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Working Couples: Dolly & Col. S.S. Guleria
by PARUL & JASKIRAN KAPOOR
Retired Lieutenant Colonel S.S. Guleria was just beginning to wonder what to do with his free time post retirement, when his wife - well-known Punjabi singer Dolly (Rupinder) Kaur Guleria - stepped in and asked him to handle her professional career.
"Colonel saab has a great ear for music and he is my biggest critic and patron," says Dolly, daughter of the late legendary singer Surinder Kaur who was widely acclaimed as The Nightingale of Punjab.
"I look after everything from managing her communications to booking and organising shows, developing her website, promotional activities, and album recordings," says Col. Guleria, adding, "Through all the years when I was in the army, Dolly looked after me, the kids and home. Now it's her turn to shine," he says.
Together, the two have set up a studio called Do Re Me Company and a music school - Nightingale Music Academy - to promote Punjabi music.
[And there's more on the Colonel's plate now: their daughter, Sunaina, is now the third generation in the family to make her name in singing and has already become an acclaimed artist in her own right.]
Sounds unreal?
Horror stories about ego clashes and personality differences might abound in the corporate industry about couples who work together, but there are some who would rather share their professional journey with their better halves and chart out a comfort zone.
[Courtesy: Indian Express]
June 19, 2010