By Achal Rangaswamy

When we see around ourselves, today’s world is highly disturbed. There is far more violence, far more intolerance and far more noise than ever before. (more…)

By Udai V. Singh, Duluth, GA, USA

Three decades and eight years ago, at 10:25PM of 31st July 1980, the legendary playback singer Mohammad Rafi passed into history at age of 56 years,  The divine voice that enthralled and mesmerised Bollywood song lovers all over the world for almost four decades drifted away into soulful silence with his last breath. (more…)

By Jagdish K. Bhagchandani

Writing a tribute for someone as pious, as divine as Rafi Saab is a task meant for an emotional fulfilment. But it also has many difficulties as any permutation/ combination of available words or alphabets will not be able to create suitable narrative to adequately describe his persona. (more…)

By Dr Souvik Chatterji

The audience of film music in India remembered dignified composer Naushad Ali on his birth anniversary on 26^th December, 2017. He was a genius composer and shaped Indian film music with his classical gharana in the 40s from where it just grew with variety and innovation. (more…)

By Dr Souvik Chatterji

Music lovers all over the world remember the God of music Mohammad Rafi on his birth anniversary on 24^th December, 2017. The listeners of music all over the world remembered the all-time great singer Mohammad Rafi on 31^st July, 2013. The noble soul had left his admirers 33 years ago. Yet he is alive in numerous everlasting hit songs which are heard and cherished for generations. (more…)

By Chandan (KS Ramachandran)

Music is my lifetime companion. It is always in me. When I was 5 years old, I was taken along by my family to watch a Hindi movie “Bhabhi”. I was, like many, a playful child, unmindful of what was going on in the movie. All of a sudden, I hear a voice in the movie “Chal Udja Re Panchi”. I was floored and was literally consumed by this voice. I was then told that it was the voice of Mohammad Rafi Saab! (more…)

By Onika Setia

अमर गायक स्व. मुहम्मद रफ़ी साहब  के जन्मदिवस पर विशेष: इंसान या फ़रिश्ता

इंसान था वोह या फ़रिश्ता था कोई ,
देखते ही सजदे में यूँ सर झुक जाये . (more…)

By Meena Budhiraja

बीसवीं सदी के विश्वप्रसिद्ध महान कवि ‘फेदेरिको गार्सिया लोर्का’  की कविता की पंक्तिया हैं –

आवाज़, चाहे कुछ बाकी ना रहे आवाज़ के सिवा । (more…)