Kishori Amonkar: Innovative Hindustani music diva who saw music as path to 'happiness'

Vikas Datta | April 10, 2024 2:39 PM

New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) Blazing her path to becoming one of Hindustani music's foremost virtuosos, she did not achieve her status with just her incomparably melodious voice, but also her willingness to shake up things a bit by questioning age-old precepts of the tradition, especially the 'gharana' system, the training of young musicians, and the treatment of female practitioners.

Bukhara@45: Inside story of the most successful Indian fine-dining restaurant

Sourish Bhattacharyya | April 4, 2024 6:35 PM

New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) It is difficult to imagine a restaurant that has not changed over the past 45 years. It has the same seating (which some find uncomfortable), the same crockery and cutlery (you get to use the latter only if you insist on going against its fingers-only policy), and the same menu presented on the same wooden boards by waiters dressed just the way they were when it first opened its door in 1979.