Sheila Dhar

Sheila Dhar
Born 1929
Died 26 July 2001 (aged 71–72)
Genres Hindustani classical music
Instruments singing

Sheila Dhar (1929 – 26 July 2001) was an Indian author and singer of Kirana gharana. She is known for her writings about music and musicians, which included 3 books. She also taught English literature and language at Delhi University. She was the wife of P. N. Dhar, an economist and an advisor of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.[1][2]

After dropping out of Lady Hardinge Medical College, Sheila joined Hindu College and was the topper of Delhi University English Honours batch in 1950. She was awarded a Summa Cum Laude for her M.A. by Boston University following which she taught Literature for a short while at Miranda House, and then joined the Government's Publications Division.

Sheila had published a book of about the lifestyle of the Mathur Kayasthas in the Delhi of the 1940s and '50s providing a glimpse of the old Delhi, which included her experiences with life in bureaucracy and anecdotes from the lives of musicians like Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, Kesarbai Kerkar, Pran Nath , and Begum Akhtar.[3]

Bibliography

  • Children's History of India (1961)
  • This India (1973)
  • Here's Someone I'd Like You to Meet (1995)
  • Raga'n' Josh
  • Tales of Innocents, Musicians and Bureaucrats

References

  1. ↑ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/sunday-times/all-that-matters/Remembering-Sheila/articleshow/871982908.cms
  2. ↑ "Sheila Dhar | Biography & History | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-12-18.
  3. ↑ "Remembering Sheila - The Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2015-12-18.


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