Uppalapu Srinivas (28 February 1969 –
19 September 2014) was an Indian mandolin player of the Carnatic musical tradition of
Southern India. Srinivas plays an
electric mandolin and has collaborated with John McLaughlin, Michael Nyman, and Michael Brook. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1998 and the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2010.
Thursday, September 18, 2014
Tuesday, September 2, 2014
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU
Jawaharlal Nehru : (14 November 1889 – 27 May 1964)
was the first Prime
Minister of India
and a central figure in Indian politics for much of the 20th century. He emerged
as the paramount leader of the Indian
Independence Movement
under the tutelage of Mahatma Gandhi and ruled India from its
establishment as an independent nation in 1947 until his death in office in
1964. Nehru is considered to be the architect of the modern Indian
nation-state; a sovereign, socialist, secular, and democratic
republic.
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