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Remembering Hindustani classical singer Ustad Amir Khan on his 106th birth anniversary. Ustad Amir Khan (August 15, 1912 – February 13, 1974) was a well-known Indian classical vocalist. He is considered one of the most influential figures in Hindustani classical music, and the founder of the Indore Gharana. Amir Khan had a rich baritone voice with a three-octave range, and could move equally effortlessly in any octave. He developed his own gayaki (singing style), influenced by the styles of Abdul Waheed Khan (vilambit tempo), Rajab Ali Khan (taans) and Aman Ali Khan (merukhand). This unique style, known as the Indore Gharana, blends the spiritual flavor and grandeur of dhrupad with the ornate vividness of khyal. Amir Khansahib presented an aesthetically detailed badhat (progression) in ati-vilambit laya (very slow tempo) using bol-alap with merukhandi patterns, followed by gradually speeding up sargams with various ornamentations, taans and bol-taans with complex and unpredictable movements and jumps while preserving the raga structure, and finally a madhyalaya or drut laya (medium or fast tempo) chhota khyal or a ruba'idar tarana. He helped popularize the tarana, as well as khyalnuma compositions in the Dari variant of Persian. While he was famous for his use of merukhand, he did not do a purely merukhandi alap but rather inserted merukhandi passages throughout his performance. Khansahib often used the taals Jhoomra and Ektaal, and generally preferred a simple theka (basic tabla strokes that define the taal) from the tabla accompanist. Even though he had been trained in the sarangi, he generally performed khyals and taranas with only a six-stringed tanpura and tabla for accompaniment. Sometimes he had a subdued harmonium accompaniment, but he almost never used the sarangi. While he could do traditional layakari (rhythmic play), including bol-baant, which he has demonstrated in a few recordings, he generally favored a swara-oriented and alap-dominated style, and his layakari was generally more subtle. His performances had an understated elegance, reverence, restrained passion and an utter lack of showmanship that both moved and awed listeners. According to Kumarprasad Mukhopadhyay's book "The Lost World of Hindustani Music", Bade Ghulam Ali Khan's music was extroverted, exuberant and a crowd-puller, whereas Amir Khan's was an introverted, dignified darbar style. Amir Khansahib believed that poetry was important in khyal compositions, and with his pen name, Sur Rang ("colored in swara"), he has left several compositions. He believed in competition between the genres of classical music and film and other popular music, and he felt that classical renderings needed to be made more beautiful while remaining faithful to the spirit and grammar of the raga. He used to say, "नग़मा वही नग़मा है जो रूह सुने और रूह सुनाए" (music is that which originates from the heart and touches the soul). Besides singing in concerts, Amir Khan also sang film songs in ragas, in a purely classical style, most notably for the films Baiju Bawra, Shabaab and Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje. This attempt to introduce classical music to the masses through films significantly boosted Khansahib's visibility and popularity. He also sang a ghazal Rahiye Ab Aisi Jagah for a documentary on Ghalib. Khansahib's disciples include Amarnath, A. Kanan, Ajit Singh Paintal, Akhtar Sadmani, Amarjeet Kaur, Bhimsen Sharma, Gajendra Bakshi, Hridaynath Mangeshkar, Kamal Bose, Kankana Banerjee, Mukund Goswami, Munir Khan, Pradyumna Kumud Mukherjee and Poorabi Mukherjee, Shankar Mazumdar, Singh Brothers, Srikant Bakre and Thomas Ross. His style has also influenced many other singers and instrumentalists, including Baldev Raj Verma, Bhimsen Joshi, Gokulotsavji Maharaj, Mahendra Toke, Piu Sarkhel, Prabha Atre, Rashid Khan, Rasiklal Andharia, Sanhita Nandi, Shanti Sharma, Nikhil Banerjee, the Imdadkhani gharana, and Sultan Khan. Although he referred to his style as the Indore Gharana, he was a firm believer of absorbing elements from various gharanas. Amir Khan was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1967 and the Padma Bhushan in 1971.

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4th Edition of Atal Bihari Vajpayee National Award for Art and Culture Presented at 7th GLFN

New Delhi: The most prestigious Atal Bihari Vajpayee National Awards for Promotion of Art and Culture were presented to the prominent people of the society who all have contributed enough to the growth of Indian art and culture on the third day of 7th Global Literary Festival Noida 2021.

