Traversing the world of mainstream and underground music is a feat. Yellow Studio Works is on the course to capture the City’s underground music scene. “Every city has a sound of its own. We realised this during our long journey on foot across ten states in India. For a long time we have wanted to [...]
Postnoon caught up with one of the world’s biggest b-boying artistes, Storm, who recently performed in India. Credit: Goethe Institut, Bangalore Even after so many years your love for breaking and b-boying hasn’t changed. How have you been able to sustain and grow in your dance form? I feel very enthusiastic when I see people [...]
Diya, an initiative courtesy a group of teenagers staged a play U Never Know at Lamakaan on Saturday. Founders discuss the play and the NGO that has got everyone talking. Can some teenagers change the world? Well, these kids certainly think they can do so. Diya which was started by a group of seven teenagers [...]
The death of legendary Kuchipudi dancer Vedantam Satyanarayana Sarma is a great loss to millions of people who were mesmerised by his performances on stage. Haleem Khan, one of the disciples of Satyanarayana Sarma, tells us more about the dancer who dedicated his life to Kuchipudi.
Manch, which started out as a hobby club on the Infosys campus, is now going places by giving back-to-back power-packed performances in the City This bunch of 25 youngsters is like any other group of techies — working on new programmes and creating ground-breaking gadgets. It is during weekends and outside work hours that their [...]
Sometimes, all you want to do is listen, especially when people take a trip down memory lane recollecting fascinating stories about their lives. Here’s one such person. Meet Aamir Raza Husain, one of India’s most prominent theatre actors. “I have fulfilled all my dreams. Every President and Prime Minister, except Deve Gowda, has seen my [...]
We speak to Mohammad Ali Baig, the man who single-handedly revived theatre in Hyderabad, on his forthcoming project, a documentary on the famous Footsbarn Theatre Company A sepia-tone painting of his handsome father Qadar Ali Baig adorns the wall of the reception. Every corner of the little reception has remanents of Mohammad Ali Baig’s artistic [...]
Meet Sunil Chandurkar, the man who sold his car and used up all his savings to realise his passion for theatre The perfect platform for aspiring artistes, My Theatre Café, based in Hyderabad is the brainchild of Sunil Chandurkar, an IT Engineer by profession and an artiste by passion. Speaking about his journey, he says, [...]
KK Abdul Rahoof For a long time the Sarojini Naidu School in the University of Hyderabad lay abandoned. But of late the place is abuzz with activity, loud dialogues and music on almost any given evening. Ever since the place was taken over by Avartan, a theatre group comprising of students from across academic disciplines, [...]
Well-known playwright and director Satyadev Dubey passed away here Sunday after several months of illness, family sources said. He was 75. Dubey, who had slipped into a coma after suffering a massive epileptic attack, had been in hospital since September, theatre sources said. He died at around 12.30pm on Sunday. He was known for plays [...]
It’s David vs Goliath as Rajasthan take on Mumbai’s might
Kolkata: They have shown remarkable fighting spirit despite the demoralising spot-fixing scandal and the Rajasthan Royals will now look to upstage the mighty Mumbai Indians in the second qualifier here tomorrow to book, what would be, a dream final berth in the Pepsi IPL. On paper, Mumbai Indians may appear stronger but Rajasthan will be [...]
21 lawmakers back Chandigarh-born as top US judge
Washington: Ahead of an expected Senate vote on the nomination of Chandigarh-born Indian-American legal luminary Srikanth ‘Sri’ Srinivasan to a top US court, 21 lawmakers have penned their support for him. Srinivasan, 46, currently principal deputy solicitor general of the US last week won unanimous approval from the Senate Judiciary Committee for his nomination as [...]
It was like bereavement: Dravid on spot-fixing
New Delhi: Rajasthan Royals skipper Rahul Dravid says dealing with the turmoil caused by the spot-fixing scandal, which has left his team’s reputation in tatters, has turned out to be as tough as handling “bereavement in some ways”. “I would not lie it was a very tough phase for us. It was a blow to [...]
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The final kick-off for passion
Tonight the football season will finally come to a close with the Champions League final being played at Wembley stadium. It’s been a tumultuous season for all the wrong reasons. The four big leagues were wrapped up early: Manchester United in the EPL, Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga, Juventus in Serie A and Barcelona in [...]
Earlier this week, I received an email about the Gayatri Mantra being proven to be the most divine and powerful hymn in the world. An American scientist called Dr Howard Steingeril is said to have collected hymns, prayers, mantras and invocations from all over the world and from all religions. He tested these for sound [...]
Reporter’s diary: Waste not flowers
A flower is most beautiful when it is in the garden, like a deer or a lamb seen in its natural habitat. If this wisdom is known to the mayor and the GHMC, they would not have wasted several hundred lovely flowers at the function declaring the GHMC’s plan to open 14 biodiversity parks on [...]
Reporter’s diary: Bravo, Naidu
TDP leader Chandrababu Naidu is a visionary. Few will doubt this considering what he did to give Hyderabad a modern face, and many of his welfare schemes are now implemented (of course, renamed after Rajiv Gandhi or Indira Gandhi). But many could not understand his logic of asking for a ban of `500 and `1,000 [...]
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