Where Food Meets Fellowship: Inside Kolkata’s Boishakhi Adda
More than a showcase of food, the afternoon felt like an attempt to recreate something familiar: the easy warmth of people gathering with no particular hurry to leave.
More than a showcase of food, the afternoon felt like an attempt to recreate something familiar: the easy warmth of people gathering with no particular hurry to leave.
To understand the neurodiversity paradox, one must look past the diagnostic criteria of the DSM-5 and peer into our evolutionary history.
Organized by Little Thespian, founded in 1994 by Uma Jhunjhunwala and S.M. Azhar Alam, the festival continues their commitment to theatre as both art and education.
By stripping away visual excess, Dr. Sinha invites viewers to engage more deeply with the artwork. The absence of colour shifts the focus from appearance to essence, compelling the audience to interpret rather than simply observe.
As board results approach, it is easy to believe that everything depends on a number, a college, or a decision made at eighteen. But perhaps, that belief itself needs to be questioned.
The second day of the Jaipur Lit Fest started with Suraj Ki Aankh Micholi and violin and mridangam duets, and the day was devoted to many important issues, in which democracy, agriculture, China-dispute as well as poets and public-welfare were discussed openly.
In his keynote address on ‘writing as a form of resistance’, the Tanzania-born author said, “Writing is not just a form of resistance but it is also about resistance to distraction, neglect, and forgetfulness.”
Sujata Mohapatra, Bimbavati Devi, Luna Poddar, Satyanarayan Raju and their likes danced their way into the hearts of the audience. The artists who performed on the two day festival on 7 and 8 January in the Satyajit Ray auditorium of ICCR in Kolkata were all veterans and stars in their respective fields. They perhaps could have added another dimension to the festival by including the young, who after all would be their torch-bearers.
After Delhi, the celebration at Kolkata also saw Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim renaming Lovelock Place as Ustad Ali Akbar Khan Sarani and the inauguration of the 10th year of the Shree Ranjani Foundation at the sprawling Nazrul Manch
The festival was an experiment for site-specific performances - the venue in Majuli is next to the river Luit - that intend to encourage performers and members of the audience to look beyond the proscenium and amphitheatre.
