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COME SEPTEMBER: IT IS TIME TO REMEMBER TEACHERS

Come September, two significant days stand out. Teachers Day on 5th September and the World Alzheimer’s Day on 21st September,...

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WE ARE NOT AT PEACE

Humra Quraishi discusses the position of the Urdu language in India, on International Mother Language Day – 21st Februar...

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Leader of masses: Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, builder of modern India, was indeed a statesman and leader of the masses, writes Humra Quraishi<...

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Distorted to Divide

Humra Quraishi comments about the distortion of Indian History and the caste, class and religious divides it seeks to indulge....

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Odes to Pandit Shivkumar Sharma

Santoor maestro, Pandit Shivkumar Sharma recently passed away. Senior musicians speak to Monarose Sheila Pereira to ...

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Reasons For My Angry Song

\Humra Quraishi recalls the days of the past when the Muslims didn’t live in fear and the Hindus were kind, courteous an...

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Signs of the times: India’s battle for its soul

Humra Quraishi looks back at the last seven years in India, through the lens of A.G. Noorani’s writings about the RSS an...

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Rewinding: Ustad Zakir Hussain

“I had interviewed Ustad Zakir Hussain, years ago in 1992; and he told me what made him emotional on stage once”, writes Hu...

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Stayin’ Alive: Pt. Jasrajji

Senior musicians speak to Monarose Sheila Pereia, to pay their tributes to the great legend Pandit Jasrajji, who passed away o...

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The Maestro: Pandit Ravi Shankar

This year – 2020 - is sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar’s birth centenary year, writes Humra Quraishi  

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