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Khaki Studio Mumbai Police: Beloved among Generals

Dinesh Ghate 'Jain' | dinesh@swaraalap.com The Mumbai Police is well-known for both its strong presence in the city and also on social media presence, amusing online users with memes and smart answers to common queries. An interesting fact includes that the Khaki Studio, Mumbai Police Band Department has a large following on social media. Since...

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गीत उत्सव – अपनी कहानी छोड़ जा

Dinesh Ghate 'Jain' | dinesh@swaraalap.com दोस्तों, आप सभी संगीत के चाहनेवालों को मेरी तरफ से शुद्ध देसी नमस्कार। कोविड काल में सभी की तरह हमने भी कोशिश की थी गीत और संगीत के ज़रिये मित्रों, शुभचिंतकों, परिवार और अपने आप का मनोबल बनाये रखने की। कुछ हद तक हम इसमें कामियाब भी रहे। गीत उत्सव...

RRR Naatu Naatu

Unquestioned Leadership

Dinesh Ghate 'Jain' | dinesh@swaraalap.com Once I heard, "The surest way to make your dreams come true is to live them." This is what exactly I did. I will always cherish my 20 years of musical journey. There are many musical memories in it. I am happy to share that it is an unquestioned leading organisation....

Make Music Nor War 0

Make Music Not War

Dinesh Ghate 'Jain' | dinesh@swaraalap.com Make music not war always because I believed that music is flowing. You go anywhere and you will come across the music. It can be through water, breeze, trees, etc. Similarly, Music can be created by man from any equipment, instrument, in fact, any object and material. These thoughts were...

Devangi Dalal Editorial

Kuchh Suna Aapne? Ask Devangi Dalal

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...

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Pyar ka Mausam Aaya – Nasir Hussain

K V Ramesh | kvr4060@gmail.com There is a joke that Nasir Hussain left Lucknow with one file containing one story that he kept repeating again and again in various combinations! First as a writer, then as a producer, then a writer-producer-director! Most of his big hits have a common theme. The hero opposes his estranged...

EDITORIAL - Franco Vaz

It was such a stress-buster time

Dinesh Ghate 'Jain' | dinesh@swaraalap.com Greetings for the day It was a wonderful experience being part of ‘94th Marathi Sahitya Sammelan’ recently held at Bhujbal knowledge city, Nasik. Apart from executing a farewell Musical evening with some renowned Marathi traditional artistes like Mrunmayi Deshpande, Purvi Bhave, Adarsh Shinde, Nandesh Umap, Avdhut Gupte, etc for me, it...

DIRECTOR & MUSIC - Hrishikesh Mukherjee

Zindagi Kaisi Hai Paheli – Hrishikesh Mukherjee

K V Ramesh | kvr4060@gmail.com Hrishikesh Mukherjee, popularly known as Hrishida, was a well-known director and an expert editor, producer, screenplay, and dialogue writer. This resulted from his early years in Calcutta (now Kolkata). He laid aside his ambitions to pursue a scientific career in favor of the magic of cinema. The world of science...

EDITORIAL - Geeta 0

My Friend Geeta: by Meena Kapoor Biswas

Dinesh Ghate 'Jain' | dinesh@swaraalap.com "The best thing about memories is making them". Geetaji had a sweet resonating soulful voice, amazing breath control, transparent pronunciation, strong emotion delivery, and most of all, captivating vocals. Her songs, poetry, and melodies give a feeling of tenderness as if dew drops are stuck on the strings of Sitar...