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Shubhendra Rao and Saskia de Haas were seven years old when they were formally initiated into music, which went on to define their life. Only, they lived in different continents those days. Shubhendra was raised in the 1960s’ southern India, and developed a liking for the sitar of upcountry. N
Cancelled last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Mahindra Kabira festival returns to Varanasi from November 26-28, organiser Teamwork Arts announced on Wednesday. The festival, however, this year will allow a limited entry of "small and select audience of double-vaccinated people" only, they clarified. Celebrating the wisdom of the 15th century mystic poet Kabir, it will
2020: When public events came home through online platforms
NEW DELHI, Dec 31: Greek philosopher Aristotle famously said “Man is by nature a social animal” and much of humankind spent 2020 proving him right quickly adapting to the new pandemic normal of staying indoors but bringing home every kind of social activity through online platforms.
And so, a year that should have seen cultural and social activities being inhibited resulted instead in a packed calendar with events, including festivals, concerts and seminars, going online and reaching out to larger and newer audiences. Online events did not have the magic of live shows, just as a zoom party can never replicate meeting friends face-to-face, but they were the next best thing.