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| Noteworthy at the fort | 16-AUG-09 |
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| The Jodhpur festival returns after a two-year gap, showcasing rare sub-genres of Indian folk music, with a foreign twist. |
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| The elite A-school | 25-JUL-09 |
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| Is art elitist? Historical proof seems to suggest it always has been, an activity engaged in by a few for a few, so much so that any platform that does not cede to this has been pushed to society’s fringes in the garb of “populist” or “folk” or “tribal” — genres that are fine for dissertations and for a certain mocking acceptance, but that have never been included in the realm of the classical mainstream. “We have lost that language,” artist A Ramachandran said recently, speaking of a continuous visual culture from the Indus Valley Civilisation to the start of colonialism when, because of a different system of education, “we began to lose the grammar of that visual language”. |
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| Idea's 'Madhur''to bring folk music on mobiles | 06-JUL-09 |
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| Mobile service operator Idea Cellular Limited is currently working on an innovative initiative christened ‘Idea Madhur’ “to bring to the limelight the forgotten artistes and keep the grassroot-level music intact,” according to its chief marketing officer Pradeep Shrivastava. |
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| A brave voice | 05-JUL-09 |
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| Theatreperson Habib Tanvir brought folk and urban face-to-face in his plays, and took the best of both. |
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| Idea's 'Madhur' to bring folk music on mobiles | 01-JUL-09 |
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| Mobile service operator Idea Cellular Limited is currently working on an innovative initiative christened ‘Idea Madhur’ “to bring to the limelight the forgotten artistes and keep the grassroot-level music intact,” according to its chief marketing officer Pradeep Shrivastava. |
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| Rural folks beat urbanites to booths | 01-MAY-09 |
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| Rural voters were more enthusiastic in exercising their franchise than their urban counterparts as the polling for the Dharwad Parliamentary constituency on Thursday was a smooth affair with no untoward incident being reported. |
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| Polls a boon for artistes of dying 'ghoda nacha' folk dance | 13-APR-09 |
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| Polls have come as a boon for artistes of the dying folk dance form 'ghoda nach' with virtually all political parties in the region promising to hold the horse dance fair annually in a bid to win the support of the fishermen community. |
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| Of folklore and icons | 28-MAR-09 |
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| Starting March 26, artist Gurdeep Singh’s works are on display at the Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. The show, Un Betoken continues at Gallerie Nvya from April 4-30. This collection of abstracts is a symphony of brush-stroke, colour and formlessness. There is a playful use of colour in the compositions. One of the highlights is the interplay between a musician and his instrument. |
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| Winter warmth | 04-JAN-09 |
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| Chilas and chilling with urban folk singer Susmit Bose. |
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| Sound wave | 24-AUG-08 |
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| Laya Project collects folk music from the tsunami-hit shores of the Indian Ocean. |
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