The most defining phase of her career came with her partnership with R. D. Burman. Burman Da’s experimental arrangements and global influences—jazz, rock, and Latin rhythms—found their ideal expression in Ashaji’s voice. Together, they reshaped Indian film music with iconic compositions, including the sultry “Piya Tu Ab Toh Aaja” from the 1971 classic Caravan. These songs brought to the fore Ashaji’s unconventional and unapologetically modern voice. She crafted a unique vocal persona—flirtati

The Kolkata-born actor, who made his first stage appearance at the age of three in “Raj Darshan,” a production staged by his father Biswanath Banerjee’s theatre group, “Bijoygarh Atmaprakash,” was so good a human being that you do not need to add an extra word in his praise as you pay homage to his departed soul.

As India’s phenomenal victory in the 2026 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup is slowly fading away from pubic memory, all eyes are now on another mega event of T20 cricket – the Indian Premier League - where ten teams from across the country will vie to lift the coveted Orange Cup - the trophy that is awarded to the winner of the tournament.