Besides software, Bollywood has emerged post-1990s India’s most recognisable signature. The movies open to full houses; the trade papers quote the oodles of dollars made by them; its stars are …
KRISHNA VATTAM writes from Mysore: My daughter-in-law Shantala was sobbing as she woke me up this morning. “Mama, Gangavva is no more,” she said, and broke down. The rest of …
The body of Hindustani vocalist Gangubai Hanagal, daughter of Chikkurao Nadiger and Ambabai, who died on Tuesday morning at the age of 97, lies at her residence Gangalahari in Deshpandenagar …
A shudra born in a family of boatmen where women were considered as angavastra, mere drapes around men. Nicknamed gaanewali and ostracised by Brahmins, although both her father and husband …
H.Y. Sharada Prasad, the former media advisor to three Indian prime ministers, reviewed the English version of Gangubai Hanagal‘s memoirs Nanna Badukina Haadu (The Song Of My Life, Sahitya Prakashana, …
Padma Vibhushan Gangubai Hanagal, like Bharat Ratna Bhimsen Joshi, was a disciple of Sawai Gandharva of Kundagol. Although eight years older than Joshi, the two jewels became lifelong friends. Deepa …
churumuri records with regret the passing away of the Hindustani maestro, the leading light of the kirana gharana, Gangubai Hanagal, in Hubli this morning. She was 97 years old. *** …