Habib Tanvir biography: born in Raipur in 1923, the playwright and director founded Naya Theatre and made the folk actors of Chhattisgarh…
Vinod Kumar Shukla biography: born in Rajnandgaon in 1937, the Hindi poet and novelist of Naukar ki Kameez won the Jnanpith Award…
S. D. Burman biography: born into the royal family of Tripura in 1906, he became one of Hindi cinema's greatest music directors,…
Mamang Dai biography: born at Pasighat in 1957, the poet and novelist from Arunachal Pradesh won the Sahitya Akademi Award for The…
Lou Majaw biography: born in Shillong in 1947, the Khasi singer and guitarist has held a Bob Dylan tribute concert every year…
Ratan Thiyam biography: born in 1948, the playwright and director from Manipur founded the Chorus Repertory Theatre and was a leader of…
Rima Das biography: the self-taught film-maker from a village in Assam made Village Rockstars almost single-handed and won the National Award for…
Arnab Goswami biography: born in Guwahati in 1973, the television anchor made his name with The Newshour on Times Now and founded…
Zubeen Garg biography: born in 1972, the Assamese singer of Ya Ali was the most loved artist of his generation in the…
Bhupen Hazarika biography: born in Assam in 1926, the singer, composer, poet and film-maker known as the Bard of the Brahmaputra was…
Kalidasa biography: the classical Sanskrit poet and dramatist, author of Shakuntala and Meghaduta, is regarded as the greatest writer of ancient India.
Aparna Sen biography: born in Calcutta in 1945, the Bengali actress who began with Satyajit Ray became one of India's most admired…
