Category Archive for: ‘Incredible Indians’
Asha Bhosle The Timeless Wonder
The 75-year-old Asha has never been shadowed by her more illustrious sister, Lata Manageshkar, popularly known as the “Nightingale of India,” and has been able to create a niche for herself through her mesmerizing rendition of all genres of music. It would not be an …
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The Man Behind Gujarat’s Success
Gujarat, the land of rich culture and heritage, from where Mahatma Gandhi started his satya griha movement to liberate India from the British rulers is today rated as the number one state in India, our beloved motherland. In a short span of just five years, …
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Incredible India! – Amazing facts about Gujarat!
Gujarat is one of the most prosperous states of the country with a per capita GDP 3.2 times India’s average. If Gujarat was a nation, it would be the 67th richest nation in the world above many European and Asian economies like China and Ukraine. …
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Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007
In a country as big and as populous as India, the citizens exhibit a multitude of talents in the arena of performing arts. However, it is always challenging to identify talent and bring it to the forefront. Whether in sports, arts and culture, or music, …
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Pandit Jasraj: The Voice of Indian Classical Music
On a hot and stifling summer night in Delhi, a vocalist started singing the raga, Dhulia Malhar. The moon was shining full and bright, but the weather was unbearable. While the singing progressed, nature seemed to get involved too. Dark clouds began gathering and before …
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ANOUSHKA SHANKAR
To be the heir to a famous name is difficult. To follow in your father’s footsteps makes things far more complex. And, if the father happens to be as legendary as the world’s greatest ever Sitar player, Pandit Ravi Shankar, then the going is indeed …
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NRI ACHIVERS – II MIRA NAIR
An Indian lady born in the state of Orissa some time in the late fifties, involved in doing political protest theater in the streets of Delhi in the Seventies – eventually works her way up to the International moviedom and has to her credit, apart …
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PT. HARIPRASAD CHAURASIA
Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia– recognized all over the world as the living master of Bansuri (the North Indian flute) – is among a few but growing classicists who have made a conscious effort to reach out and expand the audience for classical music. Hariprasad Chaurasia’s music …
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Anil Kumble – India’s Greatest Wicket Taker
The game of cricket has, over the hundred years of its prevalence, witnessed the rise of numerous outstanding performers – players who have excelled and outpaced their contemporaries in the race to superiority, but seldom has one found someone so remarkable, yet so unsung; so …
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Rising Star – Falguni Shah
I was born in and grew up in Mumbai. My schooling was in Mumbai and Panchgani. Professionally I received a Masters degree in Hindustani vocal music from SNDT University in Mumbai. Indians are smart, and if you look at the history of Indian music, most …
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