Often life choices are spurred by a film you watched or a book you read. In 1976, a 15-year-old Italian boy got attracted to India and its culture after he watched Satyajit Ray’s Pather Panchali. Two years later, Andrea Anastasio landed in India for a lifelong romance with Buddhist thought and J Krishnamurti’s philosophy. This week, the noted artist and director of the Italian […]

Shankarlal music fest at Kamani. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Classical music was formally introