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Encyclopaedia of women biography: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh

Encyclopaedia of women biography: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh

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Segal, Kiran (20th Century) Kiran Segal is an eminent Odissi dancer. Kiran Segal was initated in dance by her mother Zohra Segal, who with her husband, Kameshwar, was with Uday Shankar and their own dance company. Kiran took up ...
Mārg̲: A Magazine of the Arts

Mārg̲: A Magazine of the Arts

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Kiran Segal Kiran Segal was initiated into dance at a very early age by her mother Zohra Segal, who with her husband, Kameshwar, was with Uday Shankar and had their own dance company. She was trained in Bharata Natyam by Guru  ...
Zohra Segal 'Fatty'

Zohra Segal 'Fatty'

Kiran Segal

Her performances, both on stage and screen, have been absolutely memorable. This book is a loving tribute to Zohra. Zohra Segal: 'Fatty'' is the story of the talented actress, in the words of her daughter, Kiran.
Traversing Tradition: Celebrating Dance in India

Traversing Tradition: Celebrating Dance in India

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Note: As Zohra Segal was not available for interview, the writeup is based on: Conversations with her daughter Kiran Segal. 'Zohra Unmasked', Great Masters series, IGNCA (interview with Kapila Vatsyayan). 'Zohra Segal', in C. S. Laxmi, ...
Sruti

Sruti

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Kiran Segal, among all his students, is perhaps the finest exponent of the Mayadhar Raut school of Odissi. A Sangeet Natak Akademi awardee, Kiran too went to Mayadhar as a trained Bharatanatyam disciple of the late Govindarajan.
The Best American Travel Writing 2001

The Best American Travel Writing 2001

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And there's a surprise: my two actress aunts, Uzra Butt and her sister Zohra Segal , are there, with my cousin Kiran Segal, Zohra's daughter and one of the country's foremost teachers of the Odissi school of Indian classical dancing. This is the ...
Empowering Women… As I See… by Kiran Bedi

Empowering Women… As I See… by Kiran Bedi

Kiran Bedi

Kiran Bedi in her usual refreshingly candid style, shares wideranging issues which have angered, inspired, or fascinated her.
Attendance: A Publication of the Mohan Khokar Dance Foundation

Attendance: A Publication of the Mohan Khokar Dance Foundation

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President K.R. Narayanan gave away the Padma Shri awards to dancers Saroja Vaidyanathan and Kiran Segal at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi, on March 23. The Darpana Academy of Ahmedabad sent 25 young Harijan students to the  ...
Cultural News from India

Cultural News from India

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The programme was a pleasant evening's entertainment. A few days later, the Indian Music Society presented three dancers in three different styles — Odissi, Mohini Attam and Kathak. Kiran Segal danced Odissi, Bharati Shivaji Mohini Attain, ...
Hand Book Of General Knowledge

Hand Book Of General Knowledge

B.N. Ahuja

Odissi : Vidyotma Sharma, Kiran Segal. Kuchipudi : Laxmi Narain Shastri, Yamini Krishnamoorthy, Aruna Devi. Musicians : (Vocal) Mohammed Rafi, Kishore Kumar, Mukesh, Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhonsle, Van! Jayaram, Suman Kalyanpur ...
India's Kathak Dance, Past Present, Future

India's Kathak Dance, Past Present, Future

Reginald Massey

... 94 Devilal, 80 Krishan Kumar, 80, 81 Lateef Ahmed Khan, 81, 83 Mrinal Sen Gupta, 81 Tirath Ram Azad, 81 Sunita, 81, 82 Mrinalini, 81, 82 Surendra Kamath, 81 Anil Bhagwat, 81 jyoti Kamath, 81, 82 Purushottam Upadhyay, 82 Kiran Segal,  ...
As I see-

As I see-

Kiran Bedi

Autobiographical accounts on various topics by Kiran Bedi, b. 1949, first Indian woman I.P.S. officer and Ramon Magsaysay Award winner.
Crossing Boundaries

Crossing Boundaries

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Geeti Sen. ZOHRA SEGAL ... *Excerpted from Stages: The Art and Adventures ofZohra Segal by Joan L. Erdman with Zohra Segal, Kali for Women, New Delhi, 1997. 'Excerpted from The Punjabi Saga by Prakash Tandon, Viking, Delhi, ...
I Dare: Kiran Bedi - A Biography

