Dr Nita Mukherjee looks at a unique meeting point for music aficionados

Nearly four decades ago, when I first met Leeladevi Somani, she was a young mother trying to inculcate in her children - and her extended family in Mumbai - an appreciation of the lyricism and aesthetics of the traditional folk music of Rajasthan. At that time, she would create special songs for various festivities and...

Mitali Patel reports on the efforts of Awaaz, which is campaigning against noise pollution

If the police in Mumbai respond to complaints about music blaring after 10pm during traditionally noisy festivals, then all thanks are mainly due to one feisty woman -- Sumaira Abdulali. It has not been an easy task though. For the past few years, Sumaira, along with a bunch of concerned individuals,...

Harassed by the police, a businessman launches an NGO to fight back. Mitali Patel reports

Indur Kartar Chhugani’s business of publishing Selpages was extremely respectable and high profile, until he lost everything in competition to Tata Yellow Pages in 2004. He had to sell off his listed company Sellaids Publications I. Ltd as well as his flat in Khar after fighting a bruising battle with...