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S. Rajeswari: A satisfying journey in music
- Hema Iyer Ramani
e-mail: iyerwrites@gmail.com

August 29, 2021

“Two roads diverged in a wood , and I-
I took the one less travelled by,
And, that has made all the difference.”
- Robert Frost

The story of musician S. Rajeswari who was conferred with the M.S. Subbulakshmi Award by Tamizh Nadu Eyal Isai Nataka Manram earlier this year, is one such story where she had to make her choices when she came to the fork in the road.

We decide to travel down in time as she recaptures some of her memories of an exciting career- a mixed bag, with mixed emotions, some beautiful, some sad, but all very important facets and milestones in her career. I talk to her about her fabulous career with highs and lows, twists and turns, but long winding and continuous all the same.

Ascending the stage at a very young age, she moved on to find success in the concert-arena singing in many sabhas and the most prestigious being, the four p.m slot at Music Academy. A four year assignment that took her away from Chennai had it

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Kishore Kumar: The Ultimate Biography pieces together the many ups and downs of the actor-singer’s life

The account of his formative years offers insight into his yearning for Khandwa — which he informally made a part of his identity on screen and off it. In conversations, he would refer to himself as “Khandwawala“. In the movie Bombay Ka Chor (1962), his character says: “Mera naam Kanan Gopal Khandwawala, jahan se Kishore Kumar aaya tha”. Before his death on October 13, 1987, at the age of 58, he even considered returning there, when he was not happy with the industry’s ways. One can also trace his idiosyncrasies to his childhood when he wanted to have a jackal as a pet or the life-long habit of putting his left leg on the table while eating. Or, his ability to mimic the sound of birds and animals without effort.

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The authors have chronicled his Khandwa days by speaking to his childhood acquaintances and digging up rare documents. Understanding his childhood, his closeness to his mother Gouri Rani and his

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Balaam

Prophet in the Book of Numbers

This article is about the prophet. For other uses, see Balaam (disambiguation).

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Balaam (;^[1]Hebrew: בִּלְעָם, romanized: Bīlʿām), son of Beor,^[2] was a biblical figure, a non-Israeliteprophet and diviner who lived in Pethor, a place identified with the ancient city of Pitru, thought to have been located between the region of Iraq and northern Syria in what is now southeastern Turkey.^[3]^: 166 According to chapters 22–24^[4] of the Book of Numbers, he was hired by King Balak of Moab to curse Israel, but instead he blessed the Israelites, as dictated by God. Subsequently, the plan to entice the Israelites into idol worship and sexual immorality^[5] is attributed to him.^[6] Balaam is also mentioned in the Book of Micah.

Hebrew Bible

The main story of Balaam occurs during the sojourn of the Israelites in the plains of Moab, east of the Jordan River, at the close of forty years of wanderi