Veena may refer to one of several Indian plucked instruments With frets Rudra veena , plucked string instrument used in Hindustani music Saraswati veena , plucked string instrument used in Carnatic music Fretless Vichitra veena , plucked string instrument used in Hindustani music Chitra veena or gottuvadhyam , plucked string instrument used in Carnatic music Guitar Mohan veena , slide guitar See also Portal Indian classical music Vina Category String instruments es Veena fr V n ... more details
Santi Veena is the title of two Thai films, both directed by Tawee Na Bangchang Marut and written by Vichit Kounavudhi Santi Veena 1954 film , a 1954 film produced by Rattana Pestonji Santi Veena 1976 film , a 1976 remake disambig th ... more details
Refimprove date November 2011 Infobox instrument name Saraswati veena names Saraswati vina image Veena.png image capt Saraswati veena background string classification string developed range related musicians Veenai Dhanammal , E. Gayathri , Rajhesh Vaidhya articles Rudra veena , Vichitra veena , Chitra veena The Saraswati veena also spelled Saraswati vina is an Indian plucked string instrument . It is named .... Also known as raghunatha veenaveena also spelled vina , lang ta , Sanskrit v , lang ... . There are several variations of the veena, which in its South Indian form is a member of the lute family. One who plays the veena is referred to as a vainika . It is one of other major types of veena popular today. The others include chitra veena , vichitra veena and rudra veena . Out of these the rudra and vichitra veenas are used in Hindustani music , while the Saraswati veena and the chitra veena are used in the Carnatic music of South India . Some people play traditional music, others play contemporary music. History The veena has a recorded history that dates back to the Vedic period ... strings. Over the veena s evolution and modifications, more particular names were used to help distinguish the instruments that followed. The word veena in India was a term originally used to generally ... House, 208 214. ref The veena instruments developed much like a tree, branching out into instruments as diverse as the exotic harp like Akasa a veena that was tied up in the tops of trees for the strings to vibrate from the currents of wind and the Audumbari veena played as an accompaniment ... shells. The yazh was an ancient harp like instrument that was also considered a veena. But with the developments of the fretted veena instruments, the yazh quickly faded away, as the fretted veena allowed for easy performance of raga s and the myriad subtle nuances and pitch oscillations in the gamak ... the great Indian Carnatic music composer and Saraswati veena player Muthuswami Dikshitar that it began ... more details
File Harry manx explaining his mohan veena.jpg thumb right 290px Harry Manx with Mohan veena The Mohan veena is a stringed musical instrument used in Indian classical music . It derives its name from its inventor Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt The instrument is actually a modified Archtop guitar and consists of 20 strings viz. three melody strings, five drone strings strung to the peghead, and twelve sympathetic string s strung to the tuners mounted on the side of the neck. ref cite web url http www.mohanveena.com title Mohan Veena publisher mohanveena.com ref A gourd or the tumba is screwed into the back of the neck for improved sound quality and vibration. It is held in the lap like a slide guitar . The Mohan veena is under tremendous tension the total strings pull to be in excess of 500 pounds. ref cite web url http www.vishwamohanbhatt.com veena.htm title Vishwa Mohan Bhatt publisher vishwanmohanbhatt.com ref Some of the popular performers include its inventor Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt , fusion artist Harry Manx , former Counting Crows bassist Matt Malley , and Pandit Satish Khanwalkar . See also Portal Indian classical music References references External links commons category Mohan veena http www.omenad.net articles ranjanveena.htm Ranjan Veena http www.musicaloud.com 2009 04 the mohan veena Writeup about Mohan Veena on Music Aloud Listening http www.theworld.org 2009 12 21 the mohan veena instrument Mohan veena story from The World radio program, December 21, 2009 Category Guitars Category Hindustani musical instruments Category Indian musical instruments Category String instruments with sympathetic strings guitar stub es Mohan veena fr V n it Chitarra indiana ... more details