“It is our pleasure and honor to present these very special and esteemed awards after the name of a statesman, former Prime Minister of India and a poet himself to the people who have given their life in promoting Indian Art and culture and are the real Ambassadors of our country. This is the fourth edition of the award ceremony and already these awards carrying highest value in India and abroad,” said Sandeep Marwah Chancellor of AAFT University of Media and Arts and Festival President.

A Lifetime achievement Award for contribution to Theatre was handed over to the giant in Theatre Dr. Daya Prakash Sinha, who very well accepted the award and promised to be on the board of Asian Academy of Arts for every help.

Padma Vibhushan Ram V Sutar for creating wonderful Sculptures, Tejender Sharma for Literature, Padma Shri Shovna Narayan for Indian Classical Dance (Kathak), Padma Shri Pratibha Prahlad for Art Promotion, Dr. Prem Janmjey for Literature, Dr Rama Singh for Poetry, Malini Awasthi for folk singing, , Amarjeet Singh Chawla for Peace and Unity through art and Culture, Dr. Rishi Raj Singh for conducting large number of International Summits on art and Culture, and Prerna Shrimali for Indian Classical Dance and Anuradha Sharma also for Indian Classical Dance.

All the dignities spoke their heart out. They also shared their vast experiences in their own fields. Everyone proposed to take the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Awards and Global Literary Festival Noida to the next level in the coming years. The National awardees were invited to the National Advisory Board of Asian Academy of Arts. The event was attended by thousands from all over the World.

Later A book titled ‘Swadesh Se Pardesh Tak’ written by Sanhita Agnihotri was released by the dignities. Festival director Sushil Bharti paid vote of thanks.

This prestigious event was supported by World Peace Development and Research Foundation, Asian Unity Alliance, AAFT University of Media and Arts, International Film and Television Club, International Women’s Film Forum and many other international organizations.

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02 Gamblers arrested, cash Rs 22,180 recovered by Police station Kahna Chak Jammu. Jammu: On 20-01-2021 a police party of Police Station Kanachak headed by Inspr. Vishav Partap Singh SHO P/S Kahna Chak assisted by SI lalit Sharma I/C PP Gajansoo during patrolling near Army ban arrested two gamblers along with Rs 22,180/- stake money and two sets of playing cards. The arrested persons have been identified as 1) Amarjeet Singh S/O Ram Singh R/O Tirlokpur Khalariya 2) Susheel Kumar S/O Vijay Kumar R/O Nandini Mandal. Both the gamblers have been booked under section-13 Gambling Act. Further investigation of the case is going on. #Reasihulchal #Jammu #jkpolice https://www.instagram.com/p/CKZOrzIMmOo/?igshid=irqp6o5mwp4s

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The man with over 5,000 autographs, from Jawahar Lal Nehru, Marilyn Monroe to Amitabh Bachchan - art and culture

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As youngsters, collecting autographs by famous personalities was one of the most popular hobbies and for some, it remains a thing even now. The autograph book is something we would carry to special events in the hope that we just might get to meet that celebrity and get them to sign it for us. But that was a phenomenon associated with us kids from the 80s and 90s.

With the passage of time, the autograph book was relegated to the deep recesses of our drawers, and maybe some of you reading this might try to dust it out today to see whether you still have your collection.

However, there are still a few individuals out there who not only collect autographs but do it in a manner you didn’t think would be possible in this day and age. Delhi based Amarjeet Singh is one of them. He likes to think of himself as the James Bond of philography (the art of collecting autographs) and has more than 5,000 autographs, and there probably isn’t a single Hollywood celebrity who has come to India and not met him. Amarjeet has autographs of people from all walks of life- prime ministers, presidents, Olympians, celebrities- you name it and he has it. Recently he was awarded by the Limca Book of Records for having the maximum number of autographs of Olympic medal winners. But that’s not all, Amarjeet also has the autograph of various famous dead personalities including Albert Einstein, Thomas Alva Edison, Adolf Hitler, Alexander Graham Bell, The Wright brothers, Winston Churchill, Charlie Chaplin and Marilyn Monroe.

