Visual Art and Culture

                                                          Shakespeare is very much alive in different forms and different dialects these days, everywhere around the world as theatrical celebrations are going on to mark the 450 th birth anniversary of the great playwright. His plays have been adopted, reinterpreted and localized in diverse cultural contexts. The all time appealing plays hold charisma for enthusiastic and brilliant contemporary performers of today. Recently, I had an opportunity to see a couple of plays enacted by different troupes. I saw The Midsummer Night’s Dream and Shakespeare came home . Over a period, many transformations have taken place in the scripts and performances as we...

Now, literature festivals have become very popular  in India. People who are interested in books and literature look forward to these festivals eagerly every year, hoping to get something new and different each time. Earlier one-day festivals have been extended to five days now. Jaipur Festival, Mumbai International literature festival, Goa Arts and Literary festival, Luknow Literature festival, The Hindu literature festival in Chennai, Hydrabad literature festival and Kochin book Festival are the famous ones in India.   All these festivals represent linguistic diversity and literary consciousness to the hilt. Eminent writers and critics across the country will take part in these festivals and exchange their views on various topics and upcoming writers will be benefitted by these interactions and will pursue their literary interest with new zeal. A variety of topics would be covered and a new light be thrown on, in these festivals. The Hindu literature festival is g...

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