Continued from back… Thanx for your courteous responses, greatly appreciated. Ambaji Shinde at our home… ‘’Jewel behind the Jewel’’ – Ambaji ShindeDear Well Wishers, Shinde was born in a poor family in Goa, India. The Nanubhai Company that hired the young designer was dealing at the time with Harry Winston and Van Cleef & Arpels. That’s how Shinde met Harry Winston who…
Continued from back… 1-2) Harry Winston Inc. is headquartered at 5th Ave New, York City…Dear Well Wishers, Due to my passionate hobby, we have a small but, well known group of collecting rare records in Mumbaiin 60-70’s. One of them was Anil/Anya Shinde. When he came to know that, I was planning to got to USA, he gave me his…
Continued from back… Hollywood & Oscars Dear Well Wishers, When I started collecting Hindi film song records as a hobby in 1960, at the same time I was collecting related photos of the same, including Western films as well. At that time the popularity of Film Fare Awards recognize technical and artistic excellence in the Indian film industry. The awards are…
Continued from back…Shinde’s jewelry at Oscars – Last Part Dear Well Wishers, As mentioned earlier Harry Winston is known for adding glamour to the Oscars red carpet with their diamond jewelry. The jeweler has been called the “king of diamonds” and “Jeweler to the Stars.” Harry Winston called Ambaji Shinde the “jewel behind the jewel.” Humble to the end, No doubt Ambaji Shinde was a master of his craft, creating…
Continued from back… Shinde Jewels – Part Two Dear Well Wishers,American jeweler Harry Winston has published many books and all of them are included with designerAmbaji Shinde’s work. We were lucky to had most of the books and Shinde’s amazing work of designs with detailed discroptions as well. Pleases see some of them below… Very few brands have such an illustrious…
1) Ambaji Shinde in his office/studio at Harry Winston… 2) Ambaji Shinde… 3) ‘Shinde Jewels’ a book written by Reema Keswani who is an expert gemologist, jewelry historian and designer… Shinde Jewels – Part One Dear Well Wishers, Shinde was a very good tabla player. He used to do tabla practice every week while playing classical music on Sony’s reel-to-reel tape recorder. He used to…
Continued from part one…But Pradip asked me to wait. Later he told me that he telephoned Lata and she agreed to sing with sister Asha. I think this incident took place on January 21, 1963, if I remember correctly…Lata vs Asha – Who is the loser..?On January 23 I called up Lata and Asha for rehearsals in Mumbai. Lata came first,…
Dear Well Wishers,When Veena sang patriotic song ‘Aye Mere Watan Ke Logo’ at our India Home’s Republic Day programon Thursday, January 30, I promised the audience-members to tell the real story behind the scenes aboutthis historic song. Well, here is the factual story of the same told by music director C. Ramchandra in hisautobiography. As you may know, C. Ramchandra used…
Good Morning, If not known… Akhand Bharat (Undivided India) also known as Akhand Hindustan is a termfor the concept of a unified Greater India. It asserts that modern-day Afghanistan, Bangladesh,Bhutan, India, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Tibet are one nation… I am with legendary music director Anil Biswas and his wife singerMeena Kapoor during our visit in…
Some of the excepts from music director C. Ramchandra’s autobiography book, about the historic song -‘Aye Mere Watan Ke Logo’… The dream fulfilled:The singing ended, followed by a loud, ear-splitting applause from the thousands. It was such a thrilling and unforgettable experience! Everyone loved the music, the song and its rendering by Lata, especially my most beloved Panditji.At the end of…