Conversations Over Chai

02.11.1897-28.01.1984 Pic. Courtesy: Upperstall.com Sohrab Modi. The name brings to mind a man with a powerful voice, whose movies wer...

I’ve been fascinated by Urdu as a language for as long back as I can remember. Like many others, it’s my immersion in Hindi films and film s...

Courtesy: Wikipedia We were watching a film on YouTube the other day (that’s a story for another post) when YouTube, as is its w...

24.02.1924 - 09.05.1998 It's been awhile since I published my post on Talat Mahmood's solos . And my post of Talat-Lata duets ...

24.12.1924 - 31.07.1980 I have always maintained that I do not have a 'favourite' singer - male or female. I love songs, and...

15.06.1929 - 31.01.2004 While researching songs for my posts on Shamshad Begum , I realised there was another singer whose life and a...