Madan Mohan was popularly known as Bollywood's prince of Ghazals. (Credit: www.madanmohan.in) From timeless melodies to tragic obscurity, the story of the “Prince of Ghazals”, as Lata Mangeshkar ...

It is said that the legendary Madan Mohan, the music director known as the ‘Ghazal King’, didn’t get his due during his lifetime. Unlike his contemporaries, he didn’t rush. He enjoyed his breaks, and ...

Some years ago at a South Asian Association For Regional Cooperation (SAARC) writers conference in Delhi, we women writers from India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and Maldives, ...

Fall in New York is always packed with new restaurant openings, but 2025’s slate feels especially ambitious. The city’s dining scene is roaring back with projects that span the spectrum, from ...

Abstract: Swearing is a prevalent phenomenon, in regular conversations as well as on social media. Whether multilinguals have a preference for a language while swearing and if so, what factors ...

They say music is the best therapy! And trust me, I say this from personal experience, that whenever life gives you lemons and you are squeezing lemonades out of it, try sipping them with a foot ...

The first song Bijuria from Varun Dhawan and Janhvi Kapoor's Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari is finally out. The song is a reimagined version of Sonu Nigam's 1999 original with the same name. The party ...

'If you watch songs like Acha Ji Main Haari Chalo Maan Jao Na, Lag Ja Gale or Jhumka Gira Re, you'll notice they're not just a distraction. There's a story unfolding within them.' IMAGE: Raj Khosla ...

Jhumka gira re, Bareilly ke bazaar mein may have set the stage for one of Bollywood’s most unforgettable songs, but in Kolkata, jhumkas don’t fall — they rise to the occasion and make you slay. They ...

He had numerous hits to his name, and even made a precursor to Sholay. In all, he made 26 films across a 35-year career. Why has he so faded from public memory? He had the best possible start as an ...