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The King, the Queen and the Palace in Mussoorie

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How often does someone get a chance to hang out with a king and a queen together? How often someone spends few days in a grand palace in the cusp of enchanting hills? Well, it did happen to me when my wife came home from office one day and told me that we should take a trip to Mussoorie, the beautiful hill-station in Uttarakhand. Thrilled as I was, I readily booked the flight tickets to Dehradun , as Mussoorie doesn't have an airport. It's about 30 kms from Dehradun and 60 kms from Dehradun airport. Paintings by Vijender Sharma, Delhi The journey in the Kingfisher flight was little tiresome as there was a halt in Delhi for about 5 hrs. Instead of hanging in the Delhi airport, we took off to the DLF Promenade mall in Vasant Kunj, had lunch and walked to the DLF Emporio mall near by. Surprisingly apart from the regular consumerism driven products we also came upon many beautiful paintings on display. Having feasted our tummies and eyes we went back to the airport to catc

Tere Bin Nahi Lagda - a tribute to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

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Bengaluru, Karnataka, May 14, 2012 / India PRwire / - Jim Ankan Deka and Ritwika Bhattacharya, the musician duo from Bangalore released 'Tere Bin Nahi Lagda' online, a tribute to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. There aren't enough words to surmise Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's contribution to the world of Sufi music nor his limitless musical genius. There's certainly no way to replicate his six-octave vocal range or his meticulous compositions. "Tere Bin Nahi Ladga", recently covered by Rittwika Bhattacharya and Jim Ankan Deka, is an interesting rendition of the virtuoso's soulful melody. 'It's a humble tribute to the incredibly gifted maestro', the budding musicians from Bangalore had to say about their cover. Tere Bin Nahi Lagda was originally composed by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan for the movie 'Kachche Dhaage'. It became a super hit in the late 90s. Rittwika's sufi styled vocals and Jim's incorporation of jazz elem