by Girija Shettar To watch British-Indian dancer Subhash Viman Gorania perform is, in one word, exciting. It was while scouring YouTube for spiritually uplifting performers to write about that I discovered Subhash’s stunning dance film Immersion, which showcases a mixture of contemporary and Indian classical dance skills. A physically beautiful dancer, Subhash’s movements are sharp as…
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Tagore International Literature and Arts Festival-Bhopal: Vishwarang-2019
I feel privileged to be invited to attend the first of its kind, not only in India but in Asia, the Tagore International Literature and Arts Festival named Vishwarang from 4 to 10 November 2019 at Bhopal, known as the city of lakes. Organized by the Rabindranath Tagore University and the AISECT Group of Universities, Vishwa Rang-2019…
Film Review: Ranjan Ghosh’s Ahaa Re (The Two Lovers, 2019)
By LALIT MOHAN JOSHI India’s new generation filmmaker Ranjan Ghosh, seems to have arrived with his third Bengali feature ‘Ahaa Re’ (The Two Lovers, 2019), an unusual love story that revolves around food as a unifier. The title is a wacky play of the Sanskrit/Hindi/Bengali word ‘Ahaar’ meaning food. The film has been continuously doing…
Confluence November 2018 Issue
Confluence Nov 2018 issue Please click the link to save the latest issue on your PC Dear Readers, I am sure many of you have been long waiting for the arrival of this last issue of the year and I am really pleased to be able to release this issue now despite all the hurdles we…
Himalayan Blue Poppies score a boundary at the Chelsea Flower Show
A short report by Yogesh Patel It is one of the greatest show on earth where flowers huddle up together in their pomp and show inviting you for the rare selfies with them! Yes, this year’s Chelsea Flower Show also had all flowers going gaga over each other. Our own iconic Himalayan Blue Poppies…
Confluence May 2018 issue
Confluence May 2018 issue I am pleased to release this issue, even though it is a little late this time. At the time of publishing this issue, some good things are happening in the world. Summer has finally arrived. A much-awaited intercultural royal wedding is certainly another example. It has been a painful process…
BEING ASIAN
By Kevin Shen Special Relationship Productions in association with Anita Creed Productions presents, THERE OR HERE: written by Jennifer Maisel and directed by Vik Sivalingam When my producing partner and I set out to produce our next play, we weren’t expecting that it would bring us to India – well, not us exactly, but the characters…
THE ENIGMA OF ENGLISH
By Reginald Massey Today English is the only truly global language. It is in fact an interplanetary language; the first man on the moon spoke to his fellow Earthlings in English. Hence we must take serious note of what men such as the philosopher Radhakrishnan and the statesman Rajagopalachari told us. They believed that English…
HYDERABAD HOSTS AN IMPORTANT CULTURAL CONCLAVE
Reginald Massey reports Hyderabad, once the capital city of the fabulously rich Nizams, was famous for its palaces, architecture, cuisine and culture. It has now regained its rightful place thanks to the vision of many of its citizens. For many years NARTANAM, the leading dance magazine of India, has been published from Hyderabad under its…
Confluence February 2017 issue
Click here to read Confluence February 2017 issue Every crisis yields an opportunity Two major events that took place during 2016 in Europe and in America are still dominating the headlines. Britain’s decision to leave the European union and the future of UK-Europe relations is causing huge uncertainties re likely economic challenges in the coming years.…