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Sunday,
April 4, 2004
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A search for totality
Daljeet,
an art scholar, writes on the sacred, secular and aesthetic dimensions
of the Sikh heritage.
| SIKHISM
did not approve of idol worship, but held in deity-like reverence things
known to have remained associated with their Gurus, or formed part of
spiritual sanctity, elevating them to status of timeless, formless
entity, though such things were subject to decay, decomposition and
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A road less travelled
Puneetinder Kaur Sidhu
CHAMBAL.
The very name invokes visions of an untamed land — raw and powerful. A
land that has harboured, over the years, innumerable mavericks — from
blue-blooded kings to dreaded dacoits. A land that never in our wildest
dreams could have been envisaged as a recreation destination.
Saigal centenary
Salute to a legend
As the world pauses to remember K.L. Saigal on his
birth centenary today, Pran
Nevile takes a look at
little-known facets of the man, while Devinder
Bir Kaur reports on the
efforts to keep his music alive.
HE was
all music, an extraordinary artiste and master of his craft. Whether K.L.
Saigal sang better with or without liquor is of little importance.
Sadly though, there is hardly any written material on
Saigal and his life. No diaries, letters, interviews or media coverage.
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