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The Ministry of Women and Child Development (Government of India) celebrates International Women’s Day, 2010 in collaboration with Natya Vriksha as they present “AVAL” (She). This is a presentation by Bharatnatyam dancer Geeta Chandran and her disciples of Natya Vriksha Dance Company.

The venue will be the HAMCO Auditorium of Chinmaya Mission at 89, Lodhi Road, New Delhi- 110003.
The programe starts at 7 pm (March 8, 2010, Monday).

In this performance, the choreographer and dancers explore questions of identity. AVAL juxtaposes contemporary prose and poetry with traditional narratives. It creates a collage of images that reflect the complex realities of being a woman in India on this day.

 

Hungarian Center will host the “Perception” exhibiton from March 9, Tuesday, i.e. today. It will continue till April 1, 2010. “Perception” will be an exhibition of ceramics by Mariann Ban and photographs by Gabor Mate and it will be open on weekdays only. It will open at 10 am and will remain open till 4 pm.

This exhibition was created after the publication of a book detailing Mariann Ban’s work, titled “Sound of Clay” which was written by Gabriella Kernacs, designed by Janos Flohr and featured photographs by Gabor Mate. The exhibition displays Ban’s curious clay and porcelain figures with photographs by Mate in which he tries to formulate his view about the sense and meaning of her creations using forced perspectives.

 

SPICMACAY will today present a Santoor Recital by Pandit Bhajan Sopori. The venue will be the NIILM Center for Management Studies, B-II/66, Sher Shah Suri Marg, M.C.I.E. Mathura Road, Badarpur, New Delhi- 110044.

The programme will start at 5-30 pm (March 9, 2010, Tuesday)

For entry you can contact Malabika Majumdar at 011-26596203 from 10 am to 5 pm.

SPICMACAY (Society for Promotion of Indian Classical Music & Culture Amongst Youth) as part of their Virasat Festival. Pandit Bhajan Sopori is a Santoor player from Sopore, Kashmir. He was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1993 and the Padma Shri in 2004.

I plan to catch this programme today.

 

“Leela”- South Asian Women’s Theatre Festival 2010 has started on March 8, Monday and will continue till March 15, Monday.
The venues where the Theatre Festival will be held are (a) SRCPA (Shri Ram Center for Performing Arts), 4, Safdar Hashmi Marg, Mandi House, New Delhi – 110001. (b) Kamani Auditorium, Copernicus Marg, Mandi House, New Delhi – 110001. (c) Meghdoot Theatre, Rabindra Bhavan, Copernicus Marg, Mandi House, New Delhi – 110001.

Invitation passes wil be available at the Reception Counters of the following venues:

a) National School of Drama (NSD), Bahawalpur House, 1, Bhagwandas Road, Mandi House, New Delhi-110001

b) ICCR, Azad Bhavan, Indraprastha Estate, New Delhi-110002.
:clap

 

Dear Madhuja,

Thank you so much for this post. I, too, am interested about the Theatre Festival. This festival, I gather, is being presented as a collaboration of NSD, ICCR and Jamia Milia Islamia University.
The festival will feature a total number of 14 plays from Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bhutan, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Maldives and India.

Nati Binodini in Hindi and Colombo Colombo in Sinhala and English were staged on March 8. Sakubai in Hindi and Putaliko Ghar in Nepali were staged on March 9. One of my friends went to see “Sakubai” and was very impressed with it.
:thumbsup

 

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It has been organized by the National Horticulture Board, Ministry of Agriculture, Govt of India.
I am certainly going to have a look at all those juicy fruits, what about you?

 

The 25th International Food & Hospitality Fair has begun at Pragati Maidan yesterday, i.e. March 10, 2010. It will continue till March 14, 2010.

The fair will be open for Business Visitors exclusively, from March 10 to March 13, from 10 am to 6 pm. On March 14, it will be open from 10 am to 2 pm for Business Visitors exclusively. On March 14, it will be open for the general public, from 2 pm to 6 pm.

The exact venue will be Pragati Maidan, Fair Halls, Hall No. 1 Rear, 2 to 5 (Hospitality India) and Hall No. 6 (Food India).

 

The “Leela” South Asian Women’s Theatre Festival 2010, staged “Dhonhiyala-Alifulhu: A Love Story” of Maldives and Nagamandala of Punjab, on March 10.

Today, i.e. on March 11, 2010, Shri Ram Center will stage “Jang Ab Nahi Hogi” in Urdu. It will start at 6-30 pm and will have a duration of 80 minutes. Meghdoor Theatre will stage “Sadakainaya Jataka”, which is a play from Mayanmar. This will start at 8-30 pm.

Tomorrow, i.e. on March 12, 2010, Shri Ram center will stage “Draupadi” in Manipuri. It will start at 6-30 pm and will have a duration of 80 minutes.

Are any of you going for any of these?;-)

 

Australia won their first Hockey World Cup in 24 years, defeating Germany 2-1 in the 2010 World Cup Final in New Delhi on March 12, Friday.
This encounter was the third consecutive World Cup Final to be competed by the hockey teams of Australia and Germany, with Germany winning the two previous finals.

The victory on Friday was Australia’s second ever Hockey World Cup title and it puts Australia back as the world’s number one ranked hockey team.

With the opponents ranked first and second in the world, it was always going to be a tensed final, with Germany aiming to become the first country to win three consecutive World Cup titles.

:wow

 

Anandi,

I was fortunate enough to be in the stadium. The Australians looked to strike early, as they have done so many times throughout the tournament.
The young Tasmanian, Eddie Ockenden, displayed individual brilliance as he showed elite ball control skill to beat the goalkeeper and score the first goal of the match at the sixth minute.
Germany got an opportunity to respond when they were awarded a penalty corner after working the ball onto Luke Doerner’s foot in the circle. But the shot to the goal was a little wide.

Australia seemed determined to make it as difficult for Germany as possible and they placed an enormous pressure on Germany’s back half.
Finally, Australia won the match 2-1.:clap