Posted in Activities, Cultural, From Headlines, News and Views, Observation, Society, Stories and Experiences, tagged Art, Artes Mundi Prize 2008, Community Installations, Mass Marriage, Murals, News, NS Harsha, Paintings on 28 April 2008 | 1 Comment »
NS Harsha is a gifted story teller who captures everyday life from India as seen through the lens of news and world events on his canvas through the medium of paints and color.
Miniature art form is not unknown in India. In fact, it has been used through the ages to depict life from courts of [...]
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Posted in Cultural, Dance and Drama, Entertainment, Fiction, From Headlines, From the Past, General, Indian History, Movies, News and Views, Stories and Experiences, tagged Albert Roussel, Art, Ballet, Brazil, Culture, Devdas, France, French, French Music, History, India, Italy, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Media, Movies, Music, News, Opera, Padmavati, Paris, Ranbir, Saawariya, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Sonam Kapoor, Standing Ovation, Theatre du Chatelet on 18 March 2008 | 1 Comment »
Sanjay Leela Bhansali of Devdas fame got standing ovation at Theatre du Chatelet in Paris. Not for another Bollywood movie, but for an opera-ballet titled Padmavati: Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s adaptation of the 1923 opera-ballet by Albert Roussel, one of the greatest yet least understood masters of twentieth-century French music.
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