See also veena for the film Rudraveena film unreferenced date March 2009 Infobox instrument name Rudra veena names rudra vina, been, bin image Asad Ali Khan.jpg image capt Asad Ali Khan playing the rudra veena background string classification string instruments hornbostel sachs hornbostel sachs desc inventors developed range related musicians Zia Mohiuddin Dagar , Asad Ali Khan builders articles Veena , Saraswati veena , vichitra veena , chitra veena The rudra veena also spelled rudra vina , and also called been or bin lang hi is a large plucked string instrument used in Hindustani classical music . It is an ancient instrument rarely played today. The rudra veena declined in popularity ... to more easily present the alap sections of slow dhrupad style ragas. The rudra veena has a long tubular ... chikari strings. It is one of other major types of veena played in Indian classical music. The others include vichitra veena , Saraswati veena and chitra veena . Out of these the rudra and vichitra ... vina literally means the veena dear to Shiva. The Rudra veena was modified as the http omenad.net articles shrutiveena.htm Shruti veena by Dr. Lalmani Misra to establish Bharat s Shadja Gram and obtain .... He modified and redesigned the rudra veena using bigger gourds, a thicker tube Dandi , thicker ... . One of the only women who play the rudra veena is Smt. Jyoti Hegde . Historically, people believed .... Indian Artists File Gujjari Ragini.jpg thumb A young woman playing a Veena to a parakeet, a symbol ... famous Rudra Veena players are as follows Abid Hussain musician Abid Hussain Asad Ali Khan Asit ..., and Parvez , all of them play the rudra veena. So there is no shortage of beenkars in Gauharbani ... also Bharatiya Sangeet Vadya Indian Music Instruments Mohan Veena Portal Indian classical music External ... Rudra Veena and Sitar Maestro http dagar.org mohiuddin.htm Ustad Zia Mohiuddin dagar Revived Rudra Veena ... Veena Artist http www.beenkar.in Beenkar http www.rudraveena.org Rudraveena.org http www.asitkumarbanerjee.com ... more details
File GKSGKSGKS.jpg thumb Pt. Gopal Krishan Sharma vichitra veena recital File Indian musician.jpg right thumb Vichitra veena performance by Raza File SKSharmaVVeenaRecital.JPG thumb Pt Shri Krishan Sharma Vichitra Veena Recital The vichitra veena lang sa is a plucked string instrument used in Hindustani music . It is similar to the Carnatic music Carnatic gottuvadhyam chitra vina . It has no fret s and is played with a slide. ref http www.vichiterveena.com instrument.htm ref The structure The Vichitra Veena is the modern form of ancient Ektantri Veena. ref http www.omenad.net articles bsv ektantri.htm ref It is made of a broad, fretless, horizontal arm or crossbar dand around three feet long and six inches wide, with two large resonating gourds tumba , which are inlaid with ivory and attached underneath at either end. The narrow ends of the instrument are fashioned into peacock ... them are 13 sympathetic strings tuned to the notes of the appropriate raag. The veena has a five octave .... The veena was often used to accompany the Dhrupad style of singing and this did not allow for much ... One of the leading Vichitra Veena player and leading Guitar Player of India, Son & Disciple of Pandit ... of Late Shri Harnam Singh, the renowned player of vichitra veena, was born in Amritsar Punjab on 18 ... playing of Vichitra Veena Recital. Shri Anurag Singh son of Late Shri Brahm Sarup Singh was born ... was the famous vichitra veena player.His grand father Late Shri Harnam Singh was also a vichitra veena ... the instrument for better quality of renditions of Khayals and Thumris. He even played Dadras on the Veena ... female vichitra veena player References commons category Veena Reflist http www.indian instruments.com ... Articles on Vichitra Veena http moutal.eu indian music audio archives instrumental vichitra veena.html Hindustani Rag Sangeet Online Vichitra Veena audio & video archives DEFAULTSORT Vichitra Veena Category Hindustani musical instruments Category String instruments es Vichitra vina fr V n mr ... more details
