Three patterns of poetries – Music, Literature and Dance – merged Infusing fresh idioms into the evocative language of Bharatnatyam, Alarmel Valli, Chennai-based foremost exponent of the Pandanallur style dance form, created a seamless blend amongst three patterns of poetries, poetry in verse, poetry in dance and poetry in music during a one-half hour presentation […]
Continue readingExploration of patterns of Gujarati Ghazal at Em Pan Bane –
“Nadi Ni Ret Ma Ramtu Nagar Male Na Male, Fari Smrutipat par aa chitra male na male…”(Town – that is sportingly growing up on river bed is perpetually changing, We never know whether we will be able to ever in future again be able to see its rare glimpses) —words of ghazal by Adil Mansuri […]
Continue readingDon’t eat, just pray and love
Amitabh Bachchan’s romance in Baghban gave this fast new identity and almost every television serial has an episode dedicated to this fast showcasing the love and dedication of wives for their husbands. No wonder then, hordes of young women in Gujarat will join Karvachauth festivities on Saturday where women fast the entire day for the […]
Continue readingUnited effort to celebrate Tagore’s birth anniv in A’bad
To celebrate 150-year birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore’s, Gujarati Sahitya Parishad and Gujarat Vishvakosh Trust, and Ravindra Bhavan has organized a mega two-day event on Friday and Saturday. A musical evening of Rabindra Sangeet will be held on Friday at Gujarati Sahitya Parishad, while a seminar ‘My Tagore; Why Tagore’ would be held on Saturday […]
Continue readingCity to get Big B’s marble statue
Members of Amitabh Bachchan Fans Club in the city celebrated the legendary actor’s 69 th birthday with great pomp and show, complete with cake-cutting ceremony and aarti which was followed by a fun-dance session on Tuesday. Gabhaji Thakore, founder of Bachchan’s mandir near Gandhigram railway station where the Big B’s birthday is being celebrated for […]
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