Isn't a Cultural Renaissance long overdue in India?

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Isn't a Cultural Renaissance long overdue in India?

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Ever since I got involved in theatre, decades ago, I have been
dreaming of an Indian Cultural Renaissance. Hoping it would happen
during my lifetime. We have had occasional outbursts of energy -
false alarms I would say - but then things died down again. Thus when
I was invited to attend a seminar on the subject I attended it
enthusiastically, hoping to meet some more hopelessly optimistic
individuals like myself. Most appropriately so since the event took
place close to Indian Independence. We are pleased to present a
special issue on the seminar on ARTS AND CULTURE FOR INDIAN RESURGENCE
held at IIC, on August 1, 2 and 3, 2008.

This issue StageBuzz is literally bursting at seams with content. One
is pleased to welcome many new contributors, some of them might even
metamorphose into columnists. Dr. Bharat Gupt, a highly renowned
expert on Indian culture and a former colleague who was also, like me,
a visiting faculty at the National School of Drama. You will not find
a more knowledgable expert in this field. Dr. Gupt was the Director of
the seminar on ARTS AND CULTURE FOR INDIAN RESURGENCE. Anisha
Mukherjee, Sharon Lowen and Perminder Singh were also a part of the
Seminar and are well known proponents of Indian Culture. Dr Chetan
Pandit, I have known for years, an engineer with a flair for music,
has given his first piece on the subject.

We are also looking forward to next week when Krishan Tyagi, a former
BBC Correspondent gives the NRI View from London. You can read more
about the in the About Us section of this E-Zine. Our Featured Poet
this time is Shumita Didi. You have read her poems earlier, this time
we bring you two more of her poems. Featured before in 'Book Marks'
veteran Journalist N.V. Subramaniam's first Novel - University of
Love. we feature his much awaited second novel, Courtesan of Storms.
We are also proud to present yet another first - a special page on
events at The Epicenter, Gurgaon


ARTS AND CULTURE FOR INDIAN RESURGENCE
A report on the seminar by
Dr. Vijay K. Sharma

Indian Arts, Literature and Culture have been the makers of Indian
identity throughout the history of the subcontinent. Support to Art
was a social obligation that supposedly brought earthly well-being
(shubham), aesthetic pleasure (rasaanubhuuti) and spiritual liberation
(moksha)... Read More..http://www.stagebuzz.info


Philosophies / Methodologies / Pedagogy

Sharon Lowen looks at the pros and cons of the traditional
Guru-Shisya Parampara vs. Learning in institutions for the arts, and
gives you a non traditional answer Read More..http://
www.stagebuzz.info


Recovering the Republic

“Which is more important, the survival of the craft or the survival of
the craftsman?” Asks Anisha Shekhar Mukherji. Considering the abysmal
conditions that most traditional crafts-people practice their art in,
and the pittance they receive for hours of strenuous creative work,
this question is entirely apt. Read More...http://www.stagebuzz.info

INDIA HAS FAILED TO EXPLOIT ANCIENT TIES WITH SOUTH EAST ASIA:
KRISHNASWAMY
BB Nagpal tells us about Krishnaswamy's series ‘Indian Imprints’
currently being telecast on Doordarshan’s national network DD 1 and DD
Bharati which is aimed at exploring the spread of Indian culture all
over south Asia since ancient times Read More...http://
www.stagebuzz.info


DECLARE NATIONAL KHADI DAY
Sunaina Suneja, who began to design and improvise with khadi in the
80s, has suggested to the Khadi and Village Industries Commission
that one day in the year should be declared as National Khadi Day Read
More...http://www.stagebuzz.info


HOLLYWOOD DIARY
DIRTY HARRY: THE MAN WITH NO NAME
He's had ten nominations for Best Director and Best Picture, winning
in both categories. Besides Warren Beatty, he is the only artist to
have been nominated twice for Best Actor and Director for the same
film He is one of only three living directors to have directed two
Best Picture winners. Naveen Gupta recounts Clint Eastwood's
achievements Read More...http://www.stagebuzz.info


Small is Beautiful!
An ‘empty house’, or a ‘FULL House’, is a relative term, philosophises
Keval Arora, relative to the capacity of the auditorium and varying in
tone according to the amount paid out as rental. Take a 500-seater,
sell 50 tickets and you have a cavernous hole that depresses producers
Read More...
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