{"id":8860,"date":"2010-08-13T17:06:54","date_gmt":"2010-08-13T17:06:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tat.reddaisytrading.co.uk\/index.php\/2010\/08\/13\/dr-beat\/"},"modified":"2016-01-07T15:48:00","modified_gmt":"2016-01-07T15:48:00","slug":"dr-beat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2010\/08\/13\/dr-beat\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr Beat!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\">\n<h3>Bhangra legend awarded honorary doctorate<\/h3>\n<div><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" hspace=\"10\" vspace=\"3\" align=\"right\" width=\"180\" height=\"264\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/KuljitBhamraDoc_180x232.jpg\"\/>BHANGRA legend Kuljit Bhamra has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Music from the University of Exeter.<\/strong> <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>Kuljit joined an acclaimed list of key figures, from sporting heroes, scientists, activists, politicians and dignitaries in being awarded a Doctorate in Music. <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>He was joined by TV Newsreader Moira Stewart; Sir Ian Botham and Human Rights Activist Shami Chakrabarti in being presented his award. <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>\u201cI am delighted that my music has reached people of all backgrounds and ages and that I have been able to share my passion and creativity with the world,\u201d Kuljit said. <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>\u201cMy father had a dream that I would one day become a Doctor and now at last he can call me one!\u201d<\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>Kuljit has composed and produced over 2,000 songs and is responsible for the rise to fame of numerous Bhangra and Bollywood stars.<\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>He has worked, both independently and collaboratively, on film scores for over ten years, including the soundtrack for the award winning <em>Bhaji on the Beach<\/em>, <em>A Winter of Love<\/em>, <em>Bend it Like Beckham<\/em> and his music has also appeared on <em>The Guru<\/em>, <em>The Four Feathers<\/em> and, more recently, <em>Alexander<\/em>, <em>Brick Lane<\/em> and <em>Charlie &amp; The Chocolate Factory<\/em>.<\/div>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bhangra legend awarded honorary doctorate BHANGRA legend Kuljit Bhamra has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Music from the University of Exeter. &#13; Kuljit joined an acclaimed list of key figures, from sporting heroes, scientists, activists, politicians and dignitaries in being awarded a Doctorate in Music. &#13; He was joined by TV Newsreader Moira Stewart; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8860\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}