Quiz on Bharat Ratna
Earn the stripes: Mother Teresa was awarded the Bharat Ratna in 1980 - THE HINDU ARCHIVES
Earn the stripes: Mother Teresa was awarded the Bharat Ratna in 1980 - THE HINDU ARCHIVES×
Happy New Year!
On this day in 1954, the Bharat Ratna Awards were instituted. This quiz is all about India’s highest civilian award.
And the award goes to.
1 Three people were awarded the Bharat Ratna in its first year. Two of them were C Rajagopalachari, the only Indian governor-general, and Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, India’s second president. Who was the third, not from the world of government or politics?
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Impact of the concert for Bangladesh December 16, 2020, 1:38 PM IST
Sudarshan Ramabadran is a writer, blogger, and contributor based in India.
A ringside view of Indian military history would enable one to understand that no war has caught the imagination of analysts like the 1971 India-Pakistan War. In a matter of 13 days, India attained its objective of setting East Pakistan free by carving out Bangladesh. There are so many aspects of the war that deserve greater emphasis and illumination even after all these years. One such is the role and impact that music had.
Did it bring people together or did it further cause fissures and divisions in an already volatile geopolitical environment?
On Bangladesh’s Victory Day, remembering a landmark concert that grabbed the world’s attention
Organised by George Harrison at the behest of Ravi Shankar, the Concert for Bangladesh raised awareness about the independence struggle – and humanitarian aid. A poster for the Concert for Bangladesh in Dhaka s LIberation War Museum. | Jewel Samad/AFP
How many countries have had marquee musicians perform for their benefit even while they were in the throes of being born? How many countries became household names overnight, even before they come into existence, due to the awareness such concerts and songs brought about? How many countries have honored the memory of a musician in their Liberation War Museum?
India s cultural diplomacy continues amid COVID as Pandit Ravi Shankar remembered in Spain
ICCR organised in-person concerts in Spain to celebrate the 100th birth anniversary of legendary sitar player Pandit Ravi Shankar.
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Updated: Dec 12, 2020, 03:45 PM IST
India s cultural diplomacy continues even amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, with the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) organising in-person concerts in Spain to celebrate the 100th birth anniversary of legendary sitar player Pandit Ravi Shankar. This was the first-ever event organised amidst the pandemic as part of India s cultural reach out.
The concerts which were organised in several cities of the European country got a huge response. In Madrid, 1200 people came to the concert in a hall that can hold 2500 people. Due to covid protocols, a limited number of people were allowed but tickets saw massive demand.
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