YOUR CITY YOUR DAY

YOUR CITY YOUR DAY

l WORKSHOP World Human Development Centre: An international and renowned institute for transformation is holding a seminar on your personality projection and transformation. The workshop is aimed towards bringing power in you. The seminar works on your internal, external, and eternal areas of life. It will benefit you in increasing confidence, gaining the power of communication and enhancing relationships. Age criteria: 19 years and above. When: Sunday, July 29 Where: Parle International, Near Vile Parle Station, Vile Parle (E) Timings: 9am to 6pm Contact: 9967010178 / 9987094747 Mystic Circle Tarot, Runes, Angels classes presents a unique workshop spread for a period of eight Sundays to learn and master the art of Tarrot Reading and to channelise your sixth sense. Ideal for professionals, students and housewifes . Batches starting on July 29. When: Sunday, July 29 Where: Chembur Timings: 1pm to 3pm Contact: 9930238289 Learn to Jive this weekend: This weekend learn the energetic dance form of Jive. Originating in the United States, this form of ballroom dancing is highly popular across the globe. So give your avatar a new twist and surprise your friends with your new moves. Entry: Free When: Sunday, July 29 Where: Growel's 101 mall, Kandivli Timings: 4pm to 8pm Contact: 66993000 Evolution of western music: An evolution of western music starting from composers of the 17th century like Bach, proceeding to Mozart and Beethoven to the present music forms of Jazz, Fusion, Rock and Pop. The different periods in music history like classical, romantic and modern will be discussed and various social and artistic influences on the composers of the time. The discussion will be accompanied with live demonstrations on the piano and clarinet. Fees include Rs1,000. When: Sunday, July 29 Where: The Art Loft, Valentino Rest, Next to Mehboob Studios, Bandra (West) Timings: 3pm to 4.30pm Contact: 9167606469 Its a group show by students (age group starts from four years) of Art Club as they do their debut in exhibiting their thoughts on canvas by showcasing their first ever paintings and sketches. Each and every painting is a magnificent piece by students under the guidance of well-known and veteran artist Umesh mohite and Dattatray Kerkar. When: Sunday, July 29 Where: Ravindar Natya Mandir, Exhibition hall, Near Shiddhivinayak Temple, Sayani Road, Prabhadevi Timings: 11am to 4pm Contact: 7208876075, www.artclub.com A powerful, life changing workshop based on the philosophy of Louise Hay, which will be a "stepping stone" to your pathway of personal & professional transformation, through the process of self-discovery & change. This workshop will be conducted by Sneha Shah & Shashank Gupta, who are certified “Heal Your Life Workshop Leaders” from the United States of America. When: July 29 Where: Churchgate & Andheri Timings: 9am to 6pm Contact: 98199-11197 / 98214-24251 l ADOPT Hershey is a five week old male kitten looking for a loving home and good caring family. He is of Indian origin, completely ginger (orange) and very sweet. Call 9987085350 to adopt. Mischief, Champ and Max are very playful and sharp 2.5 month old male pups of Indian origin. They are dewormed and vaccinated and are waiting for a loving home. Indian breeds are easy to maintain and there are many benefits over pedigree dogs. Contact: 9987714143 to adopt. There are five pups for adoption. There are three males and two females. Indian breeds are sturdy, healthy and are easy and low maintenance. With more awareness, more people are adopting Indian dogs as against going for breeds. To adopt, call on 9821327618 There are eight pups of six months to one year of age who are up for adoption. We are looking for homes or farmhouses who can give them shelter and keep them safe and happy. Contact: 9967011333 or 9821327618. l EVENT English play, Nothing Like Lear: Ever thought what a clown does when he is depressed? It sure is tough being a clown. Here is one who hasn’t stopped crying for days. And he has plenty of reasons for it. The one he loved the most has left him and gone away for good. And now he has nothing. Then, he is not getting any younger. In fact, he is old. But more than anything else, he is depressed because he has been forced to perform this play. No wonder he is depressed! Cast: Atul Kumar and Vinay Pathak, Based on: Shakespeare’s King Lear When: Sunday, July 29 Where: Prithvi Theatre, Juhu Timings: 6pm & 9pm

