Vatayan
@ Keats House
8.07.2013, Mumbai
In
collaboration with the prestigious Keats
House- Hempstead (once occupied by the Romantic
poet
John
Keats)
and the UK Hindi Samiti, the Vatayan
: Poetry on South Bank celebrated
its tenth anniversary and 100
Years of
Tagore’s
Gitanjali,
in
the Nightingale Room. The day began with a picnic on the beautiful
lawns of Keats House, where Indian and British poets and poetry
connoisseurs shared many glorious afternoons.
The
second session began with a warm welcome by
Mira Kaushik, Director
of Akademi-South Asian Dance.
Dr
Padmesh Gupta,
President
of the UK Hindi Samiti recalled how 30 years ago late Dharamvir
Bharti and he were invited to recite their poems at Keats House. To
commemorate that memorable event, the programme
commenced with a tribute to Dharamvir Bharati’s famous poem,
Kanupriya,
presented by the established choreographer and Kuchipudi dancer,
Arunima
Kumar
and her disciples.
Poet
Madhu
Chaturvedi,
was the guest of honour and
broadcaster
Rama
Pandey
and Dr Achala
Sharma,
paid her tribute by reciting her poems. Dancer-choreographer, Chitra
Sundaram
presented the Britain’s poet
laureate
Carol
Ann Duffy’s
famous
poem, Penelope,
in a bhava
version.
Such
felicitations are rare in present times and transport you to a
different era.
BhawanaSomaaya/
@bhawanasomaaya
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