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Published: 29 June 2021

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He is known as the grand daddy of all the compilers. He started it all. But his books are in English, how can he tell you how to say Madan in Hindi, you ask? Well, it turns out he had a translation made of at least one book. He supervised it, he wrote the introduction, so it is authorized by him. By golly! In that book, in Hindi it is

maadan = मादन

As far as I am concerned, case closed. I will not try to persuade any one, but here is Firoze Rangoonwalla telling you how to say it :)

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Published: 23 October 2022

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Acted and danced in 21 films, 1956-1985.

Rani Roopmati (1959) song, Raat Suhani

Parasmani (1963) song, Hansta Hua Noorani Chehra

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Published: 13 January 2022

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Recently HQ Chowdhury posted a very detailed and researched article on the above topic. However, I was very surprised to see that the name of John Foulds, the main force behind the ban, was missing. He actually wrote the article in the Indian Listener magazine in 1938 that criticized the harmonium severely and relentlessly pursued its ban, which, in the end, the director Lionel Fielden implemented.

First the infamous article, then the ban story details from the book on the history of broadcasting in India by Luthra.

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