Ajit Popat | ajitmpopat137@gmail.com ઘેર બેસીને સાજાસારા રહેવાની કેટલીક તરકીબો આપણા પૂર્વજોએ વર્ણવી છે. એવી કેટલીક તરકીબો આજના ઇન્ટરનેટ યુગમાં ભૂલાતી જાય છે. સાથોસાથ તંદુરસ્તીના કેટલાક નૂસખા આધુનિક વિજ્ઞાન આપણને જુદી જુદી રીતે યાદ કરાવે છે. એવો એક નૂસખો તાજેતરમાં 'હેલ્થ ટુડે' સામયિકમાં વાંચવામાં આવ્યો. અહીં તમારી સાથે શેર કરું છું. આ નૂસખો એકદમ સહેલો છે. એનો...
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...
Anisha Nandan | anisha.45687@gmail.com An extract from "The Unsung Heroes", was published by Swar Aalap in 2010. Burjor Lord, aka "Buji" Lord, is a beloved name in the music fraternity across India and around the globe. He hails from a widely established family in the music industry. When you hear songs like Chand Mera Dil,...
K V Ramesh | kvr4060@gmail.com If one were to look at the sheer volume of work of Shakti Samanta, we would be astounded by the high quality of songs in his films. And what songs they were; memorable is an understatement to describe the sheer high quality of output, leave alone the commercial successes. Shakti...
K V Ramesh | kvr4060@gmail.com Mainstream Hindi cinema, popularly called Bollywood, always has its stereotyped larger-than-life characters. The “hero” and heroine were usually “whiter than white”, while the villains were blacker than black. Nothing in between. The stories were largely formulaic with occasional flashes of innovation. That changed mainly in the late 1960s and through...
Dr. Kirti Kale | kirti_kale@yahoo.com कवि सम्मेलन का अध्यक्ष किसी सूची संपन्न प्रतिष्ठित व्यक्ति को बनाना चाहिए। उसे साहित्यिक ज्ञान भी होना चाहिए। पहले अध्यक्ष का मनोनयन सभा द्वारा होना चाहिए फिर कार्यक्रम के प्रारंभ में अध्यक्षीय उद्बोधन होना चाहिए, जिसमें श्रोताओं को बताना चाहिए कि जीवन में कविता का क्या महत्त्व है और कवि...
Some years ago, I was lamenting the general "lack of interest in today's younger generation in old classic Hindi film music" to a friend. She countered, "no; my children listen to the music of the 70s and so on". I said, "that's because you are a singer yourself ". She countered", no. They called me up...
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...
October 13 was Kishore Kumar’s death anniversary. It was also his brother Ashok Kumar’s birthday, and he stopped celebrating his birthday after Kishore Kumar’s death. The Ganguli brothers were immensely talented and Kishore more so. He was indeed a “Harfan Maula” - a man who was completely comfortable in all departments of filmmaking. He was...
