It seem that now and in the coming days, we will have nothing else to do except mourning the death of friends – not ordinary but rare in their renown, modesty and humanity besides art and skills. So today, the new year has condemned us to mourn the death of classical tabla in the Potohar […] The post With Jajji’s Death, Classical Tabla Is Dead In Potohar appeared first on The Friday Times - Naya Daur.
When the two media giants Ahmad Noorani and Haroon Rashid stated that Najam Sethi is not a journalist, I had to change my business card from “the senior-most junior journalist” to “the senior-most junior!” Their jugalbandi took me to the 1940s, when Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan (Kasur-gharana) and Ustad Amir Khan (Indore gharana) were […] The post Who Is A Journalist? appeared first on The Friday Times - Naya Daur.
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Some Indian friends are down in the dumps: they are the true music lovers and want the distinction between ‘awards’ and ‘alms’ to stay visible. Freedom of speech is now ‘treason’ in Modi-regime. Whisper something innocuous against it in Mumbai, the CBI will be your ‘guest’ within hours and the Delhi police will be your […] The post Doing Justice To Artists: Who Truly Deserves The Bharat Ratna? appeared first on The Friday Times - Naya Daur.