By Ruchika Talwar - Express India - New Delhi, IndiaSaturday, April 28, 2007
It is play time. The annual Hungry Heart Festival, which began at the India Habitat Centre [in New Delhi] on April 27, is set to showcase six plays and a concert — from India and Pakistan.
The festival, which began with Habib Tanvir’s popular play Agra Bazaar, also saw the veteran theatre personality making one of his rare public appearances.
On April 29, there will be Sohaila Kapur’s Rumi on the life of the Sufi poet.
About Nothing, a dance-based performance by choreographer Ashley Lobo, will be shown on April 30.
It is play time. The annual Hungry Heart Festival, which began at the India Habitat Centre [in New Delhi] on April 27, is set to showcase six plays and a concert — from India and Pakistan.
The festival, which began with Habib Tanvir’s popular play Agra Bazaar, also saw the veteran theatre personality making one of his rare public appearances.
On April 29, there will be Sohaila Kapur’s Rumi on the life of the Sufi poet.
About Nothing, a dance-based performance by choreographer Ashley Lobo, will be shown on April 30.
Mita Vasisht’s Lal Ded, a tribute to Kashmir’s mystic poetess, will be staged on May 2.
The festival also features Patay Khan (on May 5) by Usmaan Peerzada of the Rafi Peer Group, one of Pakistan’s most famous theatre groups.
The theatre extravaganza, which aims at building cultural CBMs between India and Pakistan, will also see the performance of Pakistani Sufi singer Sain Zahoor on May 6.
Hungry Heart is an NGO founded by Kapur, Smita Bharti and Monica Bhasin to promote theatre and filmmaking.
When asked why they named the organisation and the festival Hungry Heart, Kapur said, “That is because of our hunger for performing arts.”
Well, Agra Bazaar on the opening night certainly made us hungry for more.
The festival also features Patay Khan (on May 5) by Usmaan Peerzada of the Rafi Peer Group, one of Pakistan’s most famous theatre groups.
The theatre extravaganza, which aims at building cultural CBMs between India and Pakistan, will also see the performance of Pakistani Sufi singer Sain Zahoor on May 6.
Hungry Heart is an NGO founded by Kapur, Smita Bharti and Monica Bhasin to promote theatre and filmmaking.
When asked why they named the organisation and the festival Hungry Heart, Kapur said, “That is because of our hunger for performing arts.”
Well, Agra Bazaar on the opening night certainly made us hungry for more.
I searched for my Self
I searched for my Self
until I grew weary,
but no one, I know now,
reaches the hidden knowledgeby means of effort.
Then, absorbed in “Thou art This,”
There all the jars are filled,
but no one is left to drink.
A poem of Lal Ded translated by Coleman Barks
until I grew weary,
but no one, I know now,
reaches the hidden knowledgeby means of effort.
Then, absorbed in “Thou art This,”
There all the jars are filled,
but no one is left to drink.
A poem of Lal Ded translated by Coleman Barks
from Women in Praise of the Sacred by Jane Hirshfield
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