rahul Gandhi wasn’t allowed to read an excerpt from General Naravane’s memoir

Amitabh Dubey -
General MM Naravane’s memoir—Four Stars of Destiny—reveals that he was left hanging by political leadership for more than two hours as Chinese tanks drove towards Indian positions.

How neo-casteists set up a symphony orchestra to make UGC equity guidelines fail

The era of critical-minerals shortages is behind us. Era of gluts about to dawn

Economy

Trade deal with US likely to lift Rupee & stocks, say investors

Shruti Srivastava -
New Delhi: India’s agreement with the US to buy $500 billion-worth of goods over five years includes an existing pipeline of projects, as well...

Defence

Adani Defence teams up with Italy’s Leonardo to tap India’s mega helicopter market

Snehesh Alex Philip -
The partnership will focus on targeting the Indian Armed Forces' requirements, particularly for Leonardo's AW169M and AW109 TrekkerM helicopters.

National Interest

Swiss report should now close Op Sindoor debate. Knowing when to stop the fight is key too

Shekhar Gupta -
The key to fighting a war successfully, or even launching it, is a clear objective. That’s an entirely political call. It isn’t emotional or purely military.

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