Indian Classics

============================================================================== Saturday 09, November 2024, 10:15. Priya R. Pai - Singer, music teacher. ============================================================================== Background information: Born 3 February 1976 (age 48).  Idukki, Kerala, India Genres Playback singing, Carnatic music Occupation(s) Singer, music teacher ============================================================================ Introduction: Priya R. Pai is a Carnatic vocalist, composer and playback singer. She is the host of musical TV show Layatharang on Kairali we channel. She is famous for Karnatic-western fusion music and has released five albums. On the album Harshamo Dukhamo she sang poems by former minister Binoy Viswam. She also sings and composes devotional and Classical songs. She has more than 1000 recorded songs in various Indian languages including Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Sanskrit, Hindi, Konkani, and Marathi.She is condu...

============================================================= ============================================================== Tuesday 01. October 2024, 11:30. Malini Awasthi - Indian folk music - Folk Singer =============================================================== 1.Background information : Born 11 February 1967 (age 55), Kannauj, Uttar Pradesh, India Origin Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Genres Indian folk music Occupation(s) Folk Singer Years active 31 years -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Introduction : Malini Awasthi (born 11 February 1967) is an Indian folk singer. She sings in Hindi and Awadhi, She also presents in Thumri and Kajri. The Government of India awarded her the civilian honour of the Padma Shri in 2016. ----------------------------------...

 ============================================================= "Lata Mangeshkar :  (born as Hema Mangeshkar; 28 September 1929 – 6 February 2022) was an Indian playback singer and occasional music composer. She is widely considered as one of the greatest and most influential singers in India. Her contribution to Indian music industry in a career spanning seven decades gained her honorific titles such as the Nightingale of India, Voice of the Millennium and Queen of Melody." ============================================================= 1.#Monday, February 07, 2022. 09:00. 1.#A Special Bond :  February 6, 2022 | PMINDIA ============================================================== Lata didi has left for the heavenly abode. This ends the marvellous and melodious era in the Indian Movie Industry. Her soulful voice reverberated across the nation and won million hearts in the country. Called as the “Swar Kokila” by her fans, Lata Didi shared a special intangible bond with them...

====================================================================================== ========================================================================================== 1.#Saturday, November 27, 2021. 7:00. PM. 2#All about Eve: A History of the Hindi Film Heroine : December 1 2021 :  Shantanu Ray Chaudhuri : The Daily Eye : Film Hertage Foundation : Media Report. ========================================================================================= Shantanu Ray Chaudhuri’s piece takes a journey down the ages to see how women in mainstream Hindi films have been represented reflecting on the mostly regressive representation of women viewed through a patriarchal lens, with a few refreshing exceptions. He writes,“Over the years, leading ladies in Indian films have invariably had their most memorable roles as prostitutes, courtesans and in item numbers. Despite the undeniably progressive change in attitudes to the presence of women in cinema, the story of the representation ...