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Vaishali Samant Biography
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Vaishali Samant, a multidimensional artist in Indian music, has established herself as a composer, lyricist, and playback vocalist. She has received widespread recognition for her excellent contributions to the Marathi cinema and music industries, and she has also appeared on television as a judge in a reality singing competition series. Vaishali's talent spans many languages, as she has offered her exquisite voice to songs in Bengali, Gujarati, Bhojpuri, Assamese, Tamil, and Telugu.
Vaishali's enormous catalog includes over 2000 Marathi songs, demonstrating her profound affinity to the language and its rich musical legacy. Among her many successes, songs like "Aika Dajiba," "Kombadi Palali," "Nad Khula," and "Durchya Ranat" have become extremely famous, gaining her global recognition. These songs not only demonstrate her vocal skills but also her ability to compose melodies that connect with listeners. Vaishali Samant remains a key charac
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'Once Upon A Time in Calcutta' to compete in Venice
Sengupta’s film will compete with 18 others including ‘Pilgrims’, ‘Amira’, ‘Atlantide’, ‘The Falls’, ‘A Plein Temps’, ‘107 Mothers’, ‘White Building’ and ‘True Things’.Last year, Chaitanya Tamhane’s ‘The Disciple’ had bagged the FIPRESCI award. It was selected in the main competition of Venice while Ivan Ayr’s ‘Meel Patthar’ was selected in the Horizons segment. ‘Once Upon A Time In Calcutta’ marks Aditya’s return to Venice International bio Festival
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Shantanu Ray Chaudhuri in conversation with M.S. Viraraghavan and Girija Viraraghavan
In their new book Roses in the Fire of Spring: Better Roses for a Warming World and Other Garden Adventures (Running Head, 2023), world-renowned rose hybridisers, M.S. Viraraghavan and Girija Viraraghavan, record their journey of over fifty years, creating more than a hundred new rose varieties, in a range of colours, shapes and types. The authors spoke to Shantanu Ray Chaudhuri on their lifelong passion for the rose.
The passion for roses goes back a long way – can you recall the first moments when you realised that this was a ‘calling’ you had to follow? Any epiphanic moment that leaps to the mind?
From quite a young age, Viraraghavan was fascinated with roses, but the epiphanic moment was really when his family spent summer vacations in Coonoor, staying at the government guesthouse within Sim’s Park, which overlooked a rose garden. Every morning, he would wander about this