Small Talk

Atomic energy
Sunday evening at Stone Water Grill restaurant had pulse of guests racing as one of the most popular PsyTrance scene artiste – DJ Atomic Pulse from Israel performed for the audience. After giving shows,including grooves,dance structures,and epic “Psy” melodies,all over the world,Atomic Pulse a.k.a Tamir Ozana is back in India. Starting his career at a young age of 18 years,Ozana got instant recognition after his first hit – Valirus,which he recorded after completing his sound engineering and being introduced to PsyTrance. Global fame came to him after his second album – Detoxicated,which established him as a popular choice in both psychedelic and dance crowds.

Artistic streak
Though a course in software engineering fetched her good knowledge in technology but her love for art overtook her. While software engineering was nowhere close to things like painting,canvas,or even creative impressions of mind,but Madhu Sivasubramanian’s fascination for water colour made her venture into the unlimited world of imagination and reality on canvas. An exhibition of Sivasubramanian’s painting will be organised from April 1 to 5 at Malaka Spice,Koregaon Park from 11 am to 11.30 pm. “I am fascinated and inspired by water and colour to convey so much with a light touch of the brush,where less is truly more,” says Sivasubramanian. She also enjoys intricate pen work because of its free format. “Pen work is cool,almost like doodling,but can produce interesting overall effects,” she adds. Her subjects vary from abstract to nature,mostly rendered in a stylised manner. She occasionally experiments with pastels,but the main focus for now is on water colors.

Making of Mahatma
When an angry mob in Durban addressed Mahatma Gandhi as Sammy,theyr meant to abuse him,as the word Sammy (actually Swami) was used as an insult to address Indians. While South Africans called him Sammy,Mahatma smiled and thought that he may some day be able to live up to it. The play Sammy,comes up with the most needed message of non-materialism and non-violence in this era of terrorism and consumerism. Brought by Entre Nous,the play,which is to be held on April 7 at Ishanya at 8.15 pm,is directed by noted theatre and film artiste Lilette Dubey. The story traces the development of the young and naïve Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi from a protestor in South Africa into a shrewd politician and finally into an enlightened person – a Mahatma or Great Soul. The play features Joy Sengupta,Vijay Crishna,Neha Dubey,Denzil Smith,Zafar Karachiwala,Vikrant Chatturvedi,Asif Beg and Anu Menon.