From leaving home with a guitar to becoming one of South Asia’s most recognisable rock voices, Mahfuz Anam James has spent more than four decades turning personal rebellion into music loved by generations. There are artists who become popular, and there are artists who become part of people’s lives
Some screen villains are easy to dislike, but a rare few carry an intensity so raw that the boundary between performance and reality completely dissolves. Sadek Bachchu belonged to that rare breed. When he stepped into the shoes of a ruthless antagonist or a wartime collaborator, he did not merely
In Sadiya, a remote town in Assam, a child grew up surrounded by rivers, folk traditions and the cultural rhythms of India's Northeast. He would go on to become one of India's most celebrated cultural figures—a singer whose voice travelled far beyond Assam and whose songs gave expression to the hop
