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Thursday, April 6, 2017

The power and the passion : The music of Kishori Amonkar

Music is a manifestation of feelings that are unseen and untouched; only classical music has the power to sustain, Kishori Amonkar tells Sharmila Kamat (FEMINA magazine, March 15, 1998 and on femina.in)


http://www.femina.in/celebs/indian/the-power-and-the-passion-43938.html


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Labels: Classical Music, classical versus film music, composition, Femina magazine, gharana, gurukul, Kishori Amonkar, Mogubai Kurdikar, Padma Vibhushan, raga, Sangeet Samraddhni, Sharmila Kamat

A rare interview of Kishori Amonkar by Sharmila Kamat (FEMINA, MArch 15, 1998)

 








Story on femina.in
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Thursday, January 5, 2017

Liberalism's Annus Horribilis by Sharmila Kamat, The Hindu Jan 2, 2017

 
 




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The year bleeding hearts went out of fashion

http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/open-page/article16979270.ece
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Monday, August 24, 2015

NSA Talks - the dreary deser sand of dead habit



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Labels: India, India-Pakistan talks, Modi, NSA, NSA talks, Pakistan, Pakistan terror, Ping Pong diplomacy, Sharif

NSA Talks - The dreary desert of dead habit



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Ping Pong Diplomacy

http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/toi-edit-page/ping-pong-diplomacy-the-tea-and-cake-strategy-for-frustrating-the-enemy/

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Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Prince of Wails and the Parliament logjam


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Labels: All Hail, Lalitgate, Parliament logjam, Prince of Wail, Rahul, Sushma, The Times of India, TOI Edit Page

Monday, August 17, 2015

All Hail the Prince of Wail who made sure neither Parliament nor Pretender would prevail

http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/toi-edit-page/all-hail-the-prince-of-wail-who-made-sure-neither-parliament-nor-pretender-prevail/





 

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Saturday, August 18, 2012

On hypochondria and how one inevitably falls victim to it

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/272518/medical-mystery.html
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Labels: ailments, Articulations, Deccan Herald, hypochondria, medicine, Sharmila Kamat
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