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Tuesday, April 11, 2017

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Of Earth And Ether Serene and combustible at once, free as well as adherent, of her illustrious lineage but wholly individual—dualiti...
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Wednesday, April 27, 2016

JALSA Indian Women and Their Journeys from the Salon to the Studio

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Jalsa takes you through the journeys of women performers in India from the salon to the studio. It attempts to give an insight into and a...
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Thursday, March 31, 2016

Gandhi jayanti Tribute

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a tribute to Mahatma Gandhi with Vaishnava Jana To - a Gujarati bhajan written in the 15th century by the poet Narsinh Mehta. The painting...

On Begum Akhtar: Can never cease to amaze

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http://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/78-revolutions/295075 My piece in the Outlook
Thursday, December 4, 2014

The Last Mughal (in Perfomance) With William Dalrymple

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Review in the Daily Star Dhaka http://www.thedailystar.net/the-splendour-of-mughal-india-51476  About the performance: Enter a w...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Protest Music: Its relevance

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The significance of Protest music: In the DNA  http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column-rallying-cry-of-music-2009198 "While it is r...
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Monday, June 30, 2014

When Men spoke the feminine: The language of culture

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When Men spoke the feminine: My column in the DNA this month http://www.dnaindia.com/ analysis/ column-a-celebration-of-women-1 998246 S...
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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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