With Jackie Chan.

In fact, that is also the reason he does not want to get married. “I have decided to stay a bachelor throughout my life. If you ask me for a reason I don’t have the answer but maybe because I want to live like a free bird and do whatever I want and keep collecting all this for the future generations without any interruptions and being bound by any ties,” says Amarjeet.

We spoke to Amarjeet about why he does what he does and how he managed to get some of the most difficult autographs.

Which was the first autograph you ever got?

My first autograph was when I was attending a Pankaj Udhas live program in Delhi , where I was unsuccessful in getting his autograph which disappointed me a lot. I decided to get it anyhow and managed to find his address and wrote a letter to him, with a photograph of his. Well, he did oblige me with his autograph after replying to my letter after 45 days. Today also after five years of collecting autographs the first question my mother asks me when I reach home is, ‘Did you receive any letter today?’ Curiosity never dies and never will.

With Will Smith.

With Amitabh Bachchan.

Amarjeet has met Dalai Lama multiple times.

Tell us a little about your collection.

I collect autographs of people from all fields like Bharat Ratnas, Nobel Laureates, sports, Bollywood, Hollywood, painters, etc. Some of my favourites are Jawaharlal Nehru, Dalai Lama, APJ Abdul Kalam, Mother Teresa, Rabindranath Tagore, Lata Mangeshkar, Pele, Rakesh Sharma, Tenzing Norgay, Edmund Hillary, Jackie Chan, Sachin Tendulkar, Amitabh Bachchan, Dhyan Chand and so many more. I never miss anyone who comes to Delhi.

Sometimes it’s very tricky meeting them but at the end of the day I always manage to. I also travel to other cities when international celebrities come to India- which I have done in the case of Jackie Chan (Jaipur) and Maradona (Kolkata).

Obviously it ruins my budget but it also makes me very happy after meeting them and boosts my morale, motivating me to collect more autographs. Sometimes I wish if I could have someone sponsor my trips so that I could collect even more.

We didn’t even know this was possible! With Rajnikanth.

What is the most challenging part of being an autograph collector?

The most challenging part is finding out where the celebrities are staying, the event location and who all are coming. When we go to take autographs things are not being served on a table- one has to be patient and wait for the right time. Many times the management is rude, but sometimes they are also supportive. I think going with a positive attitude and confidence is what gets one through. I personally feel that until and unless the celebrity does not have any problem in giving autographs, no one can stop me in taking it.

With Maradona.

Tell us some stories where you had problems while getting an autograph.

I have a saying “Every autograph has a story behind it.” Here are a few of them:

Sachin Tendulkar: The whole world knows about the God of Cricket, and being an autograph collector how can I miss the autograph of this legend?

The IPL season was going on and there was supposed to be a Mumbai Indians match in Delhi. As Sachin was the mentor of the team, he was expected to be there. Since the stadium is not a place where I could have gotten his autograph, I tried at the hotel where the teams were staying, at ITC Maurya.

There were two teams in the same hotel (more than 30 players to collect autographs from ) but I was focused on Sachin. I managed to get his manager’s contact number and was sitting in the lobby while I left him a message on Whatsapp, requesting to make me meet Sachin for just a few seconds. I even called him but no avail. I had been sitting in the lobby for three hours, after which a security guard asked me why I had been sitting in the hotel for no reason. Without uttering a single word I left the hotel as things were not going in a positive way.

However, I was still confident and didn’t lose hope. I Stood outside the ITC Maurya gate for the next few hours, waiting for him to come out. All of a sudden I saw Sachin, wearing aviators, among a group of people. As he was getting into his BMW Z black car I took out a huge photo of him with the world cup and tried to show it to Sachin. He told his driver to stop, took off his glasses and signed the photograph and also a mini bat which I had.

Dilip Kumar: My most recent incident is when I sent 11 unsuccessful letters to Dilip Kumar. In the 12th letter nothing was written- only the single word, ‘PLEASE’ was written 100 times and in the end I had written- ‘Send me your autograph sir, this is my 12th letter to you.’

In a month I received an autographed photo of Dilip Kumar ji with a beautiful letter.

With Mike Tyson.

With Pele.