I Dare: Kiran Bedi - A Biography

Parmesh Dangwal

Biography of Kiran Bedi, first woman Indian Police Officer.
Leadership & Governance… As I See… by Kiran Bedi

Leadership & Governance… As I See… by Kiran Bedi

Kiran Bedi

As I sat over the evening meal with my sister Dr Reeta Peshawaria and my brother-in-law, Dr Keerti Menon I just casually asked them as to how their day was at work? Both are leading clinical psychologists working with the same organisation ...
Marathi Cinema: in retrospect

Marathi Cinema: in retrospect

Sanjit Narwekar

revealed a very diffrent Shantaram from the one who had left Marathi films. Here the focus was on ... Kiran Shantaram's Zunj (1977) tackled the theme of the generation gap but was not really noteworthy in its elaboration. Kiran Shantaram  ...
Kiran Bedi: The Woman of Substance:

Kiran Bedi: The Woman of Substance:

Siddharth Iyer

Siddharth Iyer This Book is a tribute to the legendary Dr. Kiran Bedi from her student who through her story, wants to inspire everyone, especially the youths of this country, that nothing is impossible if one's mission is undertaken with ...
Digital Dragon: High-technology Enterprises in China

Digital Dragon: High-technology Enterprises in China

Adam Segal

Adam Segal examines the minying experience, particularly in high technology, in four key regions: Beijing, Shanghai, Xi'an, and Guangzhou. Minying enterprises have been neither clear successes nor abject failures, Segal finds.
Empowering Women... As I See

Empowering Women... As I See

Kiran Bedi

In her usual bold, candid and simple style Kiran Bedi presents her deep insights about issues that affect women and presents some of her innovative ideas on what needs to be done by the government, the leaders, the society and the ...
Fodor's Las Vegas 2016

Fodor's Las Vegas 2016

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Fred Segal Collective. Showcasing nearly 10,000 square feet of retail space, iconic California-based brand Fred Segal is the exclusive retailer at SLS Las Vegas. Featuring a collection of shops throughout the main casino floor, Fred Segal ...
It's Always Possible: One Woman's Transformation of Tihar Prison

It's Always Possible: One Woman's Transformation of Tihar Prison

Kiran Bedi

Discover the amazing accomplishments of Kiran Bedi at Tihar prison and elsewhere.
Stages: The Art and Adventures of Zohra Segal

Stages: The Art and Adventures of Zohra Segal

Zohra Segal

Autobiographical reminiscences of stage and motion picture actress from India.
George Segal: Street Scenes

George Segal: Street Scenes

Martin L. Friedman

George Segal (1924-2000) is widely recognized as one of the great American sculptors of the twentieth century.
Erich Segal: A Critical Companion

Erich Segal: A Critical Companion

Linda Claycomb Pelzer

The first full-length study of Erich Segal's fiction, exploring the development of his art and analyzing all of his novels.
George Segal

George Segal

Sam Hunter

Examines the life and professional career of one of America's leading sculptors, documents twenty-eight years of Segal criticism, catalogs illuminating statements by the artist, and features more than four hundred illustrations of his work.
Books Recommended for Translation

Books Recommended for Translation

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INDRAYANI SAHITYA KIRAN SHANTARAM MAUJ MEHTA PARCHURE POPULAR PRABHU PRACHAR Indrayani Sahitya 273, Shaniwar Peth Pune411 030 Kiran Shantaram Raj Kamal Mandir Parel Bombay 400 012 Mauj Prakashan Griha ...
Singers, Heroes, and Gods in the Odyssey

Singers, Heroes, and Gods in the Odyssey

Charles Segal

One of the special charms of the Odyssey, according to Charles Segal, is the way it transports readers to fascinating places.
Kiran Bedi, the Kindly Baton

Kiran Bedi, the Kindly Baton

Meenakshi Saxena

Bangalore started well when their captain Miss Chandrika beat Punjab's Miss Reeta Peshawaria in straight sets 6-3, 6-3. Punjab, however, levelled when their brilliant Miss Kiran Peshawaria beat Bangalore's Miss Udaya Kumar conceding ...

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