Rock Music

Rock ‘n roll’s rise to popularity, and the British Invasion were products of an unexpected collusion of technological advancement and the zeitgeist.

The Tippling Point | One-time Van Halen lead singer Sammy Hagar's new hits, in a different field

After a wobbly start in Mexico in the 1980s, Cabo Wabo was an instant hit in the US where it quickly became the second best-selling premium tequila.

In Van Halen’s body of work, a bit of Ravi Shankar

In an interview, Van Halen seemed to have mixed feelings about the instrument, which Ronnie Wood of the Rolling Stones would apparently call ‘the sitar-guitar’.

Eddie Van Halen changed the way rock music was played

Bands during college music festivals would cover all of Van Halen’s contemporaries, from Metallica to Iron Maiden and Guns’n’Roses. Few, if any, would attempt to cover a Van Halen song. This was an omission borne out of reverence, and it is this reverence that will be Eddie Van Halen’s legacy for rock musicians anywhere around the world

OMG Manipur!

Another thing that makes Manipur unique is the” Ima Keithel” which means Mother‘s Market in Manipuri. It‘s the only market in the world where all the stalls are run just by the women. This humungous market is operated by around 3500 women and is more than 100 years old.

Up Close & Personal with Parthasarathi Shome

Parthasarathi Shome, Advisor to FM is no outsider to the finance ministry. In his first term during United Progressive Alliance (UPA-I), he along with Finance Minister (FM) P Chidambaram was the brain behind new taxes such as the commodities transaction tax (CTT) and the fringe benefit tax (FBT).