COI date May 2008 Notability Biographies date May 2008 BLP sources date July 2010 Veena V is a British radio and TV presenter , born on the 1 May 1987 in Liverpool , United Kingdom to parents of Mauritian descent. Citation needed date July 2010 Radio career Veena V started her radio career at the age of 15. She was picked to be one of the last 22 contestants out of thousands in the London s 95.8 Capital FM s radio star contest, where the winner was given the opportunity to present their own show on the station to over a million listeners. At 16 she joined Oxford s FM 107.9 and at 18 moved to London to become one of the radio personalities on Asian radio at Club Asia. ref cite web url http www.asiansinmedia.org news article.php radio 1742 title Veena V and others to leave Club Asia author date work News publisher Asians In Media online media magazine accessdate 4 July 2010 ref In late 2007, Veena left her popular show on Club Asia to front the Breakfast show on a new station called Asian FX. After helping in the launch of this new station on DAB, Veena departed from the station in July 2008. Citation needed date July 2010 References Reflist External links http www.veenav.com Veena V official website http www.asiansinmedia.org news article.php radio 1742 Veena V leaves Club Asia Radio Use dmy dates date August 2010 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Veena V ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1987 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Veena V Category 1987 births Category Living people Category British radio presenters Category British television presenters ... more details
Infobox pageant titleholder name Veena Goel photo Image with unknown copyright status removed File Veena Goel.jpg title Miss California 2004 national competition Miss America birth place Laguna Hills , California , United States U.S. birth name Veena Goel eye color Brown hair color Brown ethnicity Veena Goel born 1981 is a beauty queen from Laguna Hills , California . She held the title of Miss California 2004, ref http www.misscalifornia.org formers formers JH .html ref ref http www.missamerica.org competition info national contestants.aspx?state California&year 2004 ref placed 4th runner up and won a preliminary talent award at Miss America in 2004. ref http www.missamerica.org scholarships recipients 2004.aspx ref Biography Goel graduated from UCLA in 2002 with a degree in Sociology. References references s start s ach succession box before Nicole Lamarche title Miss California years 2004 after Dustin Leigh Konzelman s end Miss America 2005 Delegates California Pageant Winners Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata NAME Goel, Veena ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1981 PLACE OF BIRTH Laguna Hills , California , United States U.S. DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Goel, Veena Category 1981 births Category Living people Category Miss America 2005 delegates Category Miss America Preliminary Talent winners ... more details
Veena Kuppayyar 1798 1860 was an exponent of Veena and a composer of Carnatic music . He was a student of the famous composer Tyagaraja . Kuppayar composed his songs in Telugu language and has left behind a number of popular kriti s Early life Veena Kuppayya was born in a Telugu Brahmin family in Tiruvottiyur, near Chennai . His father Sambamoorti Sastri was a famous vocalist as well as a veena player. Kuppayyar had his initial training from his father. Later he continued his musical training under Tyagaraja and learnt the art of music composition from him. Kuppayyar later moved to Chennai and sought the patronage of the local ruler Kovur Sundara Mudaliar. Kuppayyar trained a lot of disciples, who carried forward the legacy of Tyagaraja, helping to spread his krithis. Veena Kuppayar was a talented veena player. He also learnt the violin, a new instrument to Carnatic Music at that time. He composed many varnams and krithis in particular. The most famous varnam was Sami Ninne in Shankarabharanam. When he was in his height of composing, he received the title of Asthana Vidwan. His mudra was Gopaaladaasa , in honour of his personal deity. Compositions class wikitable Composition Raga Tala Type Language Other Info Audio Links koniyADina nA pai kOpamu sEyanEra gAdu Kambhoji Adi Kriti Telugu language Telugu sAmi ninnE kOri Sankarabharanam Adi Tana Varnam Telugu language Telugu vinAyakA ninu vinA brOcutaku vErevaru rA Hamsa Dhwani Adi Kriti Telugu language Telugu ninnukOri yunnAnUrA mOhana Adi Varnam Telugu language Telugu References & Audio Links Reflist See also List of Carnatic composers External links http carnatica.net composer vinakuppayyar.htm Carnatica.net Persondata name Kuppayyar, Veena alternative names short description date of birth 1798 place of birth date of death 1860 place of death DEFAULTSORT Kuppayyar, Veena Category Carnatic composers Category 1798 births Category 1860 deaths Carnatic music stub ... more details
