“Thank God every day when you get up that you have something to do that day which must be done whether you like it or not. Being forced to work and forced to do your best will breed in you temperance and self-control, diligence and strength of will.”
UTPAL BORPUJARI talks to flautist Pandit Ronu Majumdar about his musical compositions which are based on ideas culled out of the vedas and the upanishads.
SMITA BELLUR meets Bhalachandra Nakod, a leading exponent of Gwalior Kirana gharana of Hindustani music, to learn from him the intricacies of the art form.
He was born in the year of the great economic depression. He has seen the turbulence of war and destruction. Yet 75 years later, Tintin is still endeared by people of all nations, says T G SRINIDHI.
