Atul Merchant 'Jataayu' | merchatul@gmail.com Baba gathered forty orphaned children and brought them to his house. He bathed them, fed them, and gave them accommodation in his house. Baba’s gesture became the talk of the town. In 1918, the last year of World War I, the Spanish flu pandemic claimed 50 to 100 million lives worldwide,...
by: Anisha Nandan | anisha.45687@gmail.com Devendra Kudalkar, son of Late Shri Shashikant Kudalkar, a great rhythm arranger, is continuing the legacy of his uncle, Laxmikant Kudalkar, a composer who was a member of the combo Laxmikant-Pyarelal. Currently, Kudalkar performs on the drums and percussion with the German orchestra Sonoro, a unit of Musik Forum Durlach, a...
Atul Merchant 'Jataayu' | merchatul@gmail.com Ut. Allauddin Khan took charge of Uday Shankar’s orchestra, and the music became a sensation. Between dance performances, when the curtains fell for a change of setting and for dancers to change costumes, Baba filled the time with his solo sarod renditions, as well as his brief renditions of other...
Atul Merchant 'Jataayu' | merchatul@gmail.com In 1934, Uday Shankar was planning a tour of eighty-four cities in Europe and America with his ballet troupe. Timir Baran, who had been in charge of the music, expressed his inability to join them on this tour as he had signed a contract with New Theatres that made him...
"Shakti Samanta had come to me with a need for a film. I asked what is the story? So he started saying that you should make songs, we will build the story around them. OK, how many songs do you need? Said that at least make 10. I said ok but there are 2 conditions....
By Atul Merchant ‘Jataayu’ | merchatul@gmail.com Swar Aalap presents excerpts from the book Annapurna Devi – The Untold Story of a Reclusive Genius written by her disciple Atul Merchant ‘Jataayu’. Those who had heard her perform claimed that she had conquered the summit of Indian Classical Music. Ut. Amir Khansaheb had commented, ‘Annapurna Devi is 80 percent of...
Dinesh Ghate 'Jain' | dinesh@swaraalap.com Greetings for the day “People with great passion can make the impossible happen”. Devangi Dalal, an Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathologist is a co-founder of the JOSH foundation with over 30+ years of experience. She is also the founder-director of Hearing Hearts, An advanced center for hearing, speech, and health management. Acknowledged as...
K. V. Ramesh - Shankar Iyer Think of Hindi film music, and the names of those prolific music composers immediately come to mind. We have grown and lived with hundreds of their compositions that have seldom failed to touch our hearts. Among the many great composers were two female composers who made their mark and...
The Coffee Table book titled BHULA NAHIN DENA - REMEMBERING K. AMARNATH, a pictorial biography brilliantly compiled and written by Ranjan Sain. It is a ticket to travel back in time and visit the bygone era of Bollywood to experience the life journey of K. Amarnath, who was revered as the most systematic and time-efficient...