Amarjeet’s objective is to conserve and preserve his collection as a heritage for the future generations and he wishes to have a museum in Delhi one day which has his collection.

You never know, maybe the next trend to go viral will be all of us digging out our autograph collections and posting them on social media during the lockdown. Let’s wait and watch.

The author tweets at @shadowwarior and can be reached at kabir.bhandari@htdigital.in and Instagram.com/kabirsinghbhandari

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This logistics aggregation startup wants to be the Ola for intracity truck bookings

One of the hottest sectors, logistics is attracting startups of all kinds. However, intracity logistics is yet to find easy and on-the-go solutions like an Ola or Uber to bring in efficiency and transparency for shippers and truckers.

  Seeing a possible opportunity and keen to solve this problem, husband-wife duo Sangeeta Yadav (37) and Amarjeet Singh (38) quit their well-paying corporate…

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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, accompanied by wife Sophie Gregoire Trudeau, three children -Ella-Grace, Xavier and Hadrien and a delegation of ministers, landed in Amritsar on Wednesday. He was received by Hardeep Singh Puri and Navjot Singh Sidhu at the airport.  In a white kurta-pyjama, the Canadian premier visited the GoldenTemple where he and his family prayed at the sanctum sanctorum of the temple during an almost hour-long visit to the shrine.   An overwhelmed Trudeau also recorded his thoughts in the visitors’ book at the Sikhs’ holiest shrine. “What an honour to be so well received at such a beautiful, meaningful place. We are filled with grace and humility,” said Trudeau after paying his respects at the temple, which he visited with his wife and children.  The Canadian PM and his family greeted devotees with folded hands while scores of visitors could be seen holding up their mobile phones to take pictures and videos of the Trudeaus. Punjab police officials and Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committeetask force sewadars (volunteers) formed a security ring around the dignitaries. Canadian security officials were also part of their security cover. At the GoldenTemple, the Trudeaus also tried rolling out rotis at the Guru Ram Das Jee Langar hall where devotees do voluntary kitchen work for feeding visitors. And who better to teach them but Michelin-star chef Vikas Khanna. Taking to Twitter, the chef now based in New York wrote, “Teaching the beloved Trudeau family to roll Breads at The Holy Golden Temple. The same place where I learnt to cook.” Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh for a one-on-one meeting at the Taj hotel. Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said he took up with Canadian PM, the militancy concerns the state was facing. He also raised the issue of Khalistan, as money has been flowing in from various countries including Canada, Amarinder said after the meeting. According to reports, the Punjab CM also interacted with other members of the Canadian cabinet, including three Sikh ministers.  Singh also handed Trudeau a list of nine Canada-based operatives allegedly involved in promoting radicalism as the ‘Khalistan’ issue featured prominently in the talks between the two leaders. Trudeau assured his country did not support separatism in India or elsewhere as he pitched for greater cooperation, an official said.  Trudeau visited the Partition Museum, dedicated to the memory of the partition of India in 1947, at Town Hall in Amritsar along with his ministers and MPs. Trudeau was accompanied by his cabinet ministers Harjit Sajjan, Navdeep Bains, Bardish Chagger, Kirsty Duncan, and Amarjeet Sohi. He was escorted by Mallika Ahluwalia, the CEO and Curator of the museum, Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister of Local Government, Culture and Tourism Navjot Singh Sidhu, and Member of Parliament Gurjeet Singh Aujla. Trudeau spent nearly 25 minutes at the museum. The Canadian PM  spent some time in the gallery of migration, hearing stories and looking at objects carried by people as they fled their homes and moved across the newly-drawn borders at the time of Independence. He paused for a while at the well in the Gallery of Divisions, dedicated to the women who were lost at the time of partition. He spent the maximum time in the Gallery of Hope, which focuses on love and reconciliation. He left a note on the Tree of Hope writing that the museum is “a poignant reminder that dividing people is never the answer; we must learn to live together and love our differences.” The Rediff.com : 21st. Feb,18

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, his wife Sophie Gregoire, daughter Ella Grace and son Xavier pose for photographers during their visit to the holy Sikh shrine of Golden temple in Amritsar, India February 21, 2018. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi – RC175DD58590

CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER JUSTIN TRUDEAU & HIS FAMILY MEMBERS ROLLED ROTIS IN GOLDEN TEMPLE : Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, accompanied by wife Sophie Gregoire Trudeau, three children -Ella-Grace, Xavier and Hadrien and a delegation of ministers, landed in Amritsar on Wednesday.