Published Date:  Jul 29, 2012

YOUR CITY YOUR DAY

EVENT
"Khazana", a festival of Ghazals: Most talented ghazal singers of this decade including Pankaj Udhas, Bhupinder Singh & Mitali Singh, Anup Jalota, Talat Aziz, Hariharan, Ahmed Hussain & Mohd. Hussain will perform together in "Khazana", a festival of ghazals and raise funds for Cancer Aid and Thalassemic awareness on July 27 and 28. Donor cards for the event are priced at Rs3,500 per day and are available only at Rhythm House from July 23 onwards.
When: July 27 & 28
Where: The Oberoi, Nariman Point
Timings: 8pm
Contact: For tickets, please call Rhythm House on 43222701

Indian Merchants' Chambers to organise a talk on "Advertising & Media" by Prahlad Kakkar: The Indian Merchants' Chamber Students' Forum will organise a talk on "Advertising & Media" by Mr. Prahlad Kakkar on July 27 at 3pm. The IMC Students' Forum will be organising numerous lectures during 2012-13 to empower students and youth. The first programme in this series on Advertising & Media will be addressed by Mr. Prahlad Kakkar.
When: Friday, July 27
Where: Walchand Hirachand Hall, IMC, Churchgate
Timings: 3pm
Contact: 9833462379

Mumbai Kannada Sangha will conduct Kannada certificate course classes for Kannada as well as non-Kannada speaking persons and those who do not know how to read and write Kannada. Classes will commence from July 22 every Sunday.
When: July 22 onwards
Where: Mumbai Kannada Sangha, Bhau Daji Road, Matunga.
Timings: 10am to 12 noon
Contact: 02224099696

Attend a Health Education Library for People (HELP) talk on "Developing Emotional Intelligence For A Stress Free Life - II" by Mr. Shoumya Swaroop Patnaikk. Entry is free.
When: Friday, July 27
Where: Health Education Library, National Insurance Building, near Excelsior Cinema, Dr DN Road, CST
Timing: 3.30pm onwards
Contact: 65952393/ 94, 22061101, 22031133, www.healthlibrary.com

? ADOPT
Hershey is a five week old male kitten looking for a loving home and good caring family. He is of Indian origin, completely ginger (orange) and very sweet. Call 9987085350 to adopt.

Mischief, Champ and Max are very playful and sharp 2.5 month old male pups of Indian origin. They are dewormed and vaccinated and are waiting for a loving home. Indian breeds are easy to maintain and there are many benefits over pedigree dogs.
Contact: 9987714143 to adopt.
There are eight pups of six months to one year of age who are up for adoption. We are looking for homes or farmhouses who can give them shelter and keep them safe and happy.
Contact: 9967011333 or 9821327618.
There are five pups for adoption. There are three males and two females. Indian breeds are sturdy, healthy and are easy and low maintenance. With more awareness, more people are adopting Indian dogs as against going for breeds. To adopt, call on 9821327618.

DY PATIL STADIUM: ONE OF THE BEST IN THE WORLD

DY Patil Stadium at Nerul is among most defining sports infrastructure in the city with the Indian Premier League (IPL) matches, including finals, being held at the stadium and Pune Warriors making it their home venue during last year’s edition of the IPL.
HT FILE PHOTO ■ The DY Patil stadium at Nerul. Ranked amongst the six best stadiums in the world, the dream project of the president of the DY Patil group, Vijay Patil, the 55,000-capacity picturesque modern cricket stadium has a playing area of 20,000 sqm and has been constructed on 25 acres within the sprawling 75acre Dr DY Patil University campus.

The stadium cost a whopping Rs100 crore and took three years to build. While the basic design and principle are of renowned architect Hafeez Contractor, the architecture department of Dr DY Patil university has taken care of the detailing.
Excellent dressing room facilities have been provided with showers, gymnasium and a swimming pool. The sight screens are 21-feet high. There are four playing strips on the ground and 12 practice pitches off it. The strips made from South African bulli (soil) are reportedly true pitches with good bounce. The stadium also has 9 tennis hard courts, four indoor badminton courts and an Olympic-standard swimming pool.

New burger menu

Visit Burgs, Bandra (W) as they introduce a slightly revamped menu.

Their BBQ Lamb burger is delicately smothered with a home-made sauce. Another option is the Dijon Chicken, which comes with their special mustard. Wash it down with a Burnt Caramel shake or Strawberry Slush. Call 2655 2242.

