Posts by: Proma Chakraborty

Proma Chakraborty -July 19, 2018

Classic and contemporary What: Looking back to move forward, here’s a festival that explores the continuity and change in classical dance —‘Manasa: Art Without Frontiers’. The exhibition by Sharon Lowen, well-known Odissi dancer and guru, will display never-seen-before photographs of classical and folk dancers, taken in 1973-78 and 1981-90 in Delhi, Kolkata, Imphal, Seraikella and […]

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Proma Chakraborty -July 19, 2018

Two JNU scholars have documented traditional folk theatre of Bihar and paid tribute to the legendary Bhikhari Thakur His name might spell like a beggar, But king he was, not a rag, And on many a giant fortress He had raised the Bhojpuri flag. The opening lines of Naach Bhikhari Naach, the documentary on Bhikhari […]

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Proma Chakraborty -July 19, 2018

Shenpa, a dance theatre production, explores the Buddhist concept of attachment and tries to analyse how and why we get hooked to something Shenpa, the Tibetan word for attachment, is a bit more than just that. A looser translation would be the hook, the urge that suspends all logic. A contemporary piece attempts to explore […]

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Proma Chakraborty -July 12, 2018

Captivating verses What: To all the artists in the capital, join in for an afternoon of poetry reading and appreciation. Organised by Verse of Silence, ‘Rhapsodies Chapter 1’, brings to you an engrossing discussion on creative writing and its scope in India. Founder of Delhi Poetry Festival Ms Dolly Singh will also be a part […]

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Proma Chakraborty -July 12, 2018

Lack of hygiene and scarcity of public toilets in Delhi make it difficult for women to answer the call of nature in public places If you are looking for a public toilet in Delhi, locating them now is easy thanks to government’s toilet locators on google maps. However, chances are that you will have to […]

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Proma Chakraborty -July 12, 2018

The exhibition ‘Death of Architecture’ raises provocative questions on changing urbanscapes and calls on citizens to demand better cities Can architecture die? Or is it just constantly changing? From colonial buildings to spanking new institutions, every city has its distinctive architecture. The ‘smart cities’ idea seems so other-worldly, like a fantasy township in outer space. […]

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Proma Chakraborty -July 5, 2018

An exhibition that gives a glimpse of prints and patterns of vintage handloom textiles Four decades back, Pavithra Muddaya and her mother started reviving antique crafts and preserving c. That journey is documented in ‘The Story of Vimor’, an exhibition at India International Centre. Vimor — which means pure in Indonesia, as does pavithra — […]

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Proma Chakraborty -July 5, 2018

Music, fashion, theatre, painting, academics. Mauraya Sharma has mastered it all. Meet the 14-year-old child prodigy as he forays into the world of public performance this weekend Mauraya Sharma was all of six when he began his creative journey; designing and creating clothes for his dolls. A journey that took him to the London School […]

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