FORTHCOMING EVENTS

15 January, 2009

• Mayawati's birthday celebrations will be held today. The newly formed National Dalit Front (NDF) will launch an agitation from today against the lynching of a PWD engineer, allegedly by a BSP MLA, in Aurrariya UP
• Two-week long classical, Sufi and folk music festival in Jammu. Conceived by Santoor player Abha Rustum Sopori, it focuses on the musical traditions of J&K. The festival will be held at various cultural centres, auditoriums and educational institute. The festival will be on till January 22, 2009 in Jammu.
• Petrotech 2009 - 8th International Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition will be held on Sunday. The Petroleum Minister, Mr Murli Deora will open the exhibition at Pragati Maidan. The exhibition will be inaugurated tomorrow by the Union exernal affairs minister, Mr Pranab Mukherjee. Venue: Pragati Maidan, Delhi.
• Asia's largest drama festival, Theatre Utsav's 11th edition, is being held now, the festival will be inaugurated by the 96-year old actor Zohra Segal. Host institute National School of Drama's (NSD) screening committee approved 60 plays, including 12 foreign productions, out of 400, to mount at seven different stages at Mandi House, Delhi between January 7 and 19. This time the satellite city for this festival is Lucknow, for a total of 18 plays, including six from abroad, which will travel there from January 11 to 18, 2009.
• Jamaat on completing 10 years of being in the art world calls for a celebration and what better way of doing so than bringing together the best in the industry under one roof. On its anniversary, the gallery has hand-picked 10 artists - owner and curator Pravina Mecklai's personal favourites - who will display their works at the gallery. The artists include Ajay De, Ashok Salian, A.V.Ilango, Babu Xavier, Jayasri Burman, Ravi Mandlik, Samir Mondal, Senaka Senanayake, Solanki, Sunil Padwal. Venue: Pravina Mecklai, Jamaat National House, Tulloch Road, Apollo Bunder, Mumbai. Gallery hours 11 am to 7 pm (except Sunday)

16 January, 2009

• "Cloud Cuckoo Farm" - Couturier Ritu Beri to put her fashion expertise, creativity and knowledge by joining hands with upcoming entrepreneur Pallavi Luthra Puri to present a two-day children's carnival in Delhi beginning today for an altruistic cause.
• The Central Reserve Police Force deployed in Kandhamal would be withdrawn in a phased manner from Friday.
• Asia's largest drama festival, Theatre Utsav's 11th edition, is being held now, the festival will be inaugurated by the 96-year old actor Zohra Segal. Host institute National School of Drama's (NSD) screening committee approved 60 plays, including 12 foreign productions, out of 400, to mount at seven different stages at Mandi House, Delhi between January 7 and 19. This time the satellite city for this festival is Lucknow, for a total of 18 plays, including six from abroad, which will travel there from January 11 to 18, 2009.
• Two-week long classical, Sufi and folk music festival in Jammu. Conceived by Santoor player Abha Rustum Sopori, it focuses on the musical traditions of J&K. The festival will be held at various cultural centres, auditoriums and educational institute. The festival will be on till January 22, 2009 in Jammu.
• Jamaat on completing 10 years of being in the art world calls for a celebration and what better way of doing so than bringing together the best in the industry under one roof. On its anniversary, the gallery has hand-picked 10 artists - owner and curator Pravina Mecklai's personal favourites - who will display their works at the gallery. The artists include Ajay De, Ashok Salian, A.V.Ilango, Babu Xavier, Jayasri Burman, Ravi Mandlik, Samir Mondal, Senaka Senanayake, Solanki, Sunil Padwal. Venue: Pravina Mecklai, Jamaat National House, Tulloch Road, Apollo Bunder, Mumbai. Gallery hours 11 am to 7 pm (except Sunday)