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Saturday, June 21, 2025
TopicTreasured tunes

Topic: treasured tunes

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.

Sundarabai, the versatile singer-actor who helped women musicians herself died unsung & poor

Sundarabai was witness to many changes in the world of music and entertainment, and helped several performers adapt to modern technology.

On Camera

Carney is repairing what Trudeau left damaged. India and Canada are now on a path to reset ties

Justin Trudeau, who sought his 15 seconds of fame by damaging ties with India to protect his own government in September 2023, undid over two decades of careful diplomacy.

More salaried than self-employed Indians earning less than Rs 25k a month face borrower stress—study

Think360.ai, a firm that helps banks & financial institutions make credit decisions, based its analysis on 20k borrowers. 

Trust with China low post Op Sindoor, says Defence Secy; terms Trump-Munir meeting ‘very strange’

From ‘escalation dominance’ and BrahMos to Chinese collusion, Singh outlines India’s new military posture; adds India will no longer limit itself to striking foot soldiers or remote terror camps.

India is re-hyphenating itself with Pakistan all over again. It needs a new 3D strategy

China and Pakistan are in a tight strategic alliance. India must deal with them one at a time but be prepared in case they decide to collude.