The relevance of keeping this day on April 19 was to commemorate the birthday of Jean Georges Noverre who was born in 1727
Tag: Art
Rajasthan polls: Drama troupes to campaign for BJP
The Bhartiya Janta Party in an attempt to overcome anti-incumbency and to showcase the achievements of Vasundhara Raje’s government, the state unit of BJP has adopted a traditional way of Rajasthan to reach out to the public. As per the reports, the state BJP is hiring around 250 professional drama[Read More…]
This 7-year-old sells her art to raise funds for the underprivileged kids
Amidst hatred and negativity, this seven-year-old from Mumbai has decided to spread some love. And while most of us are ranting about the world in our drawing rooms, Sanjana Bhosale, a standard 2 student from OES International School is using her creativity to provide education to the kids in need.[Read More…]
Karnataka to launch ‘Treat All Policy’ for HIV patients
Karnataka is going to launch a ‘Treat All Policy’ on Wednesday considering just less than half of HIV patients are registered with anti retroviral therapy (ART) and receiving treatment. With the new policy at place, an additional 20,000 patients will be eligible for ART. Karnataka is among the eight high-prevalence[Read More…]
Memorializing ‘Ram ka dusra Vanvaas’ by Kaifi Azmi
“Paon Saryu main abhi Ram ne dhoye bhi na they, Ki nazar aaye wahan khoon ke gehre dhabbe Paon dhoye bina Saryu ke kinare se uthe, Ram yeh kehte huye apne duare se uthe, Rajdhaani ki faza aaye nahin raas mujhe, 6 December ko mila doosra Vanvaas mujhe” Kaifi Azmi was[Read More…]
Anita Dube to be curator for 4th edition Kochi Biennale
‘Love for your underwear is not patriotism’: Actor protests intolerance
Noted Malayalam actor Alencier Ley Lopez performed a one-act drama in Kasargod bus station in Kerala protesting against Sangh Parivar’s politics of hatred. The actor dramatically appeared at the bus station and started singing patriotic songs. He went inside buses and asked the passengers, now that the Sangh Parivar is[Read More…]
This Syrian artist is ‘painting on death’
Art always had a role in conflict zone. Various art forms and creative expressions fearlessly portrayed the fury of war. A 38 year-old man from Syria is converting the destructive weapon of war into fine art pieces. Akram Abo Alfoz collects the bombs and bullets that litter the shell-ridden streets[Read More…]
Beyond boundaries- Bengaluru’s first Transgender Art Festival
As the parliament saw the introduction of The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill 2016, in monsoon session, it seems that India is finally accepting the ‘presence’ of the third gender. Bengaluru is all set to prove that art, music and love know no boundaries by hosting its first International[Read More…]