On the occasion of 60 years of Independence and
Partition of South Asia

Ektara India invites you to the screening of the
documentary film

KHAYAL DARPAN
A Mirror of Imagination

A film about classical music in Pakistan

On 18th August, 2007 at 6:30 pm
At Gulmohar Hall, India Habitat Centre
Lodhi Road, New Delhi

Duration of the film: 100 minutes Language: Urdu/Hindi with English subtitles....read more

Delhi Tabla Vikas Parishad
Classical Music Concert in Loving Memory of
Tabla Wizard
Late PT. Hira Lal
on Saturday, 21st July 2007,
6:30 PM
at Kamani Auditorium, 1, Copernicus Marg, Mandi House, New Delhi.
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'An evening of jazz music'
with
Carmen & David
on Tuesday, 20th March 2007,
7 pm onwards
at M.L. Bhartia Auditorium, 72, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi.
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Spice Mobiles Phones
Presents
An evening of Hori, Kajri, Jhoola
Dadra, Ghazal & Sufiana Kalaam


Rang Hi Rang
Vocal by
Rekha Surya
Saturday, 14 April 2007, 6.30 pm
India International Centre, 40 Max Mueller Marg, New Delhi - 110003
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'Abhi toh Mein Jawan Hoon'
A TRIBUTE TO GHAZAL QEEN MALKA PUKHRAJ
On 31st January, 2007 (6:30 pm)
at the India International Centre Auditorium,
Maxmueller Marg, New Delhi.
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Rekha Surya is not only the youngest disciple of Begum Akhtar, But also has the distinction of having trained under Girija Devi ,

She has carved a niche for herself in the world of Hindustani light classical music belongs to the Lucknow Gharana which includes Ghazal in its repertoire. She sings Thumri, Dadra, Hori, Kajri, Jhoola, Ghazal and Sufi poetry

She lives in Delhi and has a dedicated following

Professor Mushirul Hasan Vice-Chancellor Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi Interviews Rekha Surya

Emotions or rasas that govern human lives are named in the Natya Shastra, a 400 B.C. treatise on music, dance and drama. Shringara Rasa, the emotion of romantic love, is the essence of Thumri and its allied forms of Dadra, Kajri, Jhoola, Sawan, Hori and Chaiti.

Classified as Hindustani light-classical music, this genre is a unique blend of rural and urban traditions, having folk songs treated classically. The theme is sensual love with the occasional two-sided motif of eroticism and mysticism, a Sufi and Bhakti Movement concept in which yearning for the beloved is interpreted as yearning for God.

Nestling between two worlds, the worlds of classical and of light music, the light-classical genre bridges the gap between these two worlds and has a distinct identity of its own.

Rekha Surya belongs to the Lucknow Gharana which includes Ghazal in its repertoire. She sings Thumri, Dadra, Hori, Kajri, Jhoola, Ghazal and Sufi poetry.......read more