Its customers extend from the Late Ustad Vilayat Khan and Ustad Ali Akbar Khan to Pandit Ravi Shankar and Ustad Amjad Ali Khan and even George Harrison of The Beatles. If you ask for the shop of Rikhi Ram to any auto driver in Delhi’s Connought Place, he will betray ignorance. But once you reach... Continue Reading →

Three years back Bharatnatyam danseuse Geeta Chandran was awarded the Padmasree for her outstanding contribution to classical dance. But she reveals a sense of responsibility that she feels she has been vested with. “Awards do make you feel nice but then it also means that the society expects more from you now. You start working... Continue Reading →

As a child, Padmabhushan Uma Sharma used to be invited to perform at the birthday functions of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. She went on performing for all from luminiaries like the Shah of Iran and Queen Elizabeth to commoners like you and me. The Virasat Series of SPIC MACAY was a chance to see her live.... Continue Reading →

Salim Arif’s Aap ki Soniya, starring Farroque Sheikh and Sonali Bendre, is currently making waves in the Delhi theatre circuit and has won aapluse abroad. Having explored the wounds of communal riots through the lens of Gulzar’s poetry in his Kharaashein, Arif looks back at the time he entered the theatre scene in the late... Continue Reading →