Small talk

Musical Bliss
With fingers plucking the strings for enchanting notes and the tabla beats portraying the strength of music,the Musical Brothers Concert took place at Aperture India Art Gallery. Amano Manish and Uday Deshpande enthralled the audience with their classical music performance and left a message about how enriching music can be. Manish,trained by the father of Indian Slide Guitar,Pt Brijbhushan Kabra and Deshpande,trained under Ustad Allah Rakha put up a performance of classical renditions. The evening saw people from across the borders — Iranians,Koreans and of course,lots of Puneties,enjoying the concert. Recounting one of his musical concerts,Deshpande says,“I was performing in Canada at a classical music concert when an Afghan man started crying. Later on,he came to see me and told me that I reminded him of his son. I went over to the entire Afghani community later on and performed for them. That was really memorable.” Music indeed transcends borders.

In black and white
Lovers of music of the Black and White era of Indian Cinema were in for a treat as the Pune branch of the Project Management Institute organised a musical evening on Saturday which saw singers Hrishikesh Ranade,Vibhawari Apte,Jitendra Abhyankar,Swarada Gokhale and Savani Ravindra perform at the event. Renowned classical singer Sanjeev Abhyankar was the guest of honour during the function. The enthusiastic crowd was treated to old world songs of Bollywood legends like Dev Anand,Guru Dutt and Bimal Roy,amongst others. The programme was held at the Yeshwantrao Chavan Natyagruha in Kothrud and featured Bollywood film songs from the period of 1948-1965.

Saving the greens
Global warming is no longer somebody else’s problem. It has left deep scars in the form of natural calamities on earth such as tsunamis,hurricanes,polar ice and glacier melts. To see how citizens can protect the hills and increase the green cover,Green PanchH (Panchvati hill action team) organised a meeting to raise awareness on conservation of Panchvati hills at the One Life Club,Panchvati on Sunday. Eminent ecologist and a Panchvati resident,Dr Madhav Gadgil delivered a speech on nurturing nature,on the occasion,which saw many concerned citizens of the area turn up in great numbers to express solidarity with the cause.

Thrills and surprises
Maharashtra Mandal Singapore [MMS had a magical Diwali literally,as city-based magicians Vijay Raghuvir and Jitendra Raghuvir presented a show Abra ka Dabra for Maharashtrians in Singapore this festive season. With a series of thrills performed by both magicians that kept the audience spellbound for two and half hours,the show was concluded after the most thrilling ‘great sack’ mystery. The duo,representing the second and third generation of Raguvir Magic also conducted a workshop for budding magicians.