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Articles with tag: singer

Mumbai's Farida Khanum Fiasco

aakar patel   Nov 2, 2007   interacts: 8

Pakistani singer Farida Khanum sang in Mumbai on Friday night for the first time in her 72 years at a concert memorable also for being embarrassingly organised.

Malka Pukhraj

farazeh syed   May 9, 2004   interacts: 15

She was Durga in her fearless strength and ferocious courage as a woman, and Sarasvati in her fine sensibilities and aesthetics and her desire for learning

Musarrat Nazeer

Anis Shakur   Dec 6, 2003   interacts: 18

Musarrat, as her name implies, delighted the spectators for quite some time. She retired from the cinema years ago. However, she continued singing for the Pakistan television up until recently. Her sweet singing voice makes us happy. Her movies will keep

Runa Laila

Anis Shakur   Oct 18, 2003   interacts: 20

Life is music

The Diva as Devi

Farzana Versey   Sep 28, 2003   interacts: 39

Lata Mangeshkar personifies the Indian obsession with the woman on a pedestal. But, has she in any way made the Indian woman feel that power?

Habib Wali Mohammad

Anis Shakur   Sep 13, 2003   interacts: 27

He came to be known as the Taan Sen in his college.

In Loving Memory of Nazia Apa (aka Nazia Hasan)

Zeeshan Suhail   Aug 12, 2003   interacts: 28

Nazia Hassan was a sub-continental icon. On her third death anniversary, a fan and friend pays tribute

The Dueling Divas

Zeeshan Suhail   Aug 1, 2003   interacts: 52

Two women, two legends, separated by a border. Each a towering figure in the world of sub-continental music; a force to reckon with. One, extravagance personified; the other, austerity. Both women fundamentally different, yet uniquely similar.

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