When you are part of an audience for any type of performance of Western Classical Music, it is likely that it consists of a fairly large number of senior members of our community. I have often argued that Western Classical Music has withstood all forms of competition from regional music and in the words of that fine music […]
‘ધ નેશનલ સેન્ટર ફોર ધ પર્ફોમિન્ગ આર્ટસ’ (એનસીપીએ) અને વર્લ્ડ ઝોરાસ્ટ્રિયન ઓર્ગેનાઈઝેશન (ડબ્લ્યુઝેડઓ) ટ્રસ્ટ, નાટકના પ્રોડ્યુસરો અને દિગ્દર્શકો સાથે ‘લાફટર ઈન ધ હાઉસ-2’એ નકકી કર્યુ છે કે આપણા સમુદાયના સભ્યો જે થિયેટરના ઉત્સાહી છે પરંતુ નિયમિત દરે ટિકીટો ખરીદવા માટે અસમર્થ છે. તેમને 400થી વધુ ટિકીટો મફત આપવાનો નિર્ણય કર્યો છે. સુપ્રસિધ્ધ કલાકાર અદી મર્ઝબાનની […]
The National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) and World Zoroastrian Organisation (WZO) Trusts, along with producers and directors of the play, ‘Laughter In The House – 2’, have decided to provide four hundred free tickets to our community members who are theatre-enthusiasts but unable to afford tickets at the regular rates. An ode to […]
In my last article I wrote about the pleasures of camaraderie and lifelong friendships that are built around record collectors. Sometimes, many beginners get a bit intimidated by what they feel is the cost of acquiring sufficiently good equipment to play their precious records. In this article, I would like to allay any such anxiety and share with you how […]
The eminent Press Club of Mumbai held its much sought-after, annual awards ceremony – ‘The Red Ink Awards’ on 7th June 2017, at the National Centre for Performing Arts (NCPA). In its seventh year now, ‘The Red Ink Awards’ is nationally hailed as the most coveted and distinguished recognition given to Indian journalists for excellence […]
Last month I spoke about how joy of music, when shared with likeminded companions, heightens its enjoyment, just as a gourmet meal eaten by yourself is not half as enjoyable as when imbibed with sympathetic gourmands. Some of the oldest friendships, that I was privileged to share, were with record collectors and music loving friends. We spent […]
Great music, whether Indian, Chinese or of other countries specific to its traditional forms, has existed for centuries. But it mainly survived in its country of origin, with a smattering of pockets where the immigrants carried a little bit of their culture as comfort nostalgia. Ancient civilisations of Japan, China, India, et al, take immense pride in […]
The National Centre for Performing Arts (NCPA), India’s premier institute in the country for performing arts, installed a 450 KW solar PV System, one of the largest rooftop projects in Mumbai, successfully adopting a sustainable power model. The installation, which was inaugurated by CM Devendra Fadnavis on 29th March, 2017, will generate around 6,30,000 units of clean […]
Khushroo Suntook BA, LLB, Advocate, FCS, is a descendant of a distinguished line of lawyers. His maternal great grandfather, Sir Dinshah Davar, and grandfather, Justice Jehangir Davar were celebrated judges of the Bombay High Court. His father, Nariman Suntook was Mumbai’s leading solicitor and senior partner of M/s Mulla & Mulla, & Craigie Blunt and […]
Just as the rains rejuvenate the parched, barren land into a garden-in-bloom, so does a dynamic, young generation make the community blossom! HPY (Holiday Programme for Youth) has been facilitating the bloom in our community by enriching it with the steady growth of a spirited, groomed and confident youth, for the past three decades. Every […]