Hindustan Times
Two people, both in the Government, have been upset with me for some time now. One a friend and another a professional contact. The first, Election Commissioner Shahabuddin Yaqoob Quraishi and the other Union Sports Minister MS Gill. Let me deal with Gill first. Read more
(4 votes, average: 3 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Kumkum Chadha on Tuesday, July 27, 2010 at 11:10 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Akbar Road, booth mismanagement, Chief Election Commissioner, constituency, Doordarshan, election, Election Commissioner Shahabuddin Yaqoob Quraishi, gender barriers, Government, guitars, Indira Gandhi, Mother Teresa Crescent, motormouth, music, Parliament, Prasar Bharati, Rajiv Gandhi, Sharon Prabhakar, sonia gandhi, un-Islamic, Union Sports Minister MS Gill
It has happened again: yet again. Pakistan has, as usual, backtracked on its commitments and worse still made a mockery of Indian foreign minister’s peace mission to Pakistan. Read more
(23 votes, average: 3.96 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Kumkum Chadha on Tuesday, July 20, 2010 at 8:53 pm
Filed under India · Tagged India, Indian foreign minister’s peace mission, kargil, Kasab, Mumbai attacks, Murrie, Pakistan, SM Krishna
A few weeks ago, I heard Anita Singhvi for the second time. The first was when she sang ghazals and the second when she had graduated to sufi music.
Singing sufi has become a trend these days. Everyone is singing sufi or claiming that they are, even when they are nowehere near it. Read more
(6 votes, average: 3 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Hindustan Times on Tuesday, July 13, 2010 at 9:45 pm
Filed under Uncategorized · Tagged Anita Singhvi, Artistes, ghazal, Ghulam Ali, hindustan times, Kishori Amonkar, maestros, news, performers, Siri Fort Auditorium, sufi, tabla, Taj Mansingh, Ustad Zakir Hussain
I, unlike many who read me, have nothing against politicians kids joining their parents profession. I treat it like any other child taking after his or her parents and handling it with ability or messing it up. Read more
(3 votes, average: 3.67 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Kumkum Chadha on Tuesday, July 6, 2010 at 10:23 pm
Filed under India · Tagged affiliations, Anurag Thakur, Atal Behari Vajpayee, backdoor entry, bandwagon, Bilaspur, BJP youth wing, cop, cricketer, Dharamsala, election, full term, Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh CM Prem Kumar Dhumal, Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association, LLB, Lok Sabha, MBBS, MP, Nitin Gadkari, office bearer, Parliament, party worker, politicians kids, politics, profession, Ranji Trophy, tenure
