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Kanika Majumdar in Teen Kanya (1961) | Satyajit Ray Productions Satyajit Ray’s birth centenary will be celebrated on multiple fronts. Some will remember his movies, others his delightful stories for youngsters and adults, and yet other his film scores. Ray began composing his own music with Teen Kanya Shakespeare Wallah (1965) and Baksha Badal (1970). Contemporary composer Alokananda Dasgupta tells Scroll.in about what made Ray’s music unique and what can we learn fro...

Shaking a leg and setting a tune for vaccination Updated: Updated: Ashwin Prabhakar and the doctors in his family are behind this initiative Share Article Ashwin Prabhakar and the doctors in his family are behind this initiative A family of doctors has made a dance video with the hope of getting people to waltz to the vaccination centres. ‘Vaccination Is The Right Solution’ is 26-year-old Ashwin Prabhakar’s brainchild, cradled by the doctors in his family, which include his parents an...

The custodian of KVN’s legacy Updated: Updated: Padma Narayanaswamy speaks about her passion for music and her life with the maestro KVN Share Article Padma Narayanaswamy speaks about her passion for music and her life with the maestro KVN Our conversation begins with a disclaimer: I tell Padma Narayanaswamy in the little Tamil I know that I will speak to her mostly in English. “I can’t converse fluently in English though I did have my early education in a convent,” she tells me, but pr...

Text by Akhil Sood Singer and composer Priya Darshini wrote the Grammy-nominated Periphery (Best New Age Album), in less than two weeks and then recorded it live, in one take, in an abandoned Brooklyn church over a single day. In the run-up to the awards, we speak to the Chennai-born artiste about her deep-rooted classical background, that time when she almost charted a career for herself in Bollywood and the process of putting together this introspective, out-of-the-box album Photograp...

‘The octopus walking on the ocean floor — that’s me’ Ronan Skillen speaks about making music for the underwater world of the Cape kelp forest in My Octopus Teacher, the first SA documentary to win an Oscar. Gwen Ansell"> By Gwen Ansell - 27 April 2021 - 09:06 My Octopus Teacher scored an Oscar nomination. Image: Craig Foster Skillen is talking about his role providing additional music for the Netflix documentary  My Octopus Teacher. The film is the firs...

Dr. Kuzhalmannam Ramakrishnan from Kerala’s Palakkad district holds five Guinness World Records for his marathon performances, in which he plays the Mridangam, a Carnatic instrument, for the longest durations in the world. In one of his record holding events held in Coimbatore (2006), the maestro did a solo performance for 301 hours straight.  Among the many people he thanked for helping him reach this stage was a man called P R Kasumani, a native of Peruvemba village. He was the craftsman b...

Music enthusiasts present ‘priceless gems’ to celebrate World Austism Acceptance Month Updated: Updated: April 25, 2021 19:52 IST Young musicians on the Austism spectrum take centre stage in a two-hour online show by Aarohi; acclaimed singer-musician ‘Bombay’ Jayashri Ramnath joins programme mid-way as ‘cheer-leader’ for the young singers Share Article AAA As part of Autism Awareness Month, music-enthusiasts group Aarohi spotlights young singer-musicians with autism along with thei...

He was chairman of CSK, held posts in several organisations Director and Chairman of Chennai Super Kings Cricket Ltd. L. Sabaretnam passed away in Chennai on Sunday morning. He was 80 and is survived by two sons and two daughters. The cremation was held in the afternoon, a family member said. Subaretnam was advisor for India Cements and director and CEO of Coromandel Sugars and was also the director, ICL Financial Services Ltd., director, ICL Shipping Ltd., director, Coromandel Electric Comp...

Justice Venkata Ramana, India’s 48th Chief Justice He worked as a journalist for two years from 1979 to 1980, reporting on political and legal matters for the Eenadu newspaper. By ANI|   Posted by Sakina Fatima  |   Updated: 24th April 2021 12:18 pm IST Justice NV Ramana sworn in as 48th Chief Justice of India New Delhi: Justice Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana on Saturday took over as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India. He is now the 48th Chief Justice of India (CJI) and succeed...

Justice NV Ramana sworn in as 48th Chief Justice of India Justice NV Ramana sworn in as 48th Chief Justice of India NEW DELHI : Justice Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana on Saturday took over as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India. He is now the 48th Chief Justice of India (CJI) and succeeded the post after Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde. President Ram Nath Kovind administered the oath of office to Justice Ramana in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Vice President M Venkaiah Naid...