Childhood – Doordarshan
02/25/2009 · Mansi Shah
For Harsh & Pinkuben:
Hajmola
Dairy Milk
Manish Arora
02/25/2009 · Mansi Shah
SS 09 / SS 09
SS 09 / SS 09
AW 07-08 / Manish Arora
Madhubani Paintings From Bihar
02/25/2009 · Mansi Shah
Paintings colored by henna leaves, bougainvillea and
neem made by the women of Madhubani.
K.L. Saigal
02/24/2009 · Grant Davis
Kundan Lal Saigal (1904 – 1947)
“Indeed, the phenomenon of Saigal had overshadowed film music during the thirties and forties. That entire era was cloaked in the hard, guttural, somewhat nasal and yet honeyed accents that poured out from the natural and homespun proficiency of that extraordinary, self-taught, unpretentious and instinctive singer. The songs he sang had the entire nation in a daze.
The death of Saigal was an enormous event. It brought, needless to say, an era of music to a close. The musical age that used well-known ragas and folk tunes with chaste, hallowed and spiritual undertones was over. When people thought of Saigal, they thought of Tansen, the legendary singer who sang in the court of Akbar. It was thought that Tansen could produce rain by the power of his voice or could entice deer from the forest by the sheer skill with which he could render the raga Todi.
Nobody could rise up to the level of Saigal. He stood alone, a single and unique icon of what music could do to the soul of cinema and how it could fathom people’s emotional depths and put them under a spell.”
– From Kishore Valicha’s Kishore Kumar: The Definitive Biography
Two beautifully written articles on Saigal
Singing Sweetheart of the Millenium / King of Pain
Choice Tracks:
babul mora
बाबुल मोरा – Babul Mora (Hindi, Street Singer, 1942)
so ja rajkumari
सो जा राजकुमारी – So Ja Rajkumari (Hindi, Tansen, 1943)
jab dil hi toot gaya
जब दिल ही टूट गया – Jab Dil Hi Toot Gaya (Hindi, Shahjahan, 1946)
mere sapno ki rani
मेरे सपनों की रानी – Mere Sapnon Ki Rani (Hindi, Shahjahan, 1946)
Shreya Ghoshal I
02/21/2009 · Grant Davis
श्रेया घोषाल – Shreya Ghoshal (b. March 12, 1984) is a popular Indian singer of Bengali origin, raised in Rajasthan. Following her success as a contestant on Zee TV’s singing competition Sa Re Ga Ma Pa in the late-90s, she began her career as a playback singer for Hindi films.
In 2000, Director Sanjay Leela Bhansali chose Shreya to sing the part of Paro, played by Aishwarya Rai, in his remake of Bimal Roy’s classic Devdas. Through working in this film, Shreya secured her place as a unique and rare talent in the Hindi film industry.
Over the past decade Shreya has continued to be one of the most innovative voices in Hindi film music, collaborating with talented singers/composers such as Sonu Nigam, Shaan, Rajesh Roshan, Anu Malik, Ilayaraja and AR Rahman. Her work, however, has not been limited to Hindi music. She has also received much acclaim for recordings in her mother tongue, Bengali, as well as in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Marathi.
Shreya Ghoshal – Manzhi Gaani (Marathi) / Rupasi Raate (Bengali)
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Choice Tracks:
khoyi khoyi yaadein
Khoyi Khoyi Yaadein (Hindi, Sa Re Ga Ma Pa, 1999)
bairi piya
Bairi Piya (Hindi duet with Udit Narayan, Devdas, 2000)
Chholke Porey Kolke Phul
Chholke Porey Kolke Phul (Bengali, Rupasii Raate)
munbe vaa
Munbe Vaa (Tamil duet with Naresh Iyer, Sillunu Oru Kadhal, 2006)
vande mataram
Vande Mataram (Marathi, Manzhi Gaani)
Shantaram Pawar – Chitra Dokyane Kadha
02/21/2009 · Mansi Shah
Ka.vi. – A collection of poems by Sridhar Tilwe
Cover for Girish Karnad’s epochal play, Tughlaq
Ravin Thatte – Mee Hindu Jhalo (I Became A Hindu)
Compilation of essays on the literary genre, Geet-Kavya (Song-Poems)
Dalit Vidroh – A collection of articles about Dalit rising
Vinda – Tribute to the Marathi poet, Vinda Karandikar
Chitra Dokyane Kadha, Marathi for think and draw.
A prolific book cover designer, Shantaram Pawar was a student then teacher at Sir Jamsetjee Jeejebhoy School of Art in Mumbai. Not a single element enters his work except as an intergral part of a well-wrought whole, which is at once palpable yet transcendental.
Suresh Dharbe – Mandla Paintings
02/20/2009 · Mansi Shah
Kali (Goddess of Time & Change)
Nagas (Cobra Snakes)
Suresh Dharbe with his family in the Madhya Pradesh town of Mandla.
محفل – MAHFIL
02/19/2009 · Mansi Shah
MAHFIL, which is the Urdu word for a gathering, was a quarterly of South Asian literature published by the Asian Studies Center, Michigan State University. Now known as Journal of South Asian Literature, you can read fully archived issues at DSAL.
Satyajit Ray’s Graphic & Typographic Works II
02/19/2009 · Mansi Shah
Devi (1960) – The Goddess
Aranyer Din Ratri (1970) – Days and Nights in the Forest
Seemabaddha (1971) – Company Limited
Seemabaddha (1971) – Company Limited
“[Satyajit Ray's] contributions to the development of advertising imagery in India was very distinctive, but hard to define. Like all the best graphic designers, he combined visual flair with a feel for the meaning of words and their nuances… He brought to his work a fascination for typography, both Bengali and English…”
– Andrew Robinson
Van Shipley
02/19/2009 · Grant Davis
The Man with The Golden Guitar and The Magical Violin
Van Shipley was a pioneer of the electric guitar in India. Having constructed an eight string steel guitar as well as an electric violin, he covered uncharted territory with his beautiful instrumental renditions of popular Hindi film songs. Several of his classic recordings, along with artists such as Sunil Ganguly and Chiranjit Singh, are featured on Sublime Frequencies: Bollywood Steel Guitar.
The Van Shipley Trio (Van Shipley, Left)
Choice Recordings:
जाने कहां गए वह दिन Jane Kahan Gaye Voh Din
दिल जलता है तो जलने दे Dil Jalta Hai Toh Jalne De Dil Jalta Hai Toh Jalne De
चुरा लिया है तुमने Chura Liya Hai Tumne Chura Liya Hai Tumne
रूप तेरा मस्ताना Roop Tera Mastana roop tera mastana
दोस्त दोस्त न रहा Dost Dost Na Raha dost dost na raha