Jawahar wattal biography of william shakespeare
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November special issue on Shakespeare
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Bart Verschaffel
Unpublished English translation of a reworked article originally published in Dutch, 'Bad Acting: Over Hamlet,' in DWB, 2000. 145 (6), pp. 691-703. In the logic of tragedy, the denouement or ending is expected to be a moment of revelation and truth. The unique aspect of Shakespeare's play is not Hamlet's indecisiveness, but his silence. Throughout the entire play, only Hamlet knows what truly happened, yet he either cannot or chooses not to speak up. He consistently misses every opportunity to reveal the truth. Although he takes revenge on Claudius—acting according to the old code of honor—he does so without disclosing the truth. What does it signify that in this tragedy, the truth fails to fulfill its role and only emerges in a twisted, partial, and chaotic form? Shakespeare portrays Hamlet as a bad actor, a modern man who doesn’t fit inom
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Sangeet is the thing
Wedding Sangeet in the city is fast assuming the proportions of a full-blown musical production, complete with props, choreographed performances and designer costumes, says Anandita Gupta
Remember those fond maasis and mamis sitting around a dholak, singing Kala doria, adding the effects of a synthesizer with a chamcha (spoon)? And the soon-to-be-bride/bridegroom sitting coyly on a carpet, her/his face smeared with ubtan and mouth full of laddoos? What zest, what excitement! Well, the feverish fervour is very much there but in a refreshingly new avatar.
DJs favourite
Karran Jesbir of the Dhai Lakh Di fame comes out with some more sparkling wedding numbers, says Nirupama Dutt
A young Punjabi singer who made his presence felt with his very first album was Karran Jesbir and the album was called Dhai Lakh Di. It was a takeoff from a folksy wedding song, which is all praise for the women relatives and derides the males in good wholesome Punja
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Punjabi Passions
Punjabi Passions
FLOATING down the Mandovi on a "Santa Monica" cruise, Panjim blinks in the twilight and passengers lend an idle ear to the obligatory Surangini. But suddenly as the anthem of Indi-pop, Bolo Ta Ra Ra Ra, strikes up, the cruisers leap to their feet. Hands in the air, they pirouette and the legendary gusto of the Land of Five Rivers bounces off Konkani waters. At a hotel dance in north Goa, a wedding reception is drawing to a close. But as Baba Sehgal begins to pump down from the stage, the gown-clad guests scamper back and skip; bhangra beat at a Catholic wedding, and why not?
Calcutta—once the city of Big Band jazz where in the '70s Louis Banks played to the genteel descendants of the first Brown Sahibs of the Bengal Presidency, where anglicised rock-and rollers be-bopped at Mags and Trinca's—is becoming a little "changa". Daler Mehndi reigns where Pam Craine once crooned.In city discos like Incognito and Someplace