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Groove along What: For all the music lovers out there, gear up to celebrate World Music Day online this year. Hungama Artist Aloud World Music Day is back with its fourth season. Curated by BookMyShow join in this one-of-a-kind digital music festival where you can groove to the songs of your favourite artists. From the […]

Different strokes

With lockdown norms relaxed, art galleries across the city are re-opening, but on a cautious note with limited access   With the easing of the lockdown, the entire city is slowly attempting to get back to its usual form. As offices, malls and markets re-open for business, art galleries have also opened their doors but things […]

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Ghalib at Bus Adda What: Pierrot’s Troupe is back with its longest-running comedy  Ghalib, e-launching the play on BookMyShow. Performed over 509 times since 1997, it is an extremely funny account of the re-birth of the renowned 19th-century poet Mirza Ghalib in 21st century New Delhi. Directed by M Sayeed Alam, the play begins with […]

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Art tutorials What: To do something to help fellow artists and help the community at the same time in these unprecedented times, artist Venkat Shyam had posted online art tutorial videos of Gond artists. The videos were really loved by people and encouraged them to initiate live online art classes. Shyam states that art is […]

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Keep grooving What: At only 20, 19 and 17 years old, they have performed on some of the world’s most recognised stages both in Australia and the USA. The Buckleys are a chart-topping teenage sibling trio from Byron Bay, Australia. They’re hit single ‘Daydream’ raced up the Official Australian Country Radio Chart, landing at number […]

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EUROPE SHOWCASE What: To all the movie buffs, the European Union is helping us to get through confinement with arts. The European Film Festival 2020 is an excellent window to discover talented new filmmakers and their latest works. With the web as its venue now, there is no excuse to miss these films. European Film […]

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Blast from the past What: Making art accessible during this lockdown, India International Centre presents a virtual exhibition of black and white photographs from 1950-61 on their website. Aptly titled ‘The Three Amigios’, the exhibition features the works of Vinoo Bhagat, Kishan S Rana and Deb Mukharji. The three met as undergraduates at St Stephen’s […]

Pandemic stops the music

Musicians in rural India, who depend on religious festivities for a living, face hard times as all gatherings, including social events, stand cancelled in the wake of the Coronavirus outbreak. Fifty-year old Sarvan, a Dalit, is a resident of a village called Parichha — a gram panchayat in Pohri tehsil of Shivpuri district in Madhya […]