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Dear Member,
With a sight keener than vision would permit, we look out to the distant horizon for the rain-bearing clouds as the harbinger of cool relief, fresh tropical breezes and the smell of moist earth. As the parched earth prepares to get respite with the monsoon clouds bearing down upon it, we celebrate the season with Barkha Ritu - Rains & Ragas: Sitar recital by Ustad Shujaat Khan & Hindustani Vocal recital by Sanjeev Abhyankar on the 3rd. Sada –e – Sufi presents an evening of qawwali by Ghulam Sabir Khan and troupe on the 1st. A Sitar recital by Shubhendra Rao & Hindustani Vocal recital by Sarathi Chatterji follows suit on the 4th. Songs Divine & Kazi Nazrul Islam get sung by Sharmila Roychowdhury, Kolkata on the 4th while pianist Utsav Lal has Ragas Dance Off Piano Keys on the 24th. The YP Foundation celebrates 7 years of youth led social change on the 25th. Bhuvanesh Komkali offers a Hindustani Vocal recital as part of the HCL Concert Series on the 31st.
For the book worms, the calendar is generously sprinkled with book launches. A Taste Of Life: The Last Days of UG Krishnamurti by Mahesh Bhatt, Rabindranath Tagore: The Singer and His Song by Reba Som, Travelling Light: Walking The Path Of Letting Go by Suma Varghese are just a few of the books that get launched.
The Swathi Thirunal Festival on the 2nd presents Carnatic Vocal by T. Unni Krishnan & Chau recital by Santosh Nair. 16th proffers choreographic compositions in Odissi by Dr. Ileana Citaristi while on the 22nd, we have Ritu – Rang, an evening of Kathak by Asavari Pawar. 26th & 27th look at TRIDHARA - the 2nd Guru Debaprasad Nrutya Parampara Dance Festival by Tridhara, Bhubaneswar.
Talks are the stock quota of variety as usual. Shailesh V. Haribhakti, Chartered Accountant & P. H. Ravikumar, Managing Director & CEO, Invent ARC speak on Financial Issues related to the Indian Stock Market & Money Laundering on the 6th. We continue with our series on Astronomy on the 7th with Total Solar Eclipse, Exploring the Mystic! 16th has authors Manreet Sodhi & Daman Singh in conversation in the series Words of Women. With an increase in the spate of suicides, our monthly health series Canvas Askew focuses at Do Prevention Strategies For Suicide Work? on the 17th. We continue with the IIM Calcutta Lecture Series on the 24th with Pradeep Gupta, Chairman, Cybermedia Group speaking on Angel Investing. The day also presents an evening of celebration and interaction with young people from across India who have started their own social change initiatives. On the occasion of George Bernard Shaw’s Birth Anniversary, the 26th proffers Talk And Anecdotes On Shaw's Life And Philosophy, followed by a dramatized reading of the comedy, The Man of Destiny.
The Film Club this month, in view of the American Independence, celebrates The Civil Rights Movement in the U.S. through the reel. In commemoration of their 15th anniversary, the best of Rage Productions gets staged in the Mini Rage Festival being showcased from the 10th-12th.
The Programme Team
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