One of the foremost exponents of the Hindustani classical tradition, music maestro Pandit Bhimsen Joshi (1922–2011) mesmerized audiences with his soulful renditions of Bhajans and Khayals. A legend who amalgamated technical skill with passion and intensity, who took the Kirana Gharana to the masses, he was conferred the Bharat Ratna in 2009-the only male vocalist, so far, to have been honoured with this award.
In this intensely emotional account, Bhimsen ...
In this comparative study of five Indian English poets the main thrust is on content analysis of their poems with a view to identifying the degree of the Indian experience and sensibility as expressed in them. The choice of English as the medium of creative expression - especially poetry - makes the Indian English poet’s credentials suspect because the question of the Indian sensibility does not become an issue in the case of the regional ...