Fancruft date August 2008 Citation style date September 2009 Veena Sahasrabuddhe b. September 14, 1948 is a leading Indian vocalist and composer of Hindustani classical music . Her singing style has its roots in Gwalior gharana , but it also borrows from Jaipur and Kirana gharanas. Veena is known as a singer of khyal and bhajan . Musical career Veena was born in a musical family. Her father Shankar Shripad Bodas was a disciple of vocalist Pandit Vishnu Digambar Paluskar . She began her early musical education under her father, and then under her brother Kashinath Shankar Bodas. She also learned Kathak dancing in her childhood. Veena s musical mentors include Padmashri Balwantrai Bhatt , Pandit Vasant Thakar, and Pandit Gajananrao Joshi . She has a Bachelor s degree in Vocal Performance, Sanskrit Literature, and English Literature from Kanpur University 1968 , a Master s degree Sangeet Alankar in Vocal Performance from A.B.G.M.V. Mandal 1969 , and also Master s degree in Sanskrit from Kanpur University 1979 . A.B.G.M.V. Mandal conferred on her a doctorate in vocal music Sangeet Praveen in 1988. She was the Head of the Department of Music at SNDT Pune campus . Veena has given musical performances in India, Australia, Europe, the Middle East, and North America. Awards A prize in Vocal Classical category in a national competition for artists under age 25, conducted by All India Radio ... www.it.iitb.ac.in hvs Veena index.html 2. Hinduonnet.com, by Mala Kumar http www.hinduonnet.com thehindu fr 2006 02 10 stories 2006021003230200.htm 3. Press http www.unl.edu raag veena Veena.html External ... www.it.iitb.ac.in hvs Veena navras interview.html Interview http www.it.iitb.ac.in hvs Veena mp3s.html Appreciation talks http www.it.iitb.ac.in hvs Veena discog.html Discography http iacmusic.com artist.aspx?ID 19168 Recordings Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Sahasrabuddhe, Veena ... PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Sahasrabuddhe, Veena Category 1948 births Category Living people Category ... more details
File Veena Rawat Wikipedia.jpg thumb Dr. Veena Rawat Veena Rawat is an electrical engineer who specializes .... ref name Dr. Veena Rawat, President, Communications Research Centre cite web url http www.crc.gc.ca en html crc home info crc organization veena bio title Dr. Veena Rawat, President, Communications ... Telecommunication Union ITU . ref Veena Rawat http veenarawat.ca , Candidate for the position of Director ..., Hindi and Spanish. ref name Brochure, Dr. Veena Rawat cite web url http veenarawat.ca wp content uploads 2009 12 Biography en.pdf title Brochure, Dr. Veena Rawat accessdate 2010 01 15 ref Education ... Dr. Veena Rawat cite web url http appsci.queensu.ca alumni profiles rawat title Queen s University, Faculty of Applied Science, Profile Dr. Veena Rawat accessdate 2010 01 15 ref Career Rawat is President ... R&D, with 400 staff and an annual budget of over 50 million. ref name Dr. Veena Rawat, President, Communications ... partnerships with many countries around the world. ref name Brochure, Dr. Veena Rawat Rawat was the first ... an ITU gold medal. ref name Dr. Veena Rawat, President, Communications Research Centre She is a manager ... space services . ref name Dr. Veena Rawat, President, Communications Research Centre As well, Rawat ... CITEL , and other bilateral and regional meetings. ref name Dr. Veena Rawat, President, Communications ... working groups and technical committees at ITU R and WRCs. ref name Dr. Veena Rawat, President ..., Dr. Veena Rawat Honours and awards Canada s Leading Woman High Tech Entrepreneur Sara Kirke ... to photo of Veena Rawat. ref Radio Advisory Board of Canada Award of Excellence, Radio Advisory Board of Canada, 2004 ref name Brochure, Dr. Veena Rawat ref Radio Advisory Board of Canada, Industry Achievement Award, 2004 Dr. Veena Rawat, President of the Communications Research Centre. http www.rabc ... Brochure, Dr. Veena Rawat International Telecommunication Union ITU Gold Medal, World Radiocommunication ... en html crc home mediazone wireless telecom jan2304 Veena Rawat Trailblazer, engineer and internationally ... more details
