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Flashpoint human rights film festival comes to Delhi

“These movies will shock you and wake you up to the new realities that we all must understand and counter. The Flashpoint Human Rights film festival will hurl you into the hearts and the lives of those brave people who had the audacity to stand up alone against the tyranny of the oppressor”, says Mahesh Bhatt, filmmaker and rights activist, who Inaugurate the Flashpoint film festival on in Mumbai. The three-day Flashpoint Human Rights Film Festival, which brings together human rights films from around the world, gets under way in New Delhi on Thursday the 20th Jan. Read More...

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Do you know Janusz Korczak?
Ravindra Tripathy's Daily Diary

 

Sometime you hear a true story which is more dramatic than drama, more painful than Greek tragedies. Here is a story for you which Sunil Shanbaug, the director who presented `Dreams of Talim’ in 13^th BRM (Bharat Rang Mahotsav), told before a gathering in NSD on 14^th of January. Read More...

 

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Dreams of Talim

 - a Tribute to Chetan Datar

Ravindra Tripathy's Daily Diary

After Chetan’s death Sunil decided to do one of Chetan’s text on stage as a tribute. Then came Sachin Kundalkar for his support. Sachin wrote a full length play based on Chetan’s monologue. The result is Dreams of Talim.It is a play about alternative sexuality, an emerging discourse in Indian society. Read More...

Dilemma of Chau
To Be or Not To Be Folk

 

To categorize and delineate any dramatic performance as being folk, traditional or modern would be simply dispensing them off that can endanger our readings and interpretations for it.  All dramatic performances display set codes and conventions such as costumes, makeup, text, use of diction prose or poetry and evolved choreography, movement or premeditated action.

Gouri Nilakantan's attempt in this thesis is to look at Chhau as one such dramatic genre that goes beyond such simplistic compartmentalization.    Read More..

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Arunachal Pradesh on the Theatre Map of India

Ravindra Tripathy's Daily Diary

No doubt, the Hindi language has many local dialects. But have you ever heard of Arunachali Hindi? Yes, it exists. You want to know where it is?  It is in Arunachal Pradesh of course. But why is it Arunachali Hindi, it is difficult to say because it is just like standard khariboli chaste Hindi. But whatever it is, it was a nice experience to watch the play and listen to the language. Read More...

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