A TV Show on India's first great emperor and his charismatic teacher, Chanakya make headlines
Region: India
This has never happened in Indian TV history. In 2 week’s time, close to 85,000 Fans have joined the 'Save Chandragupta Maurya' group on Facebook. They are demanding restarting the popular TV Show 'Chandragupta Maurya'. Imagine this, 2300 years ago, in Alexander's time an Indian Teacher, Chanakya and his young student, come from nowhere and overthrow the evil Nanda Ruler's of India. The student went on to become the great Indian King, 'Chandragupta Maurya The ... more
Views: 1263Join New Belgium at the 5Point Film Festival in Carbondale, Colorado
Region: CO
New Belgium Brewing, maker of Fat Tire Amber Ale, today announced that it will once again serve as a beer sponsor at the 5Point Film Festival. The event will be held April 26-29, 2012 in Carbondale, Colorado, and all proceeds from beer sales will go directly to the festival. 5Point Film Festival inspires adventure of all kinds while connecting generations and emphasizing the protection of our natural resources. The goal of 5Point is to highlight the five guiding principles of re... more
Views: 1599Music and religion -Early in comes the festival at Tiruvaiyaru
Region: India
Early in comes the festival at Tiruvaiyaru, near Thanjavur, the home of Thyagaraja, where the most noted musicians assemble to pay homage to the composer in song. During December and January, when Chennai is at its most pleasant climatically, a varied music festival is held in the city, and kutcheris (concerts) of Carnatic music may be heard in very town during Sri Ramanavami and other festivals. A wind instrument peculiar to Tamil Nadu is the Nadaswaram, resembling a shehnai, ... more
Views: 910Coin Coin Chapter One
Region: New York
At the Museum of Modern Art, I had the intuition: "Go to Le Poisson Rouge!" (That's a sophisticated art-nightclub on Bleecker Street.) First I attended the Healing Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral, then hopped the E train downtown. Coming up the steps at W. 4th St., I saw a blue rubber band twisted into the infinity symbol. Le Poisson Rouge was having a listening party for Matana Roberts' Coin Coin Chapter One, which exists in two forms: as a CD or a gorgeous four-LP set. I sat on a banquette ... more
Views: 1229The voice-drum, music in Tamil Nadu
Region: IndiaThe Kanjira, a tambourine with a tympanum of minitor-skin and jingles on its frame, is unknown outside concerts of music in Tamil Nadu. Another percussion instrument peculiar to the region is the ghatam, an earthenware pot which, in the hands of a vidwan, achieves a sharp but quiet punctuation in the most complex rhythmic paterns imaginable. It often accelerates to a series 0f bewilderingly rapid, faultlessly-spaced taps and usually culminates in a resounding slap with the open palms as th... more
Views: 1196France: Why Celebrated Film ‘The Artist' Isn't Such a Hit at Home
Written by Anne Lozac'h and Translated by Georgi McCarthy [All links forward to French articles unless stated otherwise.] In February 2012, French and world cinema history was made after five Oscars [1]were awarded to the film The Artist [2] and its leading actor Jean Dujardin [3] (Best Director, Best Actor in a Leading Role, Best Picture, Best Costume Design and Best Original Score). It is the first time a non-Anglo-Saxon... more
Views: 1193Governor calls for all logistic and security arrangements for Amarnathji Yatra
Region: India
Jammu, march 1 (Scoop News) - At a high level meeting chaired by Shri N.N. Vohra, Governor, who is also the Chairman of Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board, various issues concerning the logistic and other related arrangements were discussed in the context of the ensuing Shri Amarnathji Yatra. Mr. Kuldeep Khoda, Director General of Police, Mr. B. B. Vyas, Principal Secre... more
Views: 121384th Academy Awards
Region: IndiaThe 84th Academy Awards have been declared The Artist and Hugo and have topped the list with 5 awards each.Given below is the complete list of all categories along with their nominations & the winners. Nominations & Winners List Best Picture The Artist---winner The Descendants Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close The Help Hugo Midnight in Paris Moneyball The Tree of Life Warhorse Best Direction Michael Hazanavicius- The Artist--winner Alexander Pa... more
Views: 834Angelina Jolie Film Recalls Bosnian War Horrors
Reactions to movie show that old wounds have not yet healed. By Merdijana Sadović I first saw Angelina Jolie's directorial debut “In the Land of Blood and Honey” – which had its official premiere in Bosnia this week – at a private screening held in Sarajevo in December. As I watched the scenes of mass rape of Bosnian women – something I heard from victims I interviewed during and after the 1992-95 war in Bosnia – I was shaking and crying, and ... more
Views: 1813SaMaPa to start music classes in Prisons
Region: IndiaJammu, February 15 (Scoop News) – After the very successful 7th edition of SaMaPa Aalap Festival which also featured the first ever music concert at the Central Jai, Kotbhalwal, Jammu, SaMaPa conducted a special interactive session of the prisoners with the Music Legend Pandit Bhajan Sopori and announced that SaMaPa (Sopori Academy of Music And Performing Arts) would soon start music classes in the prison for the jail inmates. Pandit Bhajan Sopori taking a step for... more
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