Infobox person name Veena Verma image alt caption birth name Veena Verma birth date birth date and age 1960 09 02 birth place Budhlada , Bathinda district now Mansa district, Punjab Mansa district , Punjab, India East Punjab death date death place nationality other names Veena Varma known for occupation Writer , Poet Poetess Veena Verma lang pa is a noted United Kingdom UK based Punjabi language Punjabi short story writer ref name ie cite news url http www.indianexpress.com news we the women 919807 0 title We, the Women date March 4, 2012 agency The Indian Express accessdate May 02, 2012 ref ref name zn cite news url http zeenews.india.com zeepunjabi story.aspx?nid 131 title Khas Mulakat With Dr. Veena Verma agency Zee News accessdate May 02, 2012 ref and poetess of Punjab, India East Punjab India . ref name yt YouTube id zzlH1QQhb8M title Veena Verma ref ref name yt2 YouTube id pYbo9wHFke0 title Veena Verma Interview Part 1 ref Early life Verma was born on 2 October 1960, in a Khatri family, ref name yt2 in Budhlada ref name yt village of Bathinda district now falls under Mansa district, Punjab Mansa district ref name yt ref name yt2 of Punjab, India Indian Punjab . Completing her study she settled in England . Career She was very fond of writing since her childhood. She writes mostly on women problems ref name ie ref name zn of Asian community. Her first anthology of stories, Mull Di Teeveen , ref name mdt cite book title Mull Di Teeveen publisher Navyug Publishers author Verma, Veena year 2002 pages 192 isbn 81 8621 612 X ISBN 13 978 81 8621 612 5 ref was published in 1992. Till now, she has published three anthologies of stories including Mull Di Teeveen , Firangian Di Noonh 2002 , ref name phdn cite book title Pharangian Di Nuh author Verma, Veena year 2002 pages 295 asin B007BMO9SE ref Jogian Di Dhee 2009 ref name jddh cite book title Jogian Di Dhee author Verma, Veena year 2009 pages 288 ASIN B007BMN13I ref and one poetic, Jee Kardai . Some of her stories ... more details
Veena 18 July 1926 14 November 2004 also known as Veena Kumari her real name is Tajour Sultana was a female actress in India . Veena was born as Tajour Sultana on 4 July 1926 in Quetta , Baluchistan Chief Commissioners Province Balochistan , British India . At some point of time, her family shifted to Lahore and she belonged to Lahore s Chuna Mandi . She started out playing heroine roles in Pre Partition films. She made her debut with Garib and Gawandhi 1942 at around sixteen years of age. Garib was made in Urdu and Gawandhi was made in Punjabi and directed by Mehboob Khan . In Garib , she played the role of Lata and in Gawandhi she played heroine opposite Shyam who played the hero. She became famous as actress and heroine in Pre Partition Hindi and Urdu films. Her early years in films came with films like Najma film Najma 1943 , Phool 1945 , and Humayun 1945 . Her last film before the Partition of India was Rajputani 1946 in which she played a supporting role. She decided to remain in India after the partition and she acted through the mid to late 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s. She played roles in big films like Halaku 1956 , Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi 1958 , Kaagaz Ke Phool 1959 , Taj Mahal 1963 for which she received the Filmfare s Award for Best Supporting Actress , Do Raaste 1969 , and Pakeezah 1972 . She retired in 1983 after the release of Razia Sultan 1983 in which she played Empress Shah Turkhan. She died in Bombay in 2004 after 21 years of retirement when she ... rowspan 2 1959 Chhoti Bahen Yashoda Kaagaz Ke Phool Veena Varma Veena Sinha rowspan 2 1958 Chalti ... rowspan 2 1945 Humayun Rajkumari as Veena Kumari Phool 1943 Najma Najma 1942 Garib Lata as Veena Kumari 1939 Swastik External links imdb name id 0474940 name Veena Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Veena Tajour Sultana ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 18 July 1926 ... died in Bombay in 2004 DEFAULTSORT Veena Sapru Category 1926 births Category 2004 deaths Category ... more details
prefix name image Veena Malik at the red carpet event for the Lux Style Awards.jpg image size caption Veena Malik At The Lux Style Awards 2007 birth name Zahida Malik, Veena Malik birth place Rawalpindi ... of Mohabbatan Sachiyan at Gulistan Cinema Lahore.jpg thumb right 280px Veena, 5th from left, at the launch of her film, Mohabbatan Sachiyan at the Gulistan Cinema, Lahore. Veena Malik Urdu ... years, she has worked with news channels and in movies. Early life Veena Malik was born in Rawalpindi ... I am not settling scores with Asif, says Veena Malik url http movies.ndtv.com OSCAR2010 PhotoDetail.aspx ... Duniya . ref cite web title I am not settling scores with Asif, says Veena Malik url http veenamalik.com.pk settling scores asif veena malik publisher NDTV accessdate 2010 12 26 ref Television In 2002 ... Jang Group ref File Veena Malik performing at the Lux Style Awards 2007.jpg thumb right 280px Veena ... 