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Drumbeat: Ad Buzzaar
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Wednesday, May 13, 1998
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Chekov: still a master of the tragi-comic
"The Good Doctor is our first child, it is a part of our blood stream," says Anita Salim, about Neil Simon's theatrical adaptation of Anton Chekhov's short stories. She, along with husband Salim Ghouse -- the director of the play, started their company The Phoenix Players, with this play, 14 years ago. And since then they have constantly gone back to it.
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Pick Week
Prompted by the success of the Kathak workshop held last year by Pandit Birju Maharaj, Banyan Tree Events and Nehru Centre have planned an encore. Beginning on May 25, 1998, Kathak Darpan is essentially for those have already been initiated into this dance form. There is no fee for the workshop.
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Event Index
An interesting joint exhibition is on at the Nehru Centre Art Gallery. Five artists all from the same city, Indore, have come together and the result is a mixed show of canvases and sculptures. The artists are Bhalu Mondhe, Rajendra Verma, Madhu Sharma, Khanderao Panwar and Aalok Sharma. All are trained artists and have been immersed in their respective fields for decades.
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Behind the Mask
It took Jaimini Pathak exactly seven days to figure out that he wasn't going to walk the beaten track. After an Economics degree in college, he got into Narsee Monji for their MBA course but corporate yuppiedom didn't seem so inviting after a week of classes and he went back to what he did best -- acting.
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