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Once marginalised as a novel European import, electronic dance music, or EDM, has become the dominant trend in American pop these days. Its lively synthetic beats and booming bass lines are...
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For Jyotsna B Rao, it is not the dance form that is important, but the creative expression it ensures, writes Bhakti Bapat, after a tete-a-tete with the contemporary dancer. The stage has been set. The...
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Incomplete stringsWhen an artiste becomes a legend in his or her lifetime, it is close to being an impossible and tedious task to compile all their work at one place. However, EMI records seemed to...
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A century ago, the by-lanes of Indore had seen the growth of the Bhendi Bazaar Gharana, a term that had been coined from the staid connotation 'the bazaar behind the Fort', referring to the Fort...
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One of the iconic images of the 18th century, 'The Death of Marat' has an interesting history, and is hailed as the first modernist painting, notes Giridhar Khasnis.Painted by the famous French artist...
View ArticleAdrift with a tiger and the film god
"You become the movie you are making," the Oscar-winning director Ang Lee said in a recent telephone interview. Given that the movie in question is Life of Pi, based on the award-winning, fantastical...
View ArticleA decade down south
One time successful model and the winner of a Miss India 'Miss Beautiful Smile Award', Trisha Krishnan, the fair, petite heroine of many a Tamil and Telugu hit has completed a decade in films and is...
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Rajiv Vijayakar speaks to actress Bipasha Basu on her return to horror with 'Raaz 3', her journey in Bollywood over the last decade, and the roles that have challenged her.She has just essayed her...
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Pop-rock compilationRoxette is a Swedish duo, consisting of Marie Fredriksson (vocals) and Per Gessle (vocals and guitar) formed in 1986. They have survived for over two decades now, because of their...
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While the politicians may fight it out in the power centres of India and Pakistan, musicians from the two countries have decided to sort things out amicably in the studios of Mumbai and Dubai. The...
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Lakshmi palecanda speaks to celebrated singer Shaan on his start in the Indian music industry, his past albums and current projects, his role as a host of musical reality shows and more. Sometimes, we...
View ArticleThe art of travel
It's not just natural charms that pull you towards Puhputra, a bewitching hamlet in Chhattisgarh, but its unique art not yet displayed to the world, that makes it enigmatic, writes Bharati...
View ArticleTaking the golfing world by storm
Golf prodigy Lydia Ko was asked how she would cope with being the youngest competitor at the Women's British Open, which was like asking Sean Lennon how he deals with being the son of a Beatle. The...
View ArticleMan with the Midas touch
NBA great Robert Horry predicts an unpredictable and fascinating season with no clear favourites for title.Until last year when LeBron James won his first title with the Miami Heat, the Akron product...
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Middle game is all about exerting pressure
If Chess Openings are about rapid development and central control then the middle-game is all about manoeuvring the pieces to squares from where they can inflict maximum pressure. The general tendency...
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In search of the appropriate karaoke song for her latest after-midnight Grand Slam victory party, Serena Williams settled on "I Will Survive." "I really, really felt those words," Williams said after...
View ArticleJoining the elite
For years, more than seven to be exact, men's tennis was defined by its three best players: Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic. They divvied up almost every Grand Slam trophy, and in the...
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For a hearty laughIn 'Mr Bean's Holiday', the bumbling Mr Bean wins a trip to the picturesque French city of Cannes — only to unwittingly separate a boy from his father. Bean must now help...
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'I can be a fashion disaster'Anil Kapoor definitely can't be called a style icon. But things have now changed and he is getting prominence at fashion events — all because of his stylish...
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When it comes to making good, original music, the City's pioneer rock band, 'Thermal and a Quarter' (TAAQ) is always at the forefront. Metrolife catches up with the band for a chat about their fifth...
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