Monday, September 17, 2001		Entertainment

IF music is your passion, then the best place for you in the world is probably the Internet. The Internet is not just a heaven for information, business and communication, but is also a heaven for the music lovers as now it is the biggest resource of music available anywhere. Music on the Net has not just broken all barriers of language and nations but has also crossed the bridges of culture. Now you can listen and download music in any language and from any country. The Internet has huge resource of music in Hindi and other Indian languages also. Though there are many sites on the Internet on Indian music, some sites like www.channelok.com is good to know. Basically, this is a complete Indian music and entertainment site. On this site you can chat with other visitors, play games, and can also read music and film reviews. There is also a 24-hour radio channel, where you can listen Hindi and regional language songs. There is separate section for film music also, where you can search the song of your choice and can listen it on the Net in real audio format. You can also buy CDs from this site of your choice of songs. This is in fact, a well laid out site and has lots of other interesting channels, including jokes, release dates, wall paper, Audio jukebox, old songs, DJ’s remixes, pop artists, ghazal, bhajan etc. Moreover there is a separate section for videos also, where you can see film videos, pop videos, classical videos, film trailors etc. On the whole this is an interesting site with lots of music and entertainment. Another good site on music is www.hindisong.com. This site is also a huge resource of Hindi and pop music. However, you would need to sign up on this site for free to become a member and once you become a member, then you can maintain a collection of ghazals of your choice and can play it from anywhere and not necessarily from your desktop. — IV