PANAJI, India – Helicopter tourist service in Goa will take off next season. The high-powered committee (HPC) for tourism infrastructure projects headed by chief minister Manohar Parrikar on Friday approved in principle the proposal made by Mumbai-based Pawan Hans helicopters to run the helicopter ride service in the state.
Goa tourism development corporation chairman Nilesh Cabral, a member of the HPC, told TOI that Pawan Hans needs the time to set up the infrastructure in the state. Pawan Hans representatives made a presentation before the HPC members on Friday evening. The tentative fare offered by the company for helirides is Rs 220 to 250 per minute.
The sacred and thesublime
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The 40th edition of Surashree Kesarbai Kerkar Sangeet Samaroh brought together musicians from all gharanas
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The 40th edition of Surashree Kesarbai Kerkar Sangeet Samaroh brought together musicians from all gharanas
How does one describe the sublime? It is the coming together of the aesthetic and ethical, it is the judicious combination of sensibility and representation, a feeling that releases the perceiver from the constraints of human condition to list a few. The 40th edition of Surashree Kesarbai Kerkar Sangeet Samaroh, an annual festival of music hosted by Kala Academy, Goa, had many lofty moments that took the listener beyond form, beauty, feeling and rhetoric. Music rose above the ‘visible’ taking the listener to a noble and profound state of
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The annual Sangeet Samaroh in Goa in memory of the legendary Kesarbai Kerkar is a homage to all the women who became colossal figures in classical music
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The annual Sangeet Samaroh in Goa in memory of the legendary Kesarbai Kerkar is a homage to all the women who became colossal figures in classical music
The brochure of Kala Academy’s recently concluded 40th edition of Surashree Kesarbai Kerkar Sangeet Samaroh in Goa introduces the incomparable Kesarbai thus: ‘Surashree Kesarbai Kerkar’s life was the enactment of a noble soul’s yearning for achieving musical perfection with perseverance and tenacity. Kesarbai was God’s gift to Goa’.
Mandu, Khajuraho festivals to be held this month
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Mandu, Khajuraho festivals to be held this month. Image Source: IANS News
Bhopal, Feb 10 : Cultural activities are on a steady rise in Madhya Pradesh as the coronavirus crisis slowly subsides with the upcoming Mandu and Khajuraho dance festivals being organised this month.
According to official information, the Mandu festival would be held in Mandu from February 13-14 and the Khajuraho Dance Festival 2021 from February 20 to 26 in the world famous temple town of Khajuraho, as both these festivals would be organised by the Madhya Pradesh government and the state Tourism Board.
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Pintrest Another Round to be the opening film for the festival and Satyajit Ray’s classic Pather Panchali will be screened at the festival
With 50% occupancy, SOPs in place, shows with 1.5 hours gap, physical screenings will be organised at IFFI in Goa from January 16-24. Over 200 films will be screened under different sections at the festival which will be organised in a hybrid format.
Another round to open 51st IFFI
Danish filmmaker Thomas Vinterberg’s Another Round , which is Denmark’s official entry for Oscars 2020 will be the opening film at IFFI. This film was also part of Cannes Film Festival’s official selection. Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Japanese film Wife of a Spy (2020), will be the closing film at IFFI. Among others, Satyajit Ray’s Pather Panchali (1955), Stanley Kubrick’s Path of Glory (1957), Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Devdas (2002) will also be screened.