6529159.cms title Veena Malik in Bigg Boss 4 work Times of India accessdate 2010 10 02 first1 ... Who s the boss? Veena for sure url http www.jang.com.pk thenews jan2011 weekly nos 02 01 2011 instep ... was also part of the finale of the show. ref cite web title Veena Ki Jawani in Bigg Boss grand finale url http tribune.com.pk story 98558 veena ki jawani in bigg boss grand finale publisher The Express ... url http www.dailytimes.com.pk default.asp?page 2011 02 04 story 4 2 2011 pg3 5 title VIEW Why is Veena ... http tribune.com.pk story 111037 in defence of veena malik title In defence of Veena Malik date 30 ... news executive lifestyle actress veena malik takes on clerics over dress story e6frg8k6 1225997043385 title Actress Veena Malik takes on clerics over dress date 31 January 2011 work The Australian ... Mohammad Vastanvi and Veena Malik have in common These two newly public figures might teach Muslims ... Veena Malik articleshow 7532430.cms Times of India . Timesofindia.indiatimes.com 2011 02 20 . Retrieved on 2011 05 29. ref Veena Malik became part of the Cricket World Cup reality show ref http www.bharatchronicle.com ... more details
Veena Cabreros Sud is a Canadian television writer, director, and producer. Born in Toronto ref http www.spoilertv.com 2011 01 killing details from showrunner veena.html The Killing Details from Showrunner Veena Sud , spoilertv.com, February 16, 2012. ref and of Filipino people Filipino and Hindu Indian people Indian heritage, ref name Sawnet http www.sawnet.org cinema ?Cabreros Sud VeenaVeena Cabreros Sud , sawnet.org, February 16, 2012. ref she is best known for developing the current American television drama The Killing U.S. TV series The Killing , which is based on the Danish series The Killing Danish TV series Forbrydelsen The Crime . Sud received a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Film and Television program at New York University . Career Her credits on The Killing also include writer and executive producer. The series has earned her an 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards Emmy nomination and a Writers Guild of America Awards 2011 Writers Guild of America award nomination . ref name Emmy http www.emmys.com nominations 2011 Outstanding 20Writing 20for 20a 20Drama 20Series 2012 Emmy Awards , emmys.com, February 16, 2012. ref ref name WGA http www.wga.org awards awardssub.aspx?id 1516 2012 WGA Awards , wga.org, February 16, 2012. ref Her previous television work includes the dramatic series Cold Case TV series Cold Case , where she was also a writer, executive producer, as well as story editor. She was also an episode writer for the 2002 television series Push, Nevada . In February 2012, Paramount Pictures announced that Sud is writing a remake of Alfred Hitchcock s Suspicion film Suspicion . ref http www.hollywoodreporter.com news killing showrunner veena sud hitchcock suspicion 290219 The Killing Showrunner to Write Remake of Hitchcock s Suspicion for Paramount , The Hollywood ... NAME Sud, Veena ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cabreros Sud, Veena SHORT DESCRIPTION Canadian television writer ... Sud, Veena Category American television directors Category American television producers Category ... more details
Infobox person image Veena Sood 2010.jpg imagesize 150px name Veena Sood birth date birth place Nairobi , Kenya Veena Sood is a Canada Canadian based film and television actress of Punjab region Punjabi descent. She works in both the UK and Canada. She starred in ITV s Compulsion television film Compulsion featuring Ray Winstone and Parminder Nagra . She has also starred in the UK film Nina s Heavenly Delights , as well as the Canada UK film Touch of Pink , which received a standing ovation at the Sundance Film Festival . She co founded Calgary s Loose Moose Theatre Company best known for their comedy Improvisation work. She also performs one woman improvised shows at Canadian and U.K. comedy festivals with her character The Maharani . She used to co host CBC Television s women s talk show In the Company of Women . She has been seen on television in recurring roles in the series Hope Island TV Series Hope Island , Battlestar Galactica , Caprica TV series Caprica , and Little Mosque on the Prairie , as well as in the feature films Connie and Carla , Helen film Helen and the upcoming feature The Big Year . Currently Veena is a series regular on the Showcase Network crime drama Endgame TV series Endgame . She is sister contradict inline Ashwin Sood to Ashwin Sood , Sarah McLachlan s drummer and husband, and Manoj Sood , who plays Baber on Little Mosque on the Prairie . She has a great ear for accents, having had to do a Scottish Punjabi accent for Nina s Heavenly Delights . She is an outdoor enthusiast and enjoys hiking the back country of the Canadian Rockies and kayaking the remote B.C. coastline. She has also canoed down the Amazon River and safaried the Masai Mara in Kenya, the country of her birth. She was born in Nairobi, Kenya and grew up in Calgary, Alberta. External ... . NAME Sood, Veena ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH Nairobi , Kenya DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Sood, Veena Category Canadian film actors Category ... more details
