Suman Kalyanpur (1937-2026): A Serene, Enchanting Star in the Sky of Melody
Today, the world of music feels a little more silent. A gentle, lucid and humble voice has fallen quiet forever.
Today, the world of music feels a little more silent. A gentle, lucid and humble voice has fallen quiet forever.
Some deaths arrive as news. This one arrived as silence, in the exact place where a voice used to live.
We are living in the golden age of authorship. Everyone is now a writer. We are writing bios, poems, how-to guides, and, of course, aggressive complaints against whomever we wish to.
There are those who love to be photographed. You can find them “photo bombing” frames where they have no business to be in. But they are there, smiling sheepishly.
A friend had invited me for dinner to his house. I went over around 7:30 in the evening. We gossiped for about an hour and then sat down for dinner.
The organizer and the curators noted during the interview that the festival’s strength lies in its ability to engage a loyal audience with topics ranging from the Partition to the nuances of Gen-Z culture, effectively blurring the lines between high art and popular discourse.
In a gesture both distinctive and meaningful, the dignitaries were felicitated with garlands crafted from thermocol, a fitting tribute that subtly echoed Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay’s profound affinity for nature.
Fine Touch has organized a group art exhibition KALABIMB–26. The 9th edition of the prestigious national art exhibition, it has brought together an inspiring collection of paintings, sculptures, photography, and mixed-media artworks by 25 distinguished artists from across India and beyond.
The first signs of the developing global Super El Niño are no longer confined to satellite maps over the Pacific Ocean.
From Kashmir to Kanyakumari, from Imphal to Indore, the scale of the gathering at The Art of Living International Centre reflected the extraordinary breadth of his influence across public life.