A classical treat to ears for residents

SD Sharma

Chandigarh, December 15

The Pracheen Kala Kendra organised a special musical programme at ML Koser Indoor Auditorium here today.

The event featured sitar exponent Subrata De and vocalist Radhika Surana. Both artistes gave soulful performances.

Radhika Surana prsented ‘raga Madhuwanti’ through an elaborate ‘alaap’, followed by ‘vilambit ek taal bandish’ before she moved on to ‘Kaahe maan karo sakhi re ab’. Radhika concluded the recital with a ‘bhajan’.

Subrata De delineated melodic character of ‘raga Puriya Dhanashree’ through an ‘alaap’ followed by ‘Vilambit Teen Taal’. Tabla exponent Avirbhav Verma also performed.

Kendra secretary Sajal Koser disclosed that ongoing experimental art show, ‘White on White II’, curated by veteran artist Shobha Broota, at PKK Art gallery has been extended till December 31.

Later, kendra registrar Dr Shobha Koser and Sajal Koser honoured the artistes.

Tributes paid to Atal Bihari Vajpayee

The North Zone Cultural Centre, Patiala, organised a ‘Goshti and Kavi Sammelan’ to mark the birth anniversary of two invincible Hindi poets — Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Dr Dharmveer Bharti.

Poetess Urmila Kaushik ‘Sakhi’ read out poems of Vajpayee such as ‘Kadam milakar chalna hoga’, ‘Aao phir se diya jalayein and ‘Maut se than gyi’. Poetess Pragya Sharda read out poems by Dr Dharamveer Bharti.