Roger Waters, Keith Richards, Ian Anderson, Mark Knopfler, Sting, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, John McLaughlin and many more. I got to talk to them. Read all about it in my book: ‘Calling Elvis: Conversations with Some of Music’s Greatest’ @speakingtiger14

Glen Campbell and Leon Russell, two former ‘Wrecking Crew’ legends, reminiscing about past sessions, before gliding effortlessly into an exquisite You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling. In Session. 1983.

Messing around? 😳👏👏👏🫡🎶❤️

A lovely gesture by the Mumbai Cricket Association to have a honours board for sportswriters inside the pressbox at the Wankhede Stadium

“Richard could hurt you with that voice of his.” - Levon Helm On the anniversary of his passing, we remember the great Richard Manuel. Here he is singing a beautiful rendition of "I Shall Be Released" with The Band during the 1970 Festival Express tour. What is your favorite

Professor André Béteille was the Indian intellectual I most admired. As @nandinisundar writes in this superb assessment of his life and work: “Béteille repeatedly insisted that a sociologist cannot be a moralist, to study society was not to take sides. Yet in his dedication to

"We are stuck in a house we hate, surrounded by fires we fear more." #iranuswar #iranisraeluswar

“Come you masters of war. You that build all the guns. You that build the death planes. You that build all the big bombs. You that hide behind walls. You that hide behind desks. I just want you to know I can see through your masks. Let me ask you one question, Is your money

I wish we lived in a world where I didn't feel constantly compelled to post this video, but until then here's Tony Benn speaking on war with clarity and moral conviction that you won't see from the evil people running the world today

Sudipta Datta retires from The Hindu, a seasoned journalist clued into politics, sport, business and world affairs, she was the best on books, and knew the North East with all its nuances, above all she was full of grace

The history books quietly bypassed is that Barack Obama, during the most pressure-saturated nights of his presidency, would retreat alone to the Treaty Room on the second floor of the White House residence — not to strategize, not to take calls, but to handwrite personal letters

The embarrassment caused by Galgotias University at Delhi’s AI meet is what happens when people instead of spending time doing science, maths, literature, spend their time showing that 5000 years ago their ancestors did science, maths, literature.

Wynton Marsalis's singular mission, one calling: bringing people together through music. ❤️🎶

Obituaries for prominent figures are prepared years in advance and in Robert Duvall’s case, was written by a writer who himself died 14 years ago. AP gave him credit - rightfully- in the obit

11yr old Billy Preston performing ‘Blueberry Hill’ in 1957 with NAT KING COLE - who left us 61yrs ago today, aged just 45.

Today’s headlines. (By David Ostow.)

There are teachers and there are teachers... This tribute to Andre Beteille by Neera Burra is an absolute delight @SueKObscure

Right in the middle of nowhere, Prague has a street delightfully named after Rabindranath Thakur. Thákurova Street. And that is not an accident. Rabindranath Tagore, the great Indian poet and Nobel laureate, held a special place in Czech cultural life in the early 20th century.

Becca Rothfeld for @NewYorker on the death of our book section, and the heartbreaking truth of what it means. https://t.co/D8ctHEHNbP

“I don’t think being good at things is the point of doing them.” KURT VONNEGUT - one of my favourite humans.

Revised SIR deadlines for #WestBengal