Kathak Academy , Shehjar, Kashmir Poetry
Artists from North East (Mizoram) with > Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam < at Rashtrapati Bhavan
Kathak (Hindi: कथक, Urdu: کتھک) is one of the eight forms of Indian classical dances, originated from northern India. This dance form traces its origins to the nomadic bards of ancient northern India, known as Kathaks, or storytellers. These bards, performing in village squares and temple courtyards, mostly specialized in recounting mythological and moral tales from the scriptures, and embellished their recitals with hand gestures and facial expressions. It was quintessential theatre, using instrumental and vocal music along with stylized gestures, to enliven the stories. Its form today contains traces of temple and ritual dances, and the influence of the bhakti movement. From the 16th century onwards it absorbed certain features of Persian dance and Central Asian dance which were imported by the royal courts of the Mughal era. Read More: > HERE <
Kashmiri Pandit (Hindi: कश्मीरी पण्डित) refers to a person who belongs to a sect of Hindu Pandits who originate from the Kashmir region in the Indian subcontinent. Many experts speculate that the Aryan Race originated in Kashmir and its vicinity. Kashmiri Pandits have made significant contributions to Indian thought and science. Abhinavagupta, Kalhana have been stalwarts in the fields of, philosophy and history respectively. Kashmir figures prominently in Sanskrit poet Kalidasa’s compositions but it is not known conclusively whether he hailed from that ethnicity or region. The birth place of CHARAKA one of the founders of AYURVEDA and INDIAN MEDICINE in general is also considered to be in Kashmir. Read More: > HERE <
The Pandit Shambhu Maharaj Kathak Academy was established to offer an all encompassing training in Kathak and Hindustani music. Apart from Kathak, and Hindustani Vocal, other courses being taught are Tabla, Yoga and Sanskrit. The teaching is of a uniformly high standard and the students are constantly encouraged and supported with scholarships and freeships, workshops and interactive sessions with renowned artists. The students are also provided the hostel facilities in a much secure and appropriate environment.
The school offers training at three levels.
About Vashwati Mishra – DANCE is my language, friend, identity, reflection, strength, medium and my consciousness.
Kathaks Improvisational character draws me. Every moment of the dance has its own innate beauty and enjoyment speed,rhythm,grace, expression It reflects all the colours of life.
Most people dream and then there are the few who give concrete shape to their dreams. In 1984 Vaswati Misra, an exponent of Kathak, choreographer and teacher started to give shape to her dream. With no financial support, but with the good wishes of friends and family she founded Dhwani, a center for the performing arts. She chose the name with care. Commonly taken to mean sound, for her, the meaning was definitely „In which the implied is more striking than the expressed“ The meaning reflected perfectly her approach to both choreography and performance. Read More: > Here <
Dhwani a cultural organization. Registered in 1984. Recognized by Indian Council for Cultural Relation, Department of Culture, Ministry of HRD, CID, Unesco.
About Shehjar – The idea of an e-magazine, with focus on multiple aspects of our rich cultural heritage, politics, philosophy, community news, views, people, community business promotion,networking,matrimonials,entertainment, new songs & videos and other such, originated in the middle of 2007. We are amazed at the pace the events have unfolded, converting those initial turbid perceptions into a reality.
Though we intend to have special, theme based issues as well, we endeavor to put together an interesting mix of articles, poems and event sections in each issue. Every issue attempts to have a fair representation in terms of variety of content and subjects. A web based magazine does not have limitations with regard to the publishing of high quality multimedia content, like graphics, audios and videos etc. as compared to the traditional subscription-based print magazines that inherently lack some of these feature.
Conceived and designed to be an interactive online magazine to serve the large global Internet readership, Shehjar will appear at regular intervals. Its hosting website, kashmirgroup.com, will be ever active and responsive to readers, with features like discussion forum, news and readers’ feedback. We hope that you will find these features interesting and keep us busy with your participation. With a global membership database and subscription listof about 10,000 registered users/members in our group, the possibilities of immediate readership are limitless.
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Shri G.L. Kaul retired as an Information officer for the J&K State. He had also been editing Kashmir Today ( English) and Tameer (Urdu) both official magazines of Information Department. As an avid theater activist he has acted in and directed many plays in Kashmiri, Urdu, Hindi and Punjabi, performing all over the country. He is the founder member of J&K cultural academy and IPTA group.
> Girdhari Ji’s Poetry VIDEO <
*Kashmirii Kavita Tehar-ta-charvan, *Urdu/Hindi Kavita Aye Mere Ghar*
One of the many talents of Girdhari Ji is his ability to write poems in several languages; that connect instantly with the reader. And what tops even that is the narration of this poetry in his lyrical voice and style. We are delighted to inform our subscribers that in this issue of Shehjar and in several forthcoming ones, we will be presenting videos of Girdhari Ji narrating several of his poems. These videos were prepared by his son Prof. Sanjay Kaul when Girdhari Ji was in the Boston area.
The two videos in this issue are in Kashmiri and in Hindi-Urdu. The Kashmiri is chaste and words flow easily, making his poetry well suited for musical compositions. We are suggesting that some of the musicians among our readers create memorable songs based on Girdhari Ji’s poetry and request you to contact us if you would like to do so. We will put you in contact with Girdhari Ji.
Our email id for all correspondence is editor.shehjar@gmail.com
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