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In July itself, the UT recorded 12 deaths in 25 days. In August, it has already seen two deaths.

WPO is a non-political international body to bring about ‘Punjabi Renaissance’ with outreach in over 22 countries, working to foster social, economic and cultural unity through several initiatives.

It’s been a testing time for Ravneet Dhaliwal, whose father, a frontline worker, started showing symptoms of the coronavirus on July 3 and was referred to the Government Multi Speciality Hospital, Sector 16, Chandigarh, on July 6.

It was none other than the legendary Prithviraj Kapoor who formally launched the society, with the citizens of Chandigarh thereafter being treated to a series of plays, music concerts and dance recitals.

With more than 50,000 songs and 500 albums to his credit and the recipient of several awards, Attahullah is known for music which is rooted, a part of the landscape of the country, expressing pathos and timeless traditions of folk.

Titled ‘Love in The Time of Corona’, the 17-minute short film has been written and narrated by Sen and directed by Dutta.

The fund was first opened to freelance and struggling artists, with ration and rent money provided to many, with many young theatre artists also distributing cooked food to those who were new to the city.

Theatre director and filmmaker GS Chani’s documentary series on Northeast India focuses on the spirit and vigour of the land, its creative energies and its ethnic diversity

Down Memory Lane: Dolly Ahluwalia, an alumnus of National School of Drama, is excited when she talks about her two new films - the Hindi feature film Doordarshan and Punjabi film Azaab.

Beyond Borders: In the exhibition, we see, among others, works that depict nature, life, everyday realities and the artists' observations.

Bicky Singh, founder of SikhLens, the annual Sikh Arts and Film Festival in California, on bringing the festival to India, inspiring young filmmakers and creating awareness across the world about Sikh culture.

The Sikhlens Sikh Arts & Film Festival, an annual Californian film festival, travel for the first time to India and opens here in Chandigarh with curated short films, documentaries, exhibitions and  performances at Tagore tomorrow

In a unique project that strives to bring the art and artists of the country closer to people, conceptual artist and photographer Diwan Manna is video archiving and documenting the life, times and work of some of the most formidable names of the Indian art world.

Theatre person Himanshu Dwivedi is working with the folk traditions of Bundelkhand.

Artistes recall their best Republic Day moments, and it all goes back to the school.

Sahib Singh’s new play, Vagina Talks, poses many hard-hitting questions.

Contemporary dancer and choreographer Akshay Sharma on his new production, a desire to push human capabilities, and expressing without words.

Punjabi author Kirpal Kazak, named one of the winners of the Sahitya Akademi Award 2019 for his collection of short stories Antheen, on his early life as a mason, and how literature takes one from darkness into life.

Theatre actor-director Sanjeev Johri on his latest dastangoi, and performing it across the country.

Daljit Ami, who has translated Arundhati Roy’s The Ministry of Utmost Happiness in Punjabi, on why it is imperative to translate emotions

Naveen Vasudevan attempts to help an individual introspect, reflect, respond and through this workshop, give a gift to oneself.

As someone who teaches, sings, and writes poetry, Trilok says it’s her love for writing that led her to Amrita.

Major General Yosi Ben-Hannan shared his experience of war with an audio-video presentation from Israel.

Paresh Maity believes that if you can transform anything into art, you will be a success.