Cleanup date January 2008 Veena Das lang hi born 1945 is Krieger Eisenhower Professor of Anthropology at the Johns Hopkins University . She also serves on the Executive Board of the Institute of Socio Economic Research on Development and Democracy in India. She studied at the Indraprastha College for Women and Delhi School of Economics at the University of Delhi and taught there from 1967 to 2000. She has published extensively as an ethnographer of India and thus is an established figure within Indian anthropology . Beyond India, her research has broad appeal within the anthropology of violence, suffering, and the State. Education Das completed her Ph.D. in 1970 at the University of Delhi under the supervision of M.N. Srinivas. She was Professor of Anthropology at the New School for Social Research from 1997 2000 before moving to the Department of Anthropology at Johns Hopkins University. Some of her research interests include feminism feminist movements , gender studies , sectarian violence , medical anthropology , post colonialism post colonial and post structuralism post structural theory . Books Her first book Structure and Cognition Aspects of Hindu Caste and Ritual Oxford University Press, Delhi, 1977 brought the textual practices of 13th to 17th century in relation to self representation of caste groups in focus. Her identification of the structure of Hindu thought in terms of the tripartite division between priesthood, kinship and renunciation proved to be an extremely important structuralist interpretation of the important poles within which innovations and claims to new status by caste groups took place. Veena Das s most recent book is Life and Words Violence and the Descent into the Ordinary , California University Press, 2006. As the title implies, Das ... footers by script assisted edit Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Das, Veena ALTERNATIVE ... Das, Veena Category Johns Hopkins University faculty Category Indian academics Category 1945 ... more details
Rudra veena may refer to Rudra veena , a large plucked string instrument used in Hindustani music Rudraveena , an Indian Telugu language film directed by K. Balachander starring Chiranjeevi, Gemini Ganesan and Shobana disambig ... more details
Infobox film name Vilakkyu Vaangiya Veena image image size caption director producer writer narrator starring music cinematography editing distributor released 1971 runtime country India language Malayalam language Malayalam budget gross preceded by followed by Vilakkyu Vaangiya Veena is a Malayalam language film . It was released in 1971. ref cite web url http www.malayalasangeetham.info title publisher Malayalam Movie Database accessdate 11 March 2011 ref References reflist Malayalam cinema Category 1971 films Category Indian films Category 1970s Malayalam language films 1970s Malayalam film stub ... more details
BLP sources date January 2011 Veena Talwar Oldenburg is Professor of History at Baruch College and CUNY Graduate Center The Graduate Center of the City University of New York . She is best known for her widely reviewed book on Dowry murder . CN date May 2011 Oldenburg is a native of Lucknow, India . She has a bachelors degree from Loreto Convent Lucknow Loreto Convent College and an M.A. from the University of Lucknow . She has a second masters to from the University of Bridgeport which she earned shortly after immigrating to the United States in 1970 and a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign . Oldernburg has previously taught at Sarah Lawrence College and Columbia University . She has authored a number of books on Indian history The Making of Colonial Lucknow, 1856 1877 Princeton, N.J. Princeton University Press, 1984. Dowry murder the imperial origins of a cultural crime Oxford New York Oxford University Press, 2002. Review, The American historical review. 112, no. 2, 2007 484 Review, International Journal of Hindu Studies, 10, no. 1 2006 117 118 Review, Estudios de Asia y Africa. 40, no. 3, 2005 709 Review, The Indian economic and social history review. 41, no. 4, 2004 516 Lifestyle as resistance the case of the courtesans of Lucknow. Sources http www.baruch.cuny.edu wsas departments history faculty oldenburg.html Baruch College bio Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Oldenburg, Veena Talwar ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Oldenburg, Veena Talwar Category University of Lucknow alumni Category Indian emigrants to the United States Category American historians Category University of Bridgeport alumni Category University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign alumni Category Sarah Lawrence College faculty Category Columbia University faculty Category City University of New York faculty Category American Hindus Category Living people US historian stub ... more details
