By Sanghita Singh - Daily News & Analysis - Mumbai,India
Wednesday, September 27, 2006
It’s the season of India Abroad these days. The Frankfurt Book Fair opens on October 3 with India as the guest of honour. Indian artists are all set to give the city in Germany a taste of India.
Dancers such as Astad Deboo, ChandraLekha and Navtej Johar will perform at the inaugural ceremony of along with musicians Aruna Sairam, Punjabi sufi singer Rabbi Shergill and Rajasthani folksingers, Manganiars who will come together to present India in all its multi-cultural hues.
“It is a great opportunity for us to showcase Indian art and literature. I am going to present Fanaa: Ranjha Revisited, which is in collaboration with sufi singer and composer Madan Gopal Singh. It is a dance-theatre piece that fuses the predominant sufi love legend of Heer Ranjha interspersed with Kutrala Kuruvanji of South India,” explains Johar.
On the part of popularising Indian literature, the National book trust has tied up with the Indian council for Cultural research and is presenting five writers from India at the fair.
A specially designed India Pavilion has been set up with “Books from India,” representing the Indian publishing industry showcasing a collective exhibit of recent titles brought out by various Indian publishers.
“We will have around 250 books on various subjects ranging from biographies to arts, engineering, ayurveda, homeopathy, children’s books to e-books and books in Hindi,” adds Subir dutta, deputy director, information, National Book trust.
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