Gwalior Plus

Dear Readers, With immense pleasure, I would like to present to you our Guest Blogger –  Saksham Bhatnagar . He is a technology Expert by Profession but carries passion for Creative Writing too. Extremely commendable work in Photography, he has captured some brilliant shots in his Page.   He is an enthusiast who believes that the city of Gwalior has everything to be loved and can be netted  down with his beautiful photos. He is willing to explore more and more of this beautiful City to pen his experience down. Check Out Some Amazing photographs by Saksham of 2014 Gwalior Trade Fair. Welcome Saksham !! We sincerely hope you will enjoy your Journey with Gwalior Plus. Over to Saksham now: I have always loved taking Photographs. I started Photographing objects when I ws 16 with my Digital Camera and later this hobby was developed into a hard core PASSION. It all started accidentally when I was trying to capture Sunset from Gwalior Fort and suddenly m...

He was all of 6 years old when Amjad Ali Khan gave his first recital of   Sarod . It was the beginning of yet another glorious chapter in the history of Indian classical music. Taught by his father  Haafiz Ali Khan  Amjad Ali Khan was born to the illustrious Bangash lineage rooted in the Senia Bangash School of music. Today he shoulders the sixth generation of inheritance in this legendary lineage. After his debut, the career graph of this musical legend took the speed of light, and on its way the Indian classical music scene was witness to regular and scintillating bursts of Raga supernovas. Thus, the world saw the Sarod being given a new and yet timeless interpretation by Amjad Ali Khan. Khan is one of the few maestros who consider his audience to be the soul of his motivation. As he once said,  "There is no essential difference between classical and popular music. Music is music. I want to communicate with the listener who finds Indian classical music re...

Dear Readers, With immense pleasure, I would like to present to you our Guest Blogger – P Pradeep . He is a technology Expert by Profession but carries passion for Creative Writing too. His Blog  " Neoimaginations " is just a result of that compulsive desire to write about people, places and life. In his own words – “The Photography came later as i wanted to bridge the gap between what i saw and what I wrote. I  know nothing about Photography but I am trying my hands at it. May be someday I can click the most desired pictures of this beautiful creation of God. I am not a stream-line writer and very random in my subjects of writing. Thus i write anything under the sky from satire to critical appreciation, from poems to reviews. I believe that Sharing is a law of nature. So i like to share my views, ideas, anger and happiness to people who are walking with the same wavelength of thought" Welcome Pradeep !! We sincerely hope you will enjoy your Journey with Gw...

History creates legends.But its also right that the legend rights the history itself. Raja Maan Singh Tomar the emperor of Gwalior was one of the legends who created the history.The fort of Gwalior itself is a witness of Maan Singh was the master of architecture,  ruling , literature and music , developer penetrator of art and pet hearted. During his term of ruling peace , prosperity  , music , art and architect are developed a lot. Emperor of music "Tansen" has written in Raag Vihaar Kaushal about King Maan SIngh Tomar "छत्रपति मान रजा तुम चिरंजीवी रहो जों लों ध्रुव केरु तारो चहुँ देश के गुनी जन आवत तुम पे धावत पावत मनन इच्छा , सबहीं को जग उजियारो "

Jan Nisar Akhtar  (Urdu: جان نثار اختر‎; February 14, 1914 in Gwalior – August 19, 1976) was an important 20th century Indian poet of Urdu ghazals and nazms, and a part of the Progressive Writers' Movement, who was also a lyricist for Bollywood and the father of reknown lyricist in bollywood Javed Akhtar. In a career spanning four decade during which he worked with music composers including C. Ramchandra, O.P. Nayyar, N Dutta and Khayyam, he wrote 151 songs. Notable among them were songs from his breakthrough film, AR Kardar’s  Yasmin  (1955),  Aankhon hi Aankhon Mein  in Guru Dutt's C.I.D.  (1956),  Yeh dil aur unki nigahon ke saaye  in Prem Parbat (1974) and  Aaja re  in  Noorie  (1979) and his last song,  Ae Dil-e-naadaan , in Kamal Amrohi’s  Razia Sultan  (1983). His poetry works include  Nazr-e-Butaan ,  Salaasil ,  Javidaan ,  Pichali Pehar ,  Ghar Angan  and  Khaak-e-dil . The latter ("The Ashes of Heart") was a poetry collection for which he was awarded the 19...

 Amitabh Mitra is a Medical Doctor in a busy hospital in East London, South Africa.   A widely published poet in the web and print, Amitabh has been hailed as one of the most popular South African poet writing in English today by the  Skyline Literary Review, New York . Amitabh, now settled in South Africa, uses his experience of social interaction and cultural impact from countries like India, Bhutan and Zimbabwe where he worked under varying conditions, in his art and poetry. For more information  http://www.amitabhmitra.com For Amitabh Mitra's blog  http://amitabhmitra.blogspot.in/  Here's his view about Gwalior & Anna Hazare It’s not about twenty eight thousand supporters reaching the Ramlila Maidan in Delhi today. It’s also not about storming the Bastille at Gwalior, the palace ruling the politics of popular thinking. It’s also not about the Jan Lokpal Bill. Sitting at distant shores, I wonder what could have happened in my ...