Astrologer Bhavikk Sangghvi launched his Gujarati numeric book, Sankhya Shashtra

WHAT: Book launch WHERE: Crossword, Juhu

Astrologer Bhavikk Sangghvi launched his Gujarati numeric book, Sankhya Shashtra, on a Friday the 13th (considered unlucky in the west)! Poonam Dhillon (if you’re looking for her, you’ll find her at the nearest party these days), Amar Upadhyay and Apara Mehta officially unveiled the book. So-called comedian Umesh Pherwani who survives on parties for publicity compered the do, but he seemed more inclined towards sharing his own experiences with numbers.

Day-long cultural extravaganza in the city

Attend Zomba Beats, India’s largest b-boying jam, to be held in the city. The jam is a series of live events promoting hip-hop culture and artists including emcees, DJs, b-boys and graffiti artists.

The day-long cultural extravaganza will see hiphop dance teams from across the country competing with each other.
In its first edition, the event presented by Sony Music, will be held today from noon to 7 pm at Lohana Bhavan, opposite D-Mart Mall, Vashi, Navi Mumbai. Entry free.

ARTIC VISION ART GALLERY

is organising an ‘Affordable Art Fair’, till July 16 from 11 am to 8 pm every day at the gallery in Goregaon.

PRADARSHAK GALLERY

presents ‘Vidyarthi Vishesh’, an exhibition of paintings, sculptures and metalwork by students from leading colleges of art at the gallery in Khar. On till August 25, from 11 am to 7 pm.

MA PREM RITAMBHARA

JUL 15 — JUL 21 Ma Prem Ritambhara is a well-known Tarot consultant who has been reading the cards for over 10 years. Her e-mail address: ritambhara7@gmail.com

DEFENCE CAREER GUIDANCE SEMINAR

Interested in a career in the defence services? Attend a guidance seminar today at 3, Parampara, GB Road, Thane (W). Call 8855761955 to register.

WORKSHOP ON ASSORTED CHOCOLATES

Learn to make a variety of exotic chocolates and chocolate bouquets at Sonjuhi’s Academy, Juhu. For details, call 9223277100.

ACCUPRESSURE AND YOGA CLASSES

Learn accupressure techniques and yoga at home from a physical trainer. Call 9076962906 for more details.

DIESEL+ART

presents ‘I Get By’, an exhibition of the artists’ snapshots of daily life. On till August 7, from 11 am to 10 pm at The Diesel Store, Juhu.

Kharghar toddlers make the ‘best out of waste’

In order to encourage students i nculcate the habit of using waste productively, ‘best out of waste’ was conducted for the students of pre- primary classes of Sanjivani International School, Kharghar. SATISH JADHAV Students of the pre-primary section of Sanjivani International School put their creativity to use at the ‘best out of waste’.
The program was aimed at enhancing the creativity of the toddlers while helping them understand the importance of reduce, reuse and recycle, which are the need of the hour. By encouraging students to recycle their waste the school also aims at teaching them to minimise wastage of resources.
“Children have a natural curiosity to explore. The students can develop social and cognitive skills, mature emotionally and gain self-confidence required in engaging them in new experiences through this activities,” said Vrinda Malse, principal of the school.

The idea behind this is very simple – to make something that is creative and can draw everybody’s attention.
The children participated with great enthusiasm and zeal. Teachers encouraged the spirit of doing something new that was also quite exciting.
The craftwork made using ice-candy sticks was the highlight of the show. Not only is it easy to collect, but also easy to innovate with.
“Our commitment i s to impart quality education to the kids understand that waste can be used to make interesting things as well. The creativity lies in how you see things and you are the one who needs to use it, keep going, and keep celebrating your waste making best,” said Malse.

Special meditation program held on Guru Purnima

Deep breathing helps cleanse your metabolic system and energises your mind and body. It rejuvenates your body, and is a great stress buster too.
NEELAM GUPTA
yoga guru After a whole day’s hectic schedule, only meditation helps me revitalise myself and has a positive influence on your body and soul.
SHANTATAI EDADE
participant at the program

VASHI: The auspicious of Guru Poornima was celebrated in a different way at a Vashi-based yoga institute from July 3 - 5.
Women participate in the yoga camp organised on Guru Purnima. BACHCHAN KUMAR ‘Vedic Vishwa’, one of the oldest i nstitutions imparting knowledge on traditional therapy and yoga, had organised a threeday meditation and pranayam curriculum for women.
The meditation program was conducted by yoga guru, Neelam Gupta.
The meditation that was taught at the programe was a special kind that has originated in Nepal. Gupta went to Nepal to take a special course on ‘Dharna’ meditation.
“The mediation has 24 divisions which are divided into several small branches. It has a tremendous positive effect on health. It is important to heal yourself from within while connecting with nature. Deep breathing helps cleanse your metabolic system and as a result, energises your mind and body. It not only rejuvenates and relaxes but is a great stress buster too,” said Gupta.

