This weekend also, I am continuing with singers of golden era of hindi film music, and this week I am covering two of finest singers whose voice had, you can say, a silken touch. They created the place for themselves among the stalwarts like Mohd Rafi, Mukesh and Kishore Kumar and gave some wonderful songs…
Kashmir Story
KASHMIR STORY With Indian Govt scrapping Article 370 and 35A, a new chapter is going to start in Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh, as both the regions have been declared as Union Territories J&K with legislature and Ladakh without legislature. But friends, are you aware how these Articles came into existence , and for that…
Article 370
ARTICLE 370 So in the end article 370, which gave special status to Jammu & Kashmir has been made inoperative by a notification issued by the President. And immediately after that Amit Shah, the Home Minister, announced the bifurcation of Jammu & Kashmir State into 2 Union Territories, the first one being Ladhak region which…
Weekend
In today’s weekend blog, I am still continuing with top songs of singers. Today I will be writing about two very versatile female playback singers Geeta Dutt and Shamshad Begum. Both of them started their career in 1940s, Shamshad Begum in early 40s and Geeta Dutt in late 40s. Both of them were great singers…
Thursday Brief
Friends, a very interesting story has emerged after the passing of Triple Talaq Bill in Rajya Sabha. One Rajya Sabha MP from Mamta Banerjee’s party TMC, which has put Derek O’Brien in the limelight for the right or wrong reason, that you have to judge yourself. Trinamool Congress (TMC) lawmaker Derek O’Brien yesterday slammed the…
Triple Talaq
Triple Talaq Bill The biggest news of the day is that the Triple Talaq Bill has been passed by the both houses of Parliament (ie Lok Sabha & Rajya Sabha ). In the last Parliament (2014-19), although the bill was passed in Lok Sabha but did not get through in the Rajya Sabha as NDA…
Tuesday Post
There are few interesting stories from the political field which are in the media for last couple of days. Let me elaborate on few of them 1 Priyanka Gandhi Vadra for Congress President-It is more than 6 weeks, when Rahul Gandhi made his intention clear that he want to quit as Congress President and…
Intolerance
Recently 49 imminent people who call themselves secular wrote a letter to PM, on the topic of increasing intolerance . The letter, signed by noted personalities such as Aparna Sen, Adoor Gopalakrishnan and Shyam Benegal among others reads: “Dear Prime Minister… The lynching of Muslims, Dalits and other minorities must be stopped immediately. We were…
Weekend
This weekend also, I am continuing with top songs of a singers. Today I am writing about top songs of two male playback singers and they are Mahendra Kapoor and Manna Dey. Both were versatile singers but their career also coincided with Mohd Rafi’s career and so they could not achieve the desired success. In…
MV Act Amendment 2019
Motor Vehicle Act Amendment 2019 The Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Bill has been passed in the Lok Sabha after a long discussion recently. The Bill was passed by a voice vote and several amendments moved by opposition members were also rejected by a voice vote. The new bill was passed to amend the provisions of the…