Master conductor Zubin Mehta’s twin concerts at the NCPA might have drawn to a close on Tuesday night, but they were an event the 1,109-strong audience would replay in their minds for months. Author: Mithila Phadke | Source: TNN It was a "real treat" for Mumbai’s western classical music lovers, said art historian Pheroza Godrej,… Continue reading 'Aapro Zubin's concerts a real treat'
Month: September 2013
Supreme Court to Review Gujarat High Court’s controversial decision: Goolrukh Gupta Case
A Special Leave Petition (SLP) has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the Gujarat High Court’s controversial ruling that a woman who enters into wedlock, even under The Special Marriage Act, 1954, outside her religion is deemed to have changed her religion to that of her husband thereby losing the right to practice her… Continue reading Supreme Court to Review Gujarat High Court’s controversial decision: Goolrukh Gupta Case
Remembering Khorshed Gandhy
The Indian art community will dearly miss one of its custodians, the inimitable Khorshed Gandhy, the director of Gallery Chemould since its inception in 1963, who passed away on Friday. While her late husband, Kekoo, was always the face of the gallery that has supported artists like Bhupen Khakhar, SH Raza, Homi Patel, Atul Dodiya,… Continue reading Remembering Khorshed Gandhy
Mumbai’s Gallery Chemould Hits 50
Gallery Chemould in Mumbai has launched its 50th birthday celebrations with an exhibition titled “Subject of Death.” Author: Bhakti Chuganee Source: Wall Street Journal The exhibition, curated by Geeta Kapur, is the first of five under the title “Aesthetic Bind” and is dedicated to the artist Bhupen Khakhar, who died 10 years ago. The four… Continue reading Mumbai’s Gallery Chemould Hits 50
Sooni Taraporevala at the National Gallery of Modern Art New Delhi
Sooni Taraporevala’s fantastic body of work shall be on exhibit at the National Gallery of Modern Art in New Delhi starting September 16th, 2013. This is one of the must see exhibitions of 2013. Mark your calendars.
Concert will happen, let music speak for itself: Zubin Mehta
The call made to his Munich hotel, as agreed, at 10.30 am, is aborted. The receptionist will not transfer the line to Zubin Mehta unless we specify the room number. "There are security concerns," we are told. The caution has roots in a controversy brewing 4,000 miles away in Kashmir, where he is to perform… Continue reading Concert will happen, let music speak for itself: Zubin Mehta
Prominent Parsis of Karachi
The below is a short compilation of some of the prominent Parsis of Karachi, Pakistan. This write up was compiled and forwarded by Phil Masters of Canada. Baba-e-Karachi "Jamshed Nusserwanjee Mehta the first elected Mayor of Karachi Jamshed Nusserwanji Rustomji Mehta was born on January 7, 1886, in a well-off Parsi family in Karachi. He… Continue reading Prominent Parsis of Karachi
