{"id":326830,"date":"2020-09-25T10:51:03","date_gmt":"2020-09-25T10:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=326830"},"modified":"2020-09-25T10:51:03","modified_gmt":"2020-09-25T10:51:03","slug":"our-cultural-world-a-lot-poorer-pm-modi-condoles-demise-of-sp-balasubrahmanyam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/our-cultural-world-a-lot-poorer-pm-modi-condoles-demise-of-sp-balasubrahmanyam\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Our cultural world a lot poorer\u2019: PM Modi condoles demise of SP Balasubrahmanyam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-316566 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Screenshot_20191111-005858__01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1016\" height=\"556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/11\/Screenshot_20191111-005858__01.jpg 1016w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/11\/Screenshot_20191111-005858__01-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/11\/Screenshot_20191111-005858__01-768x420.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/11\/Screenshot_20191111-005858__01-696x381.jpg 696w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/11\/Screenshot_20191111-005858__01-767x420.jpg 767w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1016px) 100vw, 1016px\" \/>Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday condoled the demise of legendary singer SP Balasubramanyamm, saying, the cultural world is a lot poorer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cWith the unfortunate demise of Shri SP Balasubrahmanyam, our cultural world is a lot poorer. A household name across India, his melodious voice and music enthralled audiences for decades. In this hour of grief, my thoughts are with his family and admirers. Om Shanti,\u201d PM Modi tweeted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Union Home Minister Amit Shah also\u00a0condoled his death, &#8220;Deeply saddened by the passing away of legendary musician and playback singer Padma Bhushan, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam ji. He will forever remain in our memories through his melodious voice &amp; unparalleled music compositions. My condolences are with his family &amp; followers. Om Shanti,&#8221; Shah tweeted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in a tweet said, \u201cMy heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family and friends of Mr S. P. Balasubrahmanyam. His songs touched millions of hearts in many languages. His voice will live on.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said the legendary singer\u2019s voice will be remembered for generations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cGrieved to hear of the passing of a true legend of music, SP Balasubrahmanyam. His golden voice will be remembered for generations. Condolences to his family, many admirers and colleagues in the music industry,\u201d Banerjee tweeted.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday condoled the demise of legendary singer SP Balasubramanyamm, saying, the cultural world is a lot poorer. \u201cWith the unfortunate demise of Shri SP Balasubrahmanyam, our cultural world is a lot poorer. A household name across India, his melodious voice and music enthralled audiences for decades. In this hour of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":316566,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[316,13484],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326830"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=326830"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326830\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":326831,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326830\/revisions\/326831"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/316566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=326830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=326830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=326830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}