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Suburban train: Tracks are ready, but not a penny is forthcoming for project in Bengaluru

Edit The Times of India 14 Jul 2016
BENGALURU. Commuting in this city could be a lot easier with suburban trains that can haul scores of people across long distances ... "There is a clear rail route to Whitefield from the city and even to Devanahalli," said Sanjeev V Dyamannavar, member of citi zens group Praja RAAG and a leading advocate of CRS."A lack of interest in utilising the existing resources is resulting in traffic jams for hours every day ," he said....

Florida man faces years in prison after teen sentence review

Edit Palm Beach Post 12 Jul 2016
Supreme Court decision ... In 2012, the U.S ... The Sun-Sentinel reports (http.//bit.ly/2a5FYii ) that Pullins, 38, asked Broward Circuit Judge Raag Singhal for leniency at a hearing Monday ... ___....

Musical notes from a soccer match

Edit Dawn 11 Jul 2016
SOMETIME ago, I transferred my loyalty firmly from cricket to football. It has music ... It is in some ways like the gliding notes of a raag that get self-indulgently waylaid by a staccato phrase. The final match of the European Cup 2016 could thus be likened to a Shostakovich symphony or a mesmeric moment in Chitti Babu’s meend as the veena wizard flirted, say, with a radiant raag like Devgandhari ... The main string of the sarod had snapped....

Airport Metro route unclear, BMRCL looks to govt for help

Edit Deccan Herald 11 Jul 2016
RITES has suggested many routes in the feasbility report. Commuters who are dreaming to zoom through the crowded central business district to reach Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) on Namma Metro will have to wait for several years ... “The government is yet to take a decision ... Sanjeev Dyamannavar, founder of the advocacy group Praja-RAAG wants the government to take up the commuter rail project on priority. ....

Shujaat’s string theory

Edit The Hindu 11 Jul 2016
After a brief sketch of a raag, the Grammy-nominated sitarist talks endearingly, in flawless English, about his experience, experiments and the trials and triumphs of being a musician ... Does he emulate the way his father traversed the depths of a raag, a student is keen to know ... Introducing the students to raag Khem, the honeyed tone of Shujaat’s sitar brings out the inherent flavours of Hamsadhwani and Yaman in it....

Yashaswi Sirpotdar: On a graceful note

Edit The Hindu 11 Jul 2016
There’s an assuring calm and a twinkle in the eyes of the Hindustani classical singer Yashaswi Sirpotdar on a breezy weekend evening in Hyderabad ... Yashaswi remains oblivious of the music-loving crowd in front of her as she sings, as if her immediate priorities are only to enjoy herself and soak in a meditative space ... “There were times when we learnt the aarohan and avarohan of the same raag for about seven months ... Keywords....

Kala Prakash organises a musical evening in Varanasi

Edit The Times of India 07 Jul 2016
He was accompanied by Ramesh Pokhrel on harmonium ... The talented young artist from Mumbai presented several raag-based compositions ... RELATED....

Tigmanshu Dhulia’s next on Indian National Army trials

Edit Indian Express 05 Jul 2016
Tigmanshu Dhulia launched his new project Raag Desh on July 3 in Mumbai. Filmmaker Tigmanshu Dhulia, who is known for films like Bullet Raja and Shagird to name a few, launched his new project Raag ......

Tigmanshu Dhulia says films on INA trials not encouraged

Edit Indian Express 05 Jul 2016
Tigmanshu Dhulia, whose film “Raag Desh” is about the Indian National Army (INA) trials, says that a film on such a subject is not always possible in the industry as producers will send him back if he approaches them with it. Director Tigmanshu Dhulia, whose film “Raag Desh” is about the Indian National Army (INA) trials, ......

Films on INA trials not encouraged: Dhulia

Edit The Hindu 04 Jul 2016
Director Tigmanshu Dhulia, whose film Raag Desh is about the Indian National Army (INA) trials, says that a film on such a subject is not always possible in the industry as producers will send him back if he approaches them with it ... Dhulia said here ... Gen ... ....

'Technology-aided music sounds like gizmo singing'

Edit Deccan Herald 04 Jul 2016
The influx of technology in singing might have made several singers overnight sensations, but popular playback and ghazal singer Hariharan feels music produced with the help of technology sounds like gizmo singing. “With the aid of technology, you can make a person who is not pitch-perfect, perfect ... Reality shows are educating the masses in raag, taal and swara, even if they don’t have basic knowledge in music ... ....

Rendering legendary tunes

Edit The Hindu 04 Jul 2016
Now in its seventh year, the Bandish festival at NCPA has always paid tribute to the greatest Indian composers. This year won’t be any different. On July 8, classical vocalist Venkatesh Kumar will present compositions by the legendary Sadarang-Adarang duo, jewels in the court of Mohammed Shah Rangile ... The finale, on Sunday, will focus on Hindi film songs based on classical ragas ... He recalls. “The evening was called Raag Rang ... ....

‘Vidarbha has rich tradition of Hindustani classical music’

Edit The Times of India 02 Jul 2016
Artistes seldom comment on their peers. But, Hindustani classical vocalist Sadhana Shiledar, who is an associate professor of music at Vasantrao Naik Government Institute, not only decided to find out unknown musicians of Vidarbha but has also compiled their work in a book titled 'Kehat Gunijan', which was published first in 2014 ... Q. What made you write 'Kehat Gunijan'?. A ... 'Bandish' is the pillar of a raag through which it is developed....
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