Ahmad

Noted sociologist Imtiaz Ahmad (1940 -2023) died on June 19 in New Delhi and was laid to rest at the Panch Peeran Qabristan at Hazrat Nizamuddin in the city. Among other things, he will be remembered for his pioneering work on caste among Indian Muslims. The relevance of his research has acquired new significance in the changing context of Indian politics, particularly owing to the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP)’s new enthusiasm to help address the backwardness of Pasmanda Muslims. No one knows how serious the ruling party…

Dapper and sagacious, Ahmad Jamal may have looked more like a UN delegate than a jazz musician, but he was recognised as a truly great jazz artist by some of the music’s most notable pioneers. Jamal, who has died aged 92, was hailed in the 1940s and 50s by Art Tatum and Miles Davis, and more recently by McCoy Tyner and Keith Jarrett. In the 90s, when a jazz piano-trio renaissance was being led by gifted newcomers such as Brad Mehldau, Jason Moran, Geri Allen and Esbjörn Svensson, Jamal did not retire to the sidelines but…

Ahmad Jamal, the influential jazz pianist, composer and band leader, has died at the age of 92.His daughter, Sumayah Jamal, confirmed to the New York Times that the cause of death was prostate cancer.Embarking on a professional music career from the age of 14, over seven decades Jamal forged a unique sound that leapt over genre boundaries. Minimalism, classical, modernism, pop: Ahmad was sometimes likened to Thelonious Monk in terms of his ability to innovate and influence other musicians: his piano would be sampled by…

Ahmad Jamal, a pianist, composer and arranger whose innovative, chamber jazz style had a powerful impact on his contemporaries while gaining widespread popularity via such recordings as his bestselling interpretation of “Poinciana,” has died, according to the New York Times. He was 92.Jamal died Sunday of prostate cancer at his home in Ashley Falls, Mass., his daughter, Sumayah Jamal, confirmed to the New York Times.The crisp, carefully tailored but deeply swinging arrangements he created for his trios of the 1950s and…

Microsoft Corp is stocking up on Chinese video game content to emulate Sony Group Corp's success with "Genshin Impact", sources said, solidifying China's transition from a land only of players to a hub of blockbuster developers. The US software giant and Japan's vanguard of technology have for some years been offering big money to small developers to nurture programmes and licence titles, but the impact of "Genshin Impact" has added a sense of urgency, sources said. The action role-playing game from budding Shanghai…

In the age of dating apps, sexting scandals and an apparent reduced commitment to marriage, the two-parent family is no longer considered unalterable. The experience of marriage, breakups and the subsequent single parenting has been the subject of a few fiercely honest fictional and non-fictional chronicles. Theo Pauline Nestor’s How to Sleep Alone in a King-Size Bed is a profoundly moving and layered account of separation told with candour and wit. Nestor presents the romantic, erotic, and heart-wrenching episodes of a…

Image Source : FREEPIK EV charging station compulsory for every new building in Noida- Report As per the recent reports, it has been stated that the authorities have decided, not to approve any building plan in Noida, until the realtor plans to make provision for an electric vehicle charging station in it. As per the sources at the Noida Authority, the decision regarding teh EV charging station was taken, and subsequently the Building Manual, 2010 was amended on May 13. Notably, on March 25 2022, the number of…

Not many know about an Indian justice of the court who thwarted the colonial British government’s subjugation of Indians often with the tacit support of the judiciary. His legal acumen pierced through the inherent racism of the British judicial system of the period and paved the way for democratic adjudicatory governance. Syed Mahmood (1850-1903) served the Allahabad High Court as Justice between 1887 and 1893 and knocked down the colonial British judicial system’s hierarchy. He contextualized dissent within the cultural…