The Musical Maverick: The Authorized Biography of Shankar Mahadevan

Shankar Mahadevan's band Shakti won the Best Global Music Album award at the Grammys 2024 when “This Moment” was announced as winner. Mahadevan bagged his first ever Grammy and was among the global music event that saw five Indians bag the coveted prize this year.

Key to the Highway - Richard Andrews

Stride ahead, seekers of the adventurous life. All is revealed through the lexis of moods, curves, imagination, sensations, and fantasies as Richard Andrews gives you his ‘Key to the Highway’, warning you to advance in the quest of your own ends; perpetually sentient that those you encounter have ends of their own.

The Paperback Sleuth - Death in Fine Condition

It’s been a good three weeks of Cozy Mysteries. The Indian summer generally finds me catching up on old favourites like Eric Segal’s ‘Acts of Faith’ - read for the umpteenth time or a rediscovery of ‘Bono on Bono’ by Michka Assayas or a new horde of Mills n Boon ‘Intrigue’ or ‘Paranormal’. But since our Spring-Summer TV viewing leaned heavily toward British Crime dramas from “Father Brown” to “Grantchester” to “Harry Wild” and more, my book hunting turned toward the cosy mystery genre of novels behind these dramas. And a treasure trove I discovered.

The Miracle of Music Therapy – Rajender Menen

The Holy Bible says "Praise Him with Timbrel, Praise Him with Music and Dance", hence music and dance is the best medium to reach out to the Almighty. Music is holistic and universal and does not restrict to any particular country or region. Music as a therapy can be used to cure psychosomatic diseases. It is now an established fact that music helps all living creatures - from plants to birds and animals and man - to grow and rejuvenate. Music permeates the cells of all living beings, alters mood swings, cell division, heals the ailing, induces sleep, creates wakefulness and dances with the mood, the mind and the soul.

Kathak – A Theoretical and Practical Guide – Volume – I - Marami Medhi and Debasish Talukdar

Kathak is undoubtedly the most popular classical dance style of northern India. Over the centuries Kathak has evolved and developed as a distinct form of classical dance, with emphasis on intricate rhythmic footwork and stylized circular movements, which is considered the highlight and also creates a fine spectacle, whenever a Kathak performance is witnessed.

My Own Trumpet, My Own Drum - Lt Col Ambat Madhav Menon

‘My Own Trumpet, My Own Drum’ by Lt Col Ambat Madhav Menon portrays the varied experiences of a soldier, who started his career as 2nd lieutenant and rose on to become Lt Colonel after several years of dedicated service to the motherland with sheer determination, discipline, hard work, patience and consistency towards the soldier's duty against hardship and adversity.

R D Burmania: Chaitanya Padukone

Almost two decades before Bollywood megastar Deepika Padukone made her dramatic Bollywood acting debut, there was already another Padukone, distinguished senior film journalist and columnist Chaitanya Padukone.

Everything You Need to Know About Radio Jockeying’ - Noel Keymer

Noel Keymer is a man for all seasons and multi talented. He is a businessman, copywriter, artist, cartoonist, journalist, lecturer, soft skill trainer, ad man, comic collector (he has more than 1500 DC / Marvel comics) and last but not least an ex Radio Jockey of AIR 107.1FM and 93.5 Red FM. Keymer started doing Radio Shows on All India Radio way back in the late 70’s while in college.

India Psychedelic: The Story of a Rocking Generation: Sidharth Bhatia

Reading ‘India Psychedelic: The Story of a Rocking Generation’ by Sidharth Bhatia, is sure to get your heart to beat with the rhythm of this book. There is something about this book that touches you. You can tell by the way Bhatia wrote the book, that he actually cared about those people (read artists), their music and the struggle. The book guides you through a whole pack of bands and styles with rare images - black and white and color photos, band posters, LP records and LP record sleeves, all that were part of the 60s and 70s.

A Sculptor of Talent Vijay Kichlu: An Authorized Biography: Vol. 1

Musicologist, Music Critic, Author, Meena Banerjee, a disciple of Pandit Amarnath (Kirana Indore Gharana), post graduate in Sanskrit, Sangeet Prabhakar in classical vocal and tabla, trained in thumri-ghazal, Rabindrasangeet and a dedicated student of musicology, Banerjee initially emerged as a vocalist and has performed extensively in India and abroad.