Topic: record artist
When Vande Mataram inspired many recording artistes to join India’s freedom movement
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
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
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
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
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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Yediyurappa just keeps proving why he is indispensable to BJP
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Defence
IAF operation underway to rescue Italian mountaineer stranded on Mount Nun in Ladakh
The IAF deployed its ‘Cheetah’ helicopter to rescue mountaineer Federico Nicoli. Mount Nun is the second highest peak in the Zanskar Valley of Ladakh.
Remember a convicted ‘non-guilty’ IAS officer, HC Gupta, when fretting over stalled economic reforms
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