Mathures Paul is a journalist working with The Statesman newspaper in India. With articles spread over a wide range of subjects—films, music, information & technology, photography, dance and books—he is also the newspaper's film and music critic. The Statesman

The Statesman

The Statesman is an Indian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper founded in 1875 and published simultaneously in Kolkata, New Delhi, Siliguri and Bhubaneswar. The Statesman is owned by The Statesman Ltd., its headquarters at Statesman House, Chowringhee Square, Calcutta and its national...

, founded in 1875, is India's oldest surviving English daily newspaper.

Some of the people he has interviewed include Astad Deboo

Astad Deboo

Astad Deboo is an Indian contemporary and choreographer, who employs his training in Indian classical dance forms of Kathak as well as Kathakali to create a dance form that is unique to him, and become a pioneer of modern dance in India...

, Indian filmmaker Dibakar Banerjee

Dibakar Banerjee

Dibakar Banerjee is an Indian film director and screenwriter, who is most known for films, Khosla Ka Ghosla , Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! , which he also wrote, both of which won National Film Awards...

, noted bassist Victor Wooten

Victor Wooten

Victor Lemonte Wooten is an American bass player, composer, author, and producer, and has been the recipient of five Grammy Awards....

  and electronica group Midival Punditz

MIDIval Punditz

MIDIval Punditz is an Indian fusion group consisting of two Delhi-based musicians, Gaurav Raina and Tapan Raj. Their style revolves mostly around changer, jungle, electronica, and North Indian classical music...

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His list of articles on important singers who are now more less forgotten include Tony Brent

Tony Brent

Tony Brent was a British traditional pop music singer, most active in the 1950s. He scored seven Top 20 chart hits in the UK over an almost six year period, starting in January 1953.-Biography:...

, Kal Kahn and Miss X

External links

• The Statesman