On August 6th, Goldspot became the only band in the US to have a simultaneous release of a Hindi and English version of their new single ‘Friday’.Siddhartha Khosla, nicked "Sid", is the lead singer and hails from New Jersey.

He’s performed with Pandit Ravi Shankar and has even had a tryst with the Beatles' George Harrison. He’s also a forerunner of world music in India.

Meet tabla maestro Bickram Ghosh, who shares his notes on fusion music, Hyderabad and more

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Who do you call a legend - an original inimitable warbler, who refuses to be wiped off one's memory even after 12 years of his passing away, a singer unsurpassed, an incomparable actor and a genius who could script, write lyrics, raise ludicrous situations in films with his one liner punches and characteristic humour along with enacting grief and pity with equal ease.

Kotla Sultan Singh (Amritsar), Aug.1: About three decades after his death, playback singer Mohammad Rafi still rules the hearts of millions, especially in his native place of Kotla Sultan Singh, 35 kilometres from Amritsar.

So deep is the regard for him, that Rafi's friends and fans now want a music academy to be built in his name.

Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt has been jailed for six years for buying weapons from bombers who attacked the Indian city of Mumbai (Bombay) in 1993. The star's lawyers argued he should remain free on bail for good behaviour, but the judge ruled against leniency. Dutt, 48, is the most high-profile of 100 people who have been convicted over the blasts which killed 257 people.

India has conquered the man who hated the country so much that he tried to smash its Prime Minister’s head at a televised event.

Former Sri Lankan naval rating Wijemunige Vijitha Rohana de Silva has fallen to the charms of Bollywood tunes and now makes a living selling Hindi music cassettes in Colombo.