The mediation is effective for various diseases faced by the urban population. Hypertension , high blood pressure , heart problem, spondylosis, menopausal problems and depression are some of the diseases could be very well controlled , even cured with the help of mediation and pranayam.
Praanakarshan
, Bhashrika, swakriya Dhyan, Kumbhak and Chandranamaskar were held during the course.
Women of all age groups came from different parts of Navi Mumbai and t ook part and availed the benefit of this meditation.
Shantatai Edade, a senior citizen from the group said, “After a whole day’s hectic schedule , only a meditation helps me to revitalise. Deep breathing, by holding your breath and then slowly releasing it will have a positive influence on your body as well as your soul.”

Vashi Cultural Association (VCA) has organised a musical concert by renowned vocalist Kaushiki Chakraborty on July 15

Vashi Cultural Association (VCA) has organised a musical concert by renowned vocalist Kaushiki Chakraborty on July 15 at Vishnudas Bhave Natyagruh. Chakraborty has performed with several maestros like Bhimsen Joshi , Ustad Rashid Khan, Hariprasad Chaurasia among others.The passes for the event is available at their website www.vashiculturalassociation.com .

special exhibition of 110 photographs

The Art Loft, an art therapy and cultural centre, is holding a special exhibition of 110 photographs taken by seven Indian photographers, including Delhi-based photojournalist Pablo Bartholomew. Titled ‘I Get By’, the show offers a sneak peek into these photographers’ personal photo archives and video diaries, displaying work never shown to the public before.
WHAT: Photography exhibition
WHERE: The Diesel Store, Western Wind Building, Juhu Tara Road, Juhu

WHEN: Till August 7, 11 am to 10 pm
CALL: 2661 8282 ENTRY IS FREE

COMEDY EVENINGS

Have your weekly dose of laughter with Costa’s Laughaccino, featuring acts by Sapan Verma and Gursimran Khamba, tonight at 8 pm at Costa Coffee, Versova. Call 99209 72787 for details.

DINNER BUFFET

Celebrate the spirit of American Independence with an extravagant dinner menu at Hornby’s Pavilion with dishes like classic sea food, Mexican taco bar and BBQ pork ribs. Today at ITC Grand Central, from 7.30 pm to 11.45 pm. Call 2410 1010 for details.

exhibitions

MUMBAI ART ROOM
presents ‘Seeds of Reckoning’, an exhibition by sculptor Arunkumar HG. On till 6 July at Mumbai Art Room, Colaba.
PRADARSHAK GALLERY

presents ‘Vidyarthi Vishesh’, an exhibition of paintings, sculptures and metalwork by students from leading colleges of art at the gallery in Khar. On till 25 August, from 11 am to 7 pm.
ARTIC VISION ART GALLERY
is organising an ‘Affordable Art Fair’, till 16 July from 11 am to 8 pm every
day at the gallery in Goregaon.

20-YR-OLD LOSES BOTH HER LEGS AFTER FALLING ON RAIL TRACKS

A 20-year- old hotel management student, who had lost her left leg after she accidentally slipped and fell on the railway tracks at the Dadar railway station on June 23, lost her badly injured second leg as well, which doctors amputated on Wednesday.
The Government Railway Police (GRP) said that Pooja Patil, a Thane resident, was on her way to Bandra from Dadar on June 23. The accident occurred around 9.15am.
Shivaji Shinde, senior inspector of Mumbai Central GRP said, “The girl lost her balance and fell on to the tracks. We have made an entry of the incident in the register, though no case has been registered.”
The investigation revealed that Pooja, a student of Anjuman-e-Islam’s hotel management course, was trying to board a Borivli slow local from platform 1 of Dadar (western) station.

The girl told police that she had slipped because of the smooth platform flooring and fell into the gap between the train and the platform, landing on the tracks.
The train then ran over her legs. The GRP pulled the girl out and after writing down her contact details, took her to a hospital.
The injured girl is currently admitted in the ICCU at Sion Hospital and is undergoing treatment.
A spokesperson from the Western Railway said they were still investigating the cause of the accident and the details were being looked into.

