Reviews

EAST INDIA CLUB NIGHT - ENGLOBED - GIULIANO MODARELLI

Rich Mix, London 
Reviewed by Seetal Kaur Gahir

 The East India Club Night series at Rich Mix kicked-off with an event bursting with sound and colour to launch Englobed, Giuliano Modarelli’s eclectic new album. 

Beat-boxing wizard, Jason Singh...Read More
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Hasten Slowly: Sharing of work-in-progress by Nilima Devi MBE

Hasten Slowly - New Horizons for Choreographer...Read More

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SAMYO10

SAMYO10
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Reviewed by Seetal Kaur Gahir

The prestigious Queen Elizabeth Hall was bustling with people who had gathered for SAMYO10, a special anniversary concert that marked a decade for Britain’s South Asian Music Youth Orchestra. “There was once a time when the audience outnumbered the members of...Read More

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Home Stories

Rich Mix, London, 9th March 2013, Reviewed by Parbati Chaudhury

In Home Stories, solo performer and choreographer Revanta Sarabhai explores the unsettled life of one who has been caught up in the whirlwind of global migration as he puts down roots in the city of London.

In the opening, Sarabhai approaches the stage space with...Read More

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Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death and Hope in a Mumbai Slum

 

 

Behind the Beautiful Forevers Life, Death and Hope in a Mumbai Slum

Katherine Boo

Portobello Books, London, 2012, Kindle Edition

Reviewed by: Gopa Roy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 In the Author’s note with which the book concludes, Katherine Boo reflects ‘...over the course of three years  [2008-2011] (we) wrestled with the question of whether days in rat-filled Annawadi garbage sheds and late-night expeditions with thieves at a glam...Read More

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