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An American’s love for dhol
Chandigarh, June 15
It was a pleasure to interact with a tall American man play double-barrel Punjabi dhol and conversing in Punjabi dialect of
Majha, Malva and Doaba at the Punjab Kala Bhavan on Tuesday.
Gibb Schreffler is a connoisseur of the
rich Punjabi cultural heritage. Obsessed with the vitality of Punjabi folklore,
he explored its diverse facets through an exhaustive study.
Gibb Schreffler, an American scholar, shows his skills in dhol at the Panjab Kala Bhavan in Chandigarh on Tuesday.
— A Tribune photograph
Musical tribute to Sahir
Chandigarh, June 15
“Duniyan ne tazarbaat-O- hawadis ki shaql mein jo kuchh mujhe diya hai lautah rha hun mein.”
Peace strokes on Kashmir
It’s
strange how hope can breathe through suffocating alleys of despair, inspiring life with eternal vibrancy and purpose. How else would nine art students from a state most famous for a ravaged soul see nothing but peace in its future? “There can be a ray of light behind every
cloud. It’s just a question of finding it,” say nine young practitioners of art from the Art College of Jammu and Kashmir, who
are in Chandigarh to share their vision of the world to be.
Piecing together alienated self
Abstraction
can be bliss, as it is for Blodsow, the Chennai based artist who daringly creates what he sees beyond the wall of reason. Perhaps there’s no way other than abstraction that can bring to life the dark, dingy spaces of human imagination and existence.
Gaganpreet, a dancing
virtuoso
Based
on the chronicles of art history, many scholars observe that some of the gems in the art world had virtually no academic training of their particular field, but their contributions are hailed as a milestone. The legendary maestro, Kishore Kumar, is said to have no systematic training in classical music.
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