This week’s Bandish festival celebrates seven distinguished composers of classical Indian music, their work rendered by six celebrated contemporary vocalists

Translated simply, the word ‘bandish’ would mean song or composition. But more than a century ago, some schools of Hindustani classical music held bandishes in such high regard that they would give them to their daughters as dowry.
Today, though not always the central focus of a classical music concert, the bandish — made up of melody, rhythm and lyrics — is still respected as the peg upon which a raga is hung.
This week, in its carefully curated three-day Bandish festival, the National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) will shine a spotlight on seven of the most distinguished bandish composers in the history of classical Indian music, i ncluding Bade Ghulam Ali Khan from the Patiala gharana, Shrikrishna Ratanjankar from the Agra gharana and Bade Ramdas from the Benaras gharana.
To render the works of each composer on stage, the festival will feature performances by six celebrated contemporary vocalists, i ncluding Girija Devi and Ajoy Chakrabarty.
“The mainstay of Indian classical music is to bring out the personality of a raga,” says Suvarnalata Rao, curator of the festival and programming head for Indian music at the NCPA.

“The composers of a bandish provide the framework through which a raga can be remembered in a nutshell and then explored,” she adds.
Girija Devi, 84, a veteran Kolkata- based vocalist, says, “Some bandishes focus on the complexity of the rhythm and melody, while others focus on the lyrics.”
Girija Devi will present rare semiclassical compositions by Benaras gharana composers Shambhunath Mishra and Shyamcharan Mishra.
Since it was founded in 2010, the Bandish festival has commemorated several Hindustani classical composers such as Faiyaz Khan and Kumar Gandharva as well as saint-poets such as Tulsidas and Kabir. Last year’s Bandish had singers Anup Jalota and Shubha Mudgal explore devotional bandishes besides the classical repertoire.
This year, the festival will explore works from semi- classical genres such as thumri and dadra, and through the works of Thyagaraja and Purandaradasa, it will also bring on stage Carnatic classical music, where compositions are known as kritis.
“The word bandish is used mainly in Hindustani music,” says Rao. “But I wanted to highlight the fact that the idea of the composition is core to every genre.”

This year’s Bandish festival will feature performances by six celebrated contemporary vocalists, each one rendering the works of a distinguished bandish composer

Purandaradasa (1484 – 1564) and Thyagaraja (1767 – 1847) 

COMPOSERS

BORN IN: Kshemapura, Karnataka, and Tiruvarur, Tamil Nadu, respectively PURANDARADASA is called the father is Carnatic music; Thyagaraja, its godfather. Purandaradasa is known for structuring and regularising the way music is taught to students even today, and wrote more than a thousand kritis (compositions) in Kannada and Sanskrit under the pen name Purandara Vitthala.

THYAGARAJA wrote devotional songs in Telugu and Sanskrit. Studying his compositions is still considered the best way to grasp the nuances and structure of a raga.

Bade Ghulam Ali Khan (1902 – 1968) of the Patiala gharana

COMPOSER

BORN IN: Kasur, Punjab

Khan composed hundreds of bandishes under the pseudonym Sabrang, the name he is best known by. He set beautiful and poignant imagery to popular ragas. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1962.

Sudha Raghunathan 

ARTISTE PERFORMING

Chennai-based vocalist

Raghunathan will focus on the thematic links between Purandaradasa and Thyagaraja. “Both wrote songs about [Hindu deity] Krishna, spirituality and how a man can lead a good life,” she says. Selecting a set of compositions with these themes, Raghunathan will present various genres of Carnatic music, such as the kriti, pad and kirtanam, on July 7.

Kolkata-based Hindustani classical 

ARTISTE PERFORMING

vocalist Chakrabarty has trained under Jnan Prakash Ghosh and later under Munawar Ali Khan, the son of Bade Ghulam Ali. As a tribute to his guru’s guru, Chakrabarty will sing a set of Sadrang’s most popular bandishes in the khayal and tarana genres, on July 6.

Rajan and Sajan Mishra

ARTISTE PERFORMING

“We remember just 50 of Bade Ramdas’s bandishes. The rest have gone with him,” says Rajan Mishra, the older of the two Delhi-based vocalist brothers, also grandsons and disciples of Bade Ramdas. “We will select a few of Bade Ramdas’s compositions just before the concert, based on the mood of the day,” says Mishra. The duo will perform on July 8.