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Remembering Ustad Amir Khan on his 105th birth anniversary.

Ustad Amir Khan (15 August 1912 – 13 February 1974) was a well-known Indian classical vocalist. He is considered one of the most influential figures in Hindustani classical music, and the founder of the Indore Gharana.

Amir Khan had a rich baritone voice with a three-octave range, and could move equally effortlessly in any octave. He developed his own gayaki (singing style), influenced by the styles of Abdul Waheed Khan (vilambit tempo), Rajab Ali Khan (taans) and Aman Ali Khan (merukhand). This unique style, known as the Indore Gharana, blends the spiritual flavor and grandeur of dhrupad with the ornate vividness of khyal. Amir Khansahib presented an aesthetically detailed badhat (progression) in ati-vilambit laya (very slow tempo) using bol-alap with merukhandi patterns, followed by gradually speeding up sargams with various ornamentations, taans and bol-taans with complex and unpredictable movements and jumps while preserving the raga structure, and finally a madhyalaya or drut laya (medium or fast tempo) chhota khyal or a ruba'idar tarana. He helped popularize the tarana, as well as khyalnuma compositions in the Dari variant of Persian. While he was famous for his use of merukhand, he did not do a purely merukhandi alap but rather inserted merukhandi passages throughout his performance.

Khansahib often used the taals Jhoomra and Ektaal, and generally preferred a simple theka (basic tabla strokes that define the taal) from the tabla accompanist. Even though he had been trained in the sarangi, he generally performed khyals and taranas with only a six-stringed tanpura and tabla for accompaniment. Sometimes he had a subdued harmonium accompaniment, but he almost never used the sarangi.

While he could do traditional layakari (rhythmic play), including bol-baant, which he has demonstrated in a few recordings, he generally favored a swara-oriented and alap-dominated style, and his layakari was generally more subtle. His performances had an understated elegance, reverence, restrained passion and an utter lack of showmanship that both moved and awed listeners. According to Kumarprasad Mukhopadhyay's book "The Lost World of Hindustani Music", Bade Ghulam Ali Khan's music was extroverted, exuberant and a crowd-puller, whereas Amir Khan's was an introverted, dignified darbar style. Amir Khansahib believed that poetry was important in khyal compositions, and with his pen name, Sur Rang ("colored in swara"), he has left several compositions.

He believed in competition between the genres of classical music and film and other popular music, and he felt that classical renderings needed to be made more beautiful while remaining faithful to the spirit and grammar of the raga. He used to say, "नग़मा वही नग़मा है जो रूह सुने और रूह सुनाए" (music is that which originates from the heart and touches the soul).

Besides singing in concerts, Amir Khan also sang film songs in ragas, in a purely classical style, most notably for the films Baiju Bawra, Shabaab and Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje. This attempt to introduce classical music to the masses through films significantly boosted Khansahib's visibility and popularity. He also sang a ghazal Rahiye Ab Aisi Jagah for a documentary on Ghalib.

Khansahib's disciples include Amarnath, A. Kanan, Ajit Singh Paintal, Akhtar Sadmani, Amarjeet Kaur, Bhimsen Sharma, Gajendra Bakshi, Hridaynath Mangeshkar, Kamal Bose, Kankana Banerjee, Mukund Goswami, Munir Khan, Pradyumna Kumud Mukherjee and Poorabi Mukherjee, Shankar Mazumdar, Singh Brothers, Srikant Bakre and Thomas Ross. His style has also influenced many other singers and instrumentalists, including Bhimsen Joshi, Gokulotsavji Maharaj, Mahendra Toke, Prabha Atre, Rashid Khan, Ajoy Chakrabarty, Rasiklal Andharia, Sanhita Nandi, Shanti Sharma, Nikhil Banerjee, the Imdadkhani gharana, and Sultan Khan. Although he referred to his style as the Indore Gharana, he was a firm believer of absorbing elements from various gharanas.

Amir Khan was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1967 and the Padma Bhushan in 1971.

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