Multiple issues wikify February 2012 rewrite May 2009 refimprove November 2007 Veene Venkatagiriyappa was the son of Venkataramappa, a scholar in the court of the Maharaja of Mysooru . He was born on the 26, April 1887 at Heggadadevanakote in modern Mysooru district. He had his initial musical training under his uncle Chikka Subba Rao, who was also a musician in the Maharaja s court. However, he is supposed to have been deeply impressed by the Veene playing of Veene Sheshanna, took every opportunity to listen to him play and modelled his own style on the great man s music. Later, he had the opportunity to learn from the great man himself. Sheshanna was impressed by the young man s talent and taught him wholeheartedly. He also had an introduction to western classical music under the director of the orchestra, one Duffris, maintained by the Maharaja. He compiled, in twenty volumes, a collection of Carnatic classical compositions rendered using the western musical notation. He was appointed as a musician in the court of the Maharaja and also as the director of the Indian musical ensemble. He also taught music in the Maharani s Girls High School in Mysooru. He was also appointed the director of the musical examinations conducted by the then Mysooru state. Three of his pupils attained name and fame in Veene playing Doreswamy Iyengar, R. N. Doreswamy, M. J. Srinivasa Iyengar and also V. Desikachar a flutist and brother of Doreswamy Iyengar . He is reputed to have been an excellent teacher and a very generous man. He died in 1951, in abject poverty because of the latter quality. References Sangita Samaya , by S Krishnamurthy Category Carnatic composers ... more details
Balachander may refer to Kailasam Balachander born 1930 , Indian film director, scriptwriter and producer Sundaram Balachander 1927 1990 , Indian veena player disambig ... more details
D. Srinivas might refer to D. Srinivas instrumentalist popularly known as Veena Srinivas D. Srinivas politician A Congress party politician and Telangana Drohi disambig File http www.hindu.com 2010 08 02 images 2010080253150101.jpg ... more details
Infobox musical artist name Veena Srinivas image caption image size background non vocal instrumentalist birth name alias birth date birth date and age 1968 9 12 death date instrument veena genre Carnatic music occupation years active 1980 present Spouse Children label associated acts website http www.veenasrinivas.com notable instruments D. Srinivas , also known as Veena Srinivas born 11 August 1968 is an India n veena player of Carnatic music . ref http www.hindu.com fr 2008 02 08 stories 2008020851480300.htm ref Early life and background Srinivas was born in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh Hyderabad , Andhra Pradesh , to Tulasi, a popular veena player. He travels extensively for his concerts. Career Srinivas gave his maiden concert at the age of 9 for All India Radio All India Radio, Hyderabad . ref http www.veenasrinivas.com about 20srinivas.html ref Awards and honours Emani Sankara Sastry award Chittibabu Memorial award Gidigu Lalitha Memorial award Titles Veena Vidhwamani Veena Praveena Raaga Sudhakara Vainika Ratna Discography Tyagaraja Krithis on Veena ref http www.veenasrinivas.com cd s 20& 20cassettess.html ref References reflist External links http www.veenasrinivas.com official site Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Srinivas, D. ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 11 August 1968 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Srinivas, D. Category 1968 births Category Carnatic instrumentalists Category Living people Category People from Hyderabad, India Carnatic music stub ... more details
B n may refer to wiktionary Pungi , a South Asian double clarinet Veena , a North Indian stick zither pinyin b n , a Chinese character meaning guest, visitor disambig Long comment to avoid being listed on short pages ... more details
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