Home bound Global Gujarati Besides personal, social and professional connections that generally compel NRGs to relocate to their home town, there is another reason which now-a-days are making them head for home. It is the intense yearning for pursuing creative projects like writing a book, participating in poetry exchange sessions and making a music album! […]
Continue readingMaking of Sultan in Morbi – journey from Bhilvas to Buckingham Palace
With legendary Sarangi Nawaz Sultan Khan’s demise, the world lost a creator of intriguingly pathos evoking melodies, however his disciple Dr Kashyap Dave, anaesthesiologist who learnt Sarangi from Khan last 25 years and is in close association with him since 1960, lost a father-figure and mentor. Sharing his precious memories of past decades, Dave said, […]
Continue readingSarangi Nawaz Sultan Khan’s death strikes painful chord
Sarangi Legend’s Career Began In Morbi; Saptak ’12 To Be Dedicated To Him Sarangi icon Sultan Khan – whose pathosdrenched playing in ‘Dil cheez kya hai’ sensitized India to the instrument’s pensive brilliance – has died at the age of 73. Khan’s genius has illuminated a range of platforms, from Hollywood (Richard Attenborough’s ‘Gandhi’) to […]
Continue readingSoulful Sufi Finale by Hans Raj Hans
Hans Raj Hans Closes Rocking Festival With Mellow Brilliance Of Love Zindagi di hai to jeene ka hunar bhi dena… rakho mori laaj’…the soulful rendition of this classic Sufi song provided a befitting opening of the concluding day of the nineday Times Ahmedabad Festival, on Sunday. Renowned Sufi music exponent Hans Raj Hans, who performed […]
Continue readingFest to climax with Sufi sparkles of Hans Raj Hans
Hans Raj Hans, renowned exponent of Sufi music will provide a rousing finale of the nine-day Times Ahmedabad Festival on Sunday. He has specifically promised classics of this genre. “I will perform Sufi songs like Mori laaj rakho..for the Ahmedabadi audience,” he told TOI. The artist is famous for his songs like Sili sili hawa […]
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