Shubha Mudgal sang most uncommon renditions. From Kabir to Dushyant Kumar to Amir Khusro, she delivered one great song after the other. It was a part of Raag Rang festival organised by ministry of Art & Culture during 6-12 May 2013.
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Jug Jug Jiyo
“Jug Jug Jiyo” was about celebrating the girl child. In a simple and entertaining manner, the 1 hour 15 minutes play managed to touch the right chords. The play looked like an extension of “Vickey Donor”. Dolly Ahluwalia and Swaroopa Ghosh in their respective Punjabi and Bengali women roles brought life to the characters.
Surajkund Crafts Mela 2013
Surajkund crafts fair is visited by lovers of arts and crafts from all over the world.The undulating topography of Surajkund adds to the charm of the event. Over the years, the fair has shed its puritan craft specific character and has developed a general appeal with an artsy flavour. The aesthetically done up fair ground – with various colourful canopies, festoons and other ornaments that are installed during the fair, can not but permeate the mind uplift the spirit.
3rd Annual Indian Comic Con – 2013
Delhi Comic Con is back with a bang and superheroes and comic characters are going to take over Delhi for three days.
India Art Fair 2013
The canvas of India Art Fair 2013 has different strokes. traditional to contemporary, oil on canvas to LCDs, paintbrush to Photoshop, sculpture to installations, so on and so forth. The India Art Fair, for the last couple of years, brings to Delhi an esoteric presentation where various galleries from India and overseas flex their collection of art – in any form.
The Magical Flute of Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia
Indian Cancer Society presents “The Magical Flute of Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia” a concert in aid of Cancer Awareness & Medical Assistance at The Bahai House of Worship (Lotus Temple). Hariprasad Chaurasia, playing the flute during the date between winter and spring, at the Lotus Temple – was sheer magic.
Chicago Children’s Choir in Concert
Chicago Children’s Choir performed Delhi on Indian Republic Day. We attended and let this group of 50 odd multiracial youngsters to conquer our hearts.
DANCE PEACE – Performance by story dancer Zuleikha
Zuleikha, a perfomer from America, presented her take on storydancing. She either danced sort of Kathak-fusion to songs / music or narrated simple stories herself and danced along.
Fastest feet on fire – Pt. Chitresh Das and Antonio Hidalgo
Two internationally acclaimed performers Pt. Chitresh Das at Kathak and Antonio Hidalgo at Flamenco accompanied by a host of excellent musicians, created an event that transcend you to another world altogether. It’s an amalgamation of two dancing styles, two countries, two cultures and two ideas that blend together beautifully without losing their individuality and the result is high energy explosive entertainment.
Afsana – Bharat Rang Mahotsav
Afsana, the finale of Bharat Rang Mahotsav is about two middle aged men who became friends after one of them ran over the other’s wife! Both wannabe writers – one got published while the other was struggling with cancer. There is terrorism and cross dressing, mock murder and more kebabs!
Laila Majnu – Bharat Rang Mahotsav
Laila Majnu is a legend about star crossed lovers. This we knew already and we wanted to know more about the love story. This play failed to deliver. All we gathered that there was a dog involved in the fate of the lovers. 😀 A heavy dose or Urdu came in our way of understanding the tale.
Miss Julie-Bharat Rang Mahotsav
“Ms. Julie” tells the story of a handsome servant and a count’s daughter, highlighting class divide and the universal struggle to attain desired love, regardless of social status.
Odissi Recital by Sonal Mansingh – Golden Jubilee Performances
Sonal Mansingh discourse with two half-hearted and forgettable dance pieces in Bharatnatyam (not Odissi) style – the first predicatble based on the forms of Goddess Shakti and the second, on the rape incident.
The Country without a Post Office– Bharat Rang Mahotsav
The play was unapologetic about the gimmicks and was a mélange that displayed – yes!- the confusing relationship between Kashmir and India. With oodles of sensitivity, in a remarkable span of 45 minutes, the play conveyed the impact of the problem on common people. The stunts teased the senses and were visual as well as conceptual delight. That said, the Jana-Gana-Mana seemed contrived
Chand Roz Aur Meri Jaan – Bharat Rang Mahotsav
The play, directed by Salima Raza, is based on a bunch of letters that Faiz Ahmed Faiz, the revolutionary Pakistani poet and his wife Alys Faiz exchanged over a period of four years while he was in jail. In the course of the play, the protagonists read out their respective letters that they wrote to the other.
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