Tag: Girija Devi
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Posthumous Lifetime Achievement Award for Girija Devi
The prestigious Sumitra Charat Ram Award for Lifetime Achievement for 2017 will be posthumously conferred on thumri maestro Girija Devi here on November 17. The award, that was instituted six years ago to honour the memory of Delhi’s well-known art patron, Sumitra Charat Ram, will be presented at the Kamani Auditorium by Minister of State …
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November 10, 2017 -
India will always miss Girija Devi: Amjad Ali Khan
Renowned sarod player Amjad Ali Khan says India will always miss Indian classical vocalist Girija Devi, who earned the epithet of ‘Thumri queen’. “When I heard that the legendary singer Girija Devi of Banaras has passed away, I was filled with sorrow. She was in Kolkata. It’s a great loss for the world of music …
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October 28, 2017 -
Remembering Girija Devi
Christened the “queen of thumri”, Girija Devi passed away this week. After nearly six decades, she remains one of the most respected and widely known exponents of thumri, the light classical form of Hindustani music. “You cannot put a value on what we are doing because we have dedicated our entire lives to art,” she …
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October 28, 2017 -
Girija Devi’s last rites in Varanasi on today
Mortal remains of classical singer Girija Devi would be flown in to her home town Varanasi on Today (Octoer 26) for last rites, family sources said on Wednesday (October 25). The Thumri exponent died at a Kolkata hospital of a cardiac arrest late Tuesday. She will be cremated at the Manikarnika Ghat on the banks …
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October 26, 2017 -
Did Javed Akhtar type “sinner Girija Devi”? Twitter reacts
Javed Akhtar is the latest celebrity to draw flak from Twitterati. The popular lyricist/screenwriter recently shared his grief on Twitter after hearing the news of singer Girija Devi’s demise. Although, there was nothing wrong in the tweet, except for a typo error; tweet peeps were quick to react. Akhtar had initially written, “Girija Devi was …
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October 25, 2017 -
Melody queen Lata Mangeshkar saddened at Girija Devi’s death
Melody queen Lata Mangeshkar mourned the demise of iconic vocalist Girija Devi, recalling her “good relationship” with the legend. “Mahan shastriya aur thumri gayika Girija Devi ji hamare bich nahi rahi ye sunke mujhe bahut dukh hua. Hamare unke bahut acche sambandh the. (I am deeply saddened at her demise. I had a very good …
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October 25, 2017 -
India mourns Thumri queen Girija Devi’s death
Iconic Indian classical vocalist Girija Devi passed away here on Tuesday following a cardiac arrest, hospital sources said. She was 88. “She was brought in a critical condition on Tuesday afternoon. She passed away around 9 p.m.,” a BM Birla Heart Research Centre spokesperson told IANS. Besides Padma Shri (1972) and Padma Bhushan (1989), the …
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October 25, 2017 -
Prime Minister Narendra Modi mourns Girija Devi’s death
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday mourned the demise of iconic vocalist Girija Devi, saying Indian classical music has lost one of its most melodious voices. “Saddened by the demise of Girija Deviji. Indian classical music has lost one of its most melodious voices. My thoughts are with her admirers,” Modi tweeted. “Girija Deviji’s music …
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October 25, 2017 -
Girija Devi: Queen of Thumri, jewel of Hindustani classical music
Gifted with a resonating magical voice that captivated the refined listeners of Hindustani classical music for generations, Girija Devi played a key part in popularising and raising the profile of Thumri, that gave her the appellation ‘Thumri queen’. Born on May 8, 1929, in Varanasi, to a zamindar, Ramdeo Rai, Girija Devi began taking music …
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October 25, 2017 -
India mourns Thumri queen Girija Devi’s death
Iconic Indian classical vocalist Girija Devi passed away here on Tuesday following a cardiac arrest, hospital sources said. She was 88. “She was brought in a critical condition on Tuesday afternoon. She passed away around 9 p.m.,” a BM Birla Heart Research Centre spokesperson told IANS. Besides Padma Shri (1972) and Padma Bhushan (1989), the …
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October 25, 2017 -
Modi mourns classical singer Girija Devi’s death
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday mourned the demise of iconic vocalist Girija Devi, saying Indian classical music has lost one of its most melodious voices. “Saddened by the demise of Girija Deviji. Indian classical music has lost one of its most melodious voices. My thoughts are with her admirers,” Modi tweeted. The singer, a …
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October 24, 2017 -
Thumri queen Girija Devi passes away
Iconic Indian classical vocalist Girija Devi passed away following a cardiac arrest here on Tuesday, hospital sources said. She was 88. “She was brought in a critical condition on Tuesday afternoon. She passed away around 9 p.m.,” a BM Birla Hospital spokesperson said.
October 24, 2017