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Vidya Shah

Discussing Faiz on RSTV

Thursday, March 31, 2016

On Begum Akhtar: Can never cease to amaze

http://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/78-revolutions/295075
My piece in the Outlook

Posted by Vidya Shah at 6:01 AM

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Discussing Faiz on RSTV
Singing Faiz
From My converstion series for Doordarshan: Namita Devidayal
Launch of the Faiz CD
Bhakti in Morocco, July 2010
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Urban Song: Photography and song
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ireland Travels- Outlook Traveller
China trip: The Tehelka
My Trip to Hay: Hindu Literary Review
Neglected Grandeur: My Story on Burhanpur in The hindu
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Q and A in The TOI on Women on Record
State of the Arts for Outlook
TOI Sufi Fest Hyderabad: TOI Interview
Music in India for the 50th anniversay issue of Seminar
Ramnavami in Nepal
Singing in Nepal
Toi Crest, Interview on Faiz
Melting into the word- Singing Faiz
Faiz on 1st of Jan for the Friday Times Lahore
Interview with Ulhas Kashalkar
Caste and Music
Three Minutes and Fame
Outsider, At Home- My Trip to Pakistan in The Hindu
Trinidad Story in The Guardian, Trinindad
Spiritual Significance of music
Notes Of Nostalgia
Spirituality and Music - an epic anthology
The Berlin workshop
My trip to China
story on Indian music in The Dawn Pakistan
Singapore Concert with William Dalrymple

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Vidya Shah: New Delhi, Delhi, India; Trained initially in Carnatic music, Vidya Shah later received guidance in in Khayal from Shubha Mudgal and thumri, dadra and ghazal gayaki from Shanti Hiranand. A popular performer, Vidya has also composed and recorded for several projects.She has to her credit releases with international and Indian labels. Her latest, Mere Paas Raho, Time Music, celebrates the Poetry of Faiz Ahmed Faiz . She has performed at several international forums including the Kennedy Centre in Washington DC, Humbolt Forum in Berlin, at the Kala Utsav in Singapore. She is the director of the project Women on Record, celebrating Music of women in the Gramophone era.(www.womenonrecord.com) A prolific writer on music, she is also a member of the cultural committee of the South Asia Foundation. A recipient of the Pro Helvetia residency, and the Charles Wallace Award from the British Council,The Fellowship from Ministry of Culture. Vidya is the Director of Programs at The Centre For Media and Alternative Communication (www.cmacindiaonline.org)

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