Ideas Without Boundaries.
I said ’I will’ to music much before I said it to anyone else. Kaveta’s note: Shubha Mudgal said to me during this interview that when she was young she would try to imitate Lata Mangeshkar’s voice and fail miserably. I can now confess that Read More …
Love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation” – Kahlil Gibran It seemed just like yesterday when I was emailing Sonu Nigam about his amazing comic act at the GIMA awards that were broadcast in the first week of December 2010. Instead Read More …
Kavita’s note (27 December 2013): I remember the first time I met Farooque Sheikh. It was over a decade ago in Atlanta. I had been a big fan of his films, and his work in general. He was on yet another tour of “Tumhari Amrita” Read More …
In Conversation with Kavita Chhibber Kavita’s note: Its December 11th, 2013. I have been trying to sit before my computer and write but without success. I’m finding every excuse under the sun not to write this tribute to Pandit Ravi Shankar on his first death Read More …
I’m but dust at his feet.” “Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.” – Khalil Gibran If there is anyone who defies that quotation, it’s the love story of Pandit Ravi Shankar and his wife of Read More …
Ravi ji was a complete musician and a complete humanitarian.” Kaveta’s note: For over a decade as long as I can remember, I have always seen Tanmoy Bose with Ravi ji. Their interactions on stage were always full of joie de vivre, affection and a Read More …
By Kavita A Chhibber We must turn inwards, to the deepest of our own roots, to find the very best of who we are. But it is a constant search, trying to reach something that I can see and feel, that I can almost touch Read More …
Kaveta A Chhibber Kaveta’s note: It was April 30th 1993, and finally came the day when I had the good fortune to see the man whose music I had grown up listening to. It was all thanks to my father’s passion for ghazals and my mother’s Read More …
If there is anything that isn’t a match made in heaven, it is Lady Marina Cowdray and the media. She is shy, very private, and did not know me at all. And yet she was gracious, warm and took a leap of faith for the Read More …
His name is Troy Anthony Davis and he is a Black man from Savannah Georgia on death row. But don’t go by his name, the color of his skin, or the fact that he has been on death row for close to 20 years. Because Read More …