He was forced on a gun-point (almost) to sing a song while he was there to play Tabla. Yet, he went on to become one of the most recorded (in a day) and celebrated singer of Hindi films. He realized that he could sing when he was forced to do it. He started his career in 80s but is still the favorite singer of many. He holds the record of singing maximum songs in a day owing his ability to pick up the song quickly and deliver it with optimal expression and delicacy. He says that youngsters should not...

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There is not much you can write about when the subject is such an overwhelming personality. But the scope is endless if you really want to. The aura of such a personality, such a graceful exponent of such a simple yet divine music instrument often overtakes on your writing skills. You just want to give up everything and submerge in the melodious envelop that they create. It is with such an excited hesitancy that we write about the world-famous bansuri player Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia. He carried his passion with incomparable zeal and brought rich laurels to his art, his...

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He hails from Mumbai and wanted to take up professional Cricket as his career. However, while he continued his engineering career, he pursued his passion in commentary. He was aided by his technical knowledge yet he says that he developed his style from his own experience. He mentions that Indian Cricket is suffering from over-kill while there is tremendous opportunities for youngsters to pursue a career in commentary. The Indian sports scene needs to be developed in a way that sports should be understood and practiced without too much emotional bonding–a trait that Indian system carries willy nilly. We...

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He never went to school but his funny and witty punches can make you ROFL. He washed dishes on shops and worked in workshops before he gradually carved his niche in the world of comedy. He mentions that he never felt he is working hard or undergoing hardships. He loved his work so much that he never had the time to reflect how hard his life had been going. He mentions that despondency never hit him because he never expected too much from his life–the mantra he worked upon was to do his karma and not to crave for...

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He hails from Chennai and works in Acer as a computer engineer. However, his passion for English commentary made him glued to it and chalked out an alternative career. Right from the childhood, he prepared himself for the task by listening to English commentary of BBC. He feels that there is a shortage of good commentators in India for other sports apart from Cricket and so youngsters have a good chance to give a shot at commentary as their career. We present a telephonic interview with Vishwanath.

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The conventional media where newspapers, channels and other news sources provide information, bring headlines, and showcase the events that happen around the globe lack something. What would that be? Active feedback and participation of listeners, users, and public. However, internet provides a very unique ability to reach to the readers and engage them in a dialogue. Chauthi Duniya changes the concept of a monologues media to a conversation-oriented by introducing the internet TV. The readers can engage themselves in meaningful dialogues about the news, current events, and happenings around them. We present a telephonic interview with Editor Coordination Manish...

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