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Take a tour of majestic Tirupati temple from the comfort of home Updated: Updated: After Srirangam temple, Tiruchi couple brings out a lavish coffee-table book on Sri Venkateswara Temple Share Article AAA J. Ramanan and Vrinda Ramanan, authors of ‘Tirumala Kaliyuga Vaikuntam,’ made frequent visits to the sprawling temple complex for two years as part of their research for the book.   | Photo Credit: M. SRINATH After Srirangam temple, Tiruchi couple brings out a lavish coffee-table book o...

The new CJI comes with a record of defending civil liberties and human rights Justice Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana was sworn in as the 48th Chief Justice of India by the President in the Ashoka Hall of the Rashtrapati Bhavan in a short ceremony on Saturday. He took his oath, signed his name, and then rose and held his folded hands high in one sweeping motion at the people assembled, including his predecessor Justice S.A. Bobde, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and other Supreme Court judges, before...

April 24, 2021 Share Justice NV Ramana was administered the Oath of office by the Indian President Ram Nath Kovind as the new Chief Justice of India. He will be the 48th person to hold the post and his term will end on August 26, 2022. Previously, he was the Chief Justice of Delhi High Court and the acting Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court. He has also served as the president of the Andhra Pradesh Judicial Academy. He is a first-generation lawyer, having an agricultural backgro...

Vijay Siva launches new YouTube series Updated: Updated: Vijay Siva explores a range of topics in an easy, anecdotal way Share Article Vijay Siva explores a range of topics in an easy, anecdotal way Senior musician N. Vijay Siva recently inaugurated a novel video series titled ‘Vande Sangeetam’ on his YouTube channel. The first episode titled ‘Kaveri Saveri’ sees Vijay sitting by the Kapila River, its pristine waters flowing behind him. He talks of the importance of rivers to civilisati...

Author, Lakshmi Rao with her tanpura(Image by Jigna Desai) Poetry As Sanctuary – A column where we explore poetry as a means of expression for voices of the South Asian Diaspora. “Geetam Vaadyam Tatha Nrityam, Trayam Sangeeta Mucchyate.” This quote from the ancient Sangeet Ratnakar by Pandit Sharangdev, defines ‘sangeeta’, or ‘collective music’, as singing, instrumental music, and dance. De rigeur for many Indian children, I have fond memories of training in Bharatanatyam and Car...

Lord Ram devotees spread message of social distancing, wearing a mask ​ By IANS | ​ 2 Views Nadda unveils Lord Ram statue in BJP office in Lucknow. Image Source: IANS News Bengaluru, April 21 : In the wake of Bengaluru witnessing an unprecedented surge in Covid cases since the last one month, devotees of Lord Ram wore costumes of Ram, Lakshman and Hanuman with the message of maintaining social distancing and wearing a mask as part of the Ram Navami celebrations across Bengaluru on Wednesd...

The legacy keepers ​ Sun, Apr 18 2021 8:27 IST | ​ 1 Views   New Delhi, April 18 : While sisters S. Aishwarya and S. Saundarya, two of the most popular Carnatic musicians from the younger generation and great-granddaughters of M.S. Subbulakshmi, recipient of the Bharat Ratna honour feel fortunate to be the musical inheritors of the MS legacy, they say that while drawing inspiration from that, they also maintain their own musical individualities, ensuring there is freedom to operate in t...

P. Vasanth Kumar   Son of the late Sulochana Pattabhiraman, eminent musician and musicologist, he was a member of the Executive Committee of The Music Academy. Gentle giant… that would best describe P. Vasanth Kumar, musician, mentor and writer, who passed away on Saturday. He was 65. He is survived by his wife, a son and daughter. Son of the late Sulochana Pattabhiraman, eminent musician and musicologist, he was a member of the Executive Committee of The Music Academy. It was in the compa...

Kamaths Guitar Strings "I could never get enough time to pursue my hobby seriously. Seven-eight years ago I bought my first guitar and started learning it on my own," says Nikhil Kamath of Zerodha Nikhil Kamath, Co-founder and Chief Investment Officer, True Beacon and Zerodha -- Photograph by Sandesh Ravikumar Nikhil Kamath, Co-founder and Chief Investment Officer, True Beacon and Zerodha, has always been surrounded by music. In fact, music runs in Kamaths blood. "My mother is a Carnatic music ...

Komban). A few decades ago, popular film singers like S P Balasubrahmanyam, Yesudas and Malaysia Vasudevan were roped in for the numbers. Velmurugan says composers are now scouting for “singers who are from villages and can pull off such songs. This lends more authenticity to the flavour of the song.” Velmurugan singles out Ilaiyaraaja’s Thara Thappatai (2016) as a recent benchmark. Dhanush in ‘Karnan’   | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Musicians like Velmurugan, Chinnaponnu, A...