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Ustad Ghulam Ali who played Sarangi on the top of Eiffel Tower

Sumana Mukherjee/ New Delhi The last Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar would get absorbed in the melody of Sarangi echoing through the walls of his Palace. The court musicians Ustad Haider Baksh and Ustad Badal Khan played the tiling tunes on the emperor’s favourite instrument even when the Mughal Empire lost its sheen and grip. Ustad Ghulam Ali, a renowned Sarangi player and vocalist of today, remembers his two grand Gurus - Ust...

Hues of Holi blend with Dol and Basanto Utsav in Bengal

Sumana Mukherjee/New Delhi A dusky evening in the City of Joy is in haste just like other days, but only when the traffic gets stuck at the South Sinthi campus of Rabindra Bharati University, BT Road, curious travellers see the area glistening with colours and happy faces. Florescent street lights turn brighter with the colours of smiles and chatter all around. ‘What is it all about? ‘A curious spectator asks a fellow trave...

Violinist Ustad Asghar Hussain’s unforgettable moments with PM Modi, Putin

Sumana Mukherjee / New Delhi On a glittering evening in New Delhi’s Hyderabad House, the two most powerful world leaders - Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin - were captivated by the melody of the violin. Suddenly, PM Modi gesticulated to signal the veteran violinist to take a pause. The maestro was a little anxious since he had no idea why the PM had asked him to take a pause. “Khan Saheb...

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Kehkashan's Hosla handholds abandoned and neglected humans

Sumana Mukherjee / New Delhi The 8-year-old Navya (a fictitious name) from Jaipur, Rajasthan, was happy to come to Delhi where her father told her she would be admitted to a special school. She was born without sight. While walking on the roads in Delhi, her father made her sit at a place on a walkway and asked her to wait for him. The father never returned. Navya’s mother had passed away when she was a toddler. Her stepmothe...

Durga Puja: Divine moment of ‘Sandhi Puja’, ‘Pushpanjali’ and traditional ‘Bhog’ of Mahaashtami

Sumana Mukherjee/New Delhi Mahaashtami (eighth lunar day) in Durga Puja stands with utmost importance as it had decided the fate of a fierce battle between Goddess Durga and the Buffalo Demon-Mahishasura. On this day, Goddess Durga, an embodiment of strength, courage, faith, unity and valour, received the ultimate universal force within her inner being to annihilate the evils incessantly. As per Mythology, Goddess Durga was born out...

Jorasanko Thakurbari: Tagore's family inspired many innovations in Bengali cuisine

Sumana Mukherjee / New Delhi India’s first Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore was obsessed with food. Interestingly, for some reason, he didn’t like chili powder in his food. So, the cooks at Jorasanko Thakurbari, the ancestral house of Tagore family, sprinkled sugar on dishes to suppress the hotness of the most commonly used spice in Indian kitchens. Like Gurudev’s poetry became the pride of every Bengali, his innovat...

How food healed the wounds and pain of refugees of Bengal's partition

Sumana Mukherjee / New Delhi East Bengal which is today’s Bangladesh has always been famous for its culinary culture. People of the land had inherited the unmatched excellence of cooking delectable dishes that produced a sense of satisfaction. As such the undivided Bengal comprising today's West Bengal and Bangladesh is known for its variety of dishes made with fish. Bengal was the home to the nation’s most powerful thi...

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