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	'''Sheila Dhar''' (1929 – 26 July 2001) was an ~~[[India]]n~~ 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]].<ref name=TI1>{{cite news \| url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/sunday-times/all-that-matters/Remembering-Sheila/articleshow/871982908.cms \| title=Remembering Sheila \| first=Dileep \| last=Padgaonkar \| date=28 July 2001 \| newspaper=The Times of India \| access-date=16 November 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|title = Sheila Dhar {{!}} Biography & History {{!}} AllMusic\|url = http://www.allmusic.com/artist/sheila-dhar-mn0001798369/biography\|website = AllMusic\|access-date = 2015-12-18}}</ref>		'''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]].<ref name=TI1>{{cite news \| url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/sunday-times/all-that-matters/Remembering-Sheila/articleshow/871982908.cms \| title=Remembering Sheila \| first=Dileep \| last=Padgaonkar \| date=28 July 2001 \| newspaper=The Times of India \| access-date=16 November 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|title = Sheila Dhar {{!}} Biography & History {{!}} AllMusic\|url = http://www.allmusic.com/artist/sheila-dhar-mn0001798369/biography\|website = AllMusic\|access-date = 2015-12-18}}</ref>

	After dropping out of [[Lady Hardinge Medical College]], Sheila joined [[Hindu College, University of Delhi\|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, University of Delhi\|Miranda House]], and then joined the Government's Publications Division.		After dropping out of [[Lady Hardinge Medical College]], Sheila joined [[Hindu College, University of Delhi\|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, University of Delhi\|Miranda House]], and then joined the Government's Publications Division.
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	Sheila had published a book - Raga'n Josh - about the lifestyle of the [[Mathur (subcaste)\|Mathur]] [[Kayastha]]s 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 (musician)\|Pran Nath]], and [[Begum Akhtar]].<ref name=TI1 />		Sheila had published a book - Raga'n Josh - about the lifestyle of the [[Mathur (subcaste)\|Mathur]] [[Kayastha]]s 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 (musician)\|Pran Nath]], and [[Begum Akhtar]].<ref name=TI1 />

			Two engrossing books which were penned by Sheila Dhar give a riveting insight into theworld of Hindustani classical music and its practitioners.<ref>{{Cite news\|last=Kumar\|first=Kuldeep\|date=2016-06-27\|title=Diving into the roots of our notes\|language=en-IN\|work=The Hindu\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/entertainment/Diving-into-the-roots-of-our-notes/article14403950.ece\|access-date=2021-10-05\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

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'''Sheila Dhar''' (1929 – 26 July 2001) was an [[India]]n 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]].<ref name=TI1>{{cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/sunday-times/all-that-matters/Remembering-Sheila/articleshow/871982908.cms | title=Remembering Sheila | first=Dileep | last=Padgaonkar | date=28 July 2001 | newspaper=The Times of India | access-date=16 November 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Sheila Dhar {{!}} Biography & History {{!}} AllMusic|url = http://www.allmusic.com/artist/sheila-dhar-mn0001798369/biography|website = AllMusic|access-date = 2015-12-18}}</ref>

After dropping out of [[Lady Hardinge Medical College]], Sheila joined [[Hindu College, University of Delhi|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, University of Delhi|Miranda House]], and then joined the Government's Publications Division.

Sheila had published a book - Raga'n Josh - about the lifestyle of the [[Mathur (subcaste)|Mathur]] [[Kayastha]]s 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 (musician)|Pran Nath]], and [[Begum Akhtar]].<ref name=TI1 />

==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==
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==External links==
*{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p182090|label=Sheila Dhar}}

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