Girija Devi

ARTISTE PERFORMING

Kolkata-based Girija Devi has been a classical and semiclassical vocalist for more than six decades, but says she has rarely heard the compositions of Shambhunath and Shyamcharan Mishra performed on stage. Now 84, Devi will perform in Mumbai after a gap of three years, presenting a host of their bandishes to mark the finale of the Bandish festival, on July 8.

 

Ulhas Kashalkar 

ARTISTE PERFORMING

Trained as a vocalist in

the Gwalior, Jaipur and Agra gharanas, Kolkatabased Kashalkar will perform a selection of Ratanjankar’s bandishes in Ragas Ramdasi, Chhayanat and Miya Malhar, for his Mumbai concert on July 6.

Shambhunath Mishra (circa 18551918) and Shyamcharan Mishra (circa 1810-1900) 

COMPOSER

BORN IN: Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh

Besides Hindustani classical, Benaras is known for nurturing a wide range of semi-classical genres of music, such as tappa, dadra and thumri. Shambhunath and Shyamcharan Mishra — friends and distant relatives — were stalwarts of these genres. They composed thousands of bandishes on subjects of devotion and love between deities such as Radha and Krishna and Ram and Sita.

EXPERT QUOTE 

When instrumental music grew popular in the latter half of the 20th century, the importance of the bandish began to diminish. But even today, the bandish is the melodic mark of the raga, a pre-composed skeleton that becomes the vehicle through which the raga can be taught. 

Ramdas Mishra (1877-1960) of the Benaras gharana

COMPOSER

BORN IN: Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh

Popularly known as Bade Ramdas, Mishra was one of the most distinguished vocalists and composers of the Benaras gharana, known to be the oldest in Hindustani music and one that placed tremendous importance on the bandish. Bade Ramdas composed nearly 7,000 bandishes in all, employing diverse and unusual rhythmic patterns.

Shrikrishna Ratanjankar (1900 – 1974) of the Agra gharana 

COMPOSER

BORN IN: Mumbai, Maharashtra

A noted composer, vocalist and scholar of Hindustani music, Ratanjankar wrote several hundred bandishes under the pseudonym Sujaan. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1957.

 

 

 

Conflicting forecasts for next two days

On Saturday, Skymet, a private weather forecast company, predicted heavy rains starting Sunday night till July 3. The company has forecast that the rainfall will exceed 100mm over the two days.
However, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) maintained that the city will witness only a “few spells of rain” in the next 48 hours and that the monsoon would revive only around July 3 or July 4.
According to the civic body, the high tide in the sea will cross the 4.5m danger mark on July 3, 4, 5 and 6. Heavy rain with high tide can lead to flooding.

According to Skymet, the “monsoon is coming back to life” in the city owing to the weakening of a competing tropical storm (Doksuri) in the south-east China Sea allowing monsoon currents to strengthen both in the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal. “For Mumbai, stronger currents from Saturday night are going to result in rainfall with one or two heavy spells. On an average, there are six heavy rainfall days in the monsoon season in Mumbai. The next of whole week will be wet,” said Jatin Singh, chief executive officer, Skymet.
Skymet has weather stations at Charkop (Kandivli) and Vikhroli and a website – www.mumbairain.com - with location-specific 24-hour information on temperature and rainfall. “Though the trough from northern Maharashtra to Kerala still exists, it is still weak. The westerly and south-westerly winds over the Arabian Sea are also weak and there is no formation of a monsoon system in the Bay of Bengal,” said VK Rajeev, director, western region, IMD.
On Saturday, the city witnessed a few spells of rain with the suburbs recording more rain (7.2mm) compared to south Mumbai (1mm).

The Dance Inc Melvin Louis Dance Company

The Dance Inc Melvin Louis Dance Company will stage its annual show, Two — The Dancense at Bandra’s St Andrews Auditorium. Its students will perform a total of 25 dance routines choreographed by Louis, a hip-hop dancer. The line-up also includes acts by American circus artist David Poznanter ( pic), Delhi-based contortionist Hari Narayan and contemporary dancer Devesh Mirchandani.
WHAT: Dance show by The Dance Inc Melvin Louis Dance Company
WHERE: St Andrew’s Auditorium, Bandra (W)

WHEN: Sunday July 1, 7.30 pm onwards
CALL: 96198-89939