Noted Malayalam film director I.V. Sasi dead at 67
Chennai--Acclaimed Malayalam film director I.V. Sasi, who was instrumental in the success stories of superstars Mammootty, Mohanlal and Jayan, died here on Tuesday, according...
Legendary music composer Khayyam passes away at 92
Mumbai-- National award winning Bollywood music composer Mohammed Zahir Hashmi, who was known only as Khayyam in his musical journey, passed away late on...
Obituary: Girija Devi: Queen of Thumri, jewel of Hindustani classical music
Kolkata--Gifted with a resonating magical voice that captivated the refined listeners of Hindustani classical music for generations, Girija Devi played a key part in...
Senior journalist Kuldip Nayar dead at 95
New Delhi--Senior journalist, author and human rights activist Kuldip Nayar died at a hospital here, his family said on Thursday. He was 95.
Nayar breathed...
He was, therefore we are: Theater stars on Ebrahim Alkazi
BY SUKANT DEEPAK
New Delhi--"He is definitely responsible for what I am today. It was Ebrahim Alkazi who laid my creative foundation," says actor Pankaj...
From Rs 50 per show to ‘King of Comedy’: Raju Srivastava’s inspiring life
BY AKSHAY ACHARYA
Mumbai-- The Indian comedy galactic cluster lost its brightest star in the form of Raju Shrivastav, who passed away around 10:30 a.m....
Satish Chandra Dhingra, a Businessman and TiE-Boston Volunteer, Dead at 79
CONCROD, MA-- Satish Chandra Dhingra of Concord, MA, an architect and a TiE-Boston volunteer, passed away on Nov. 13. He was 79.
He was born...
Congress leaders pay tributes to Pranab Mukherjee
New Delhi-- Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, former Union ministers P. Chidambaram, Kapil Sibal, and several other Congress leaders on Monday paid rich tributes to former...
Tribute: Kishori Amonkar: An incomparable voice, an eclectic innovator
By Vikas Datta
Medicine's loss was music's gain. She had planned to cure ailments of the body, but fate planned her to instead to minister...
Nobel Prize Laureate for Literature, V.S. Naipaul dies at 85
LONDON--The British writer and Nobel Prize winner for Literature, Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul, died at his home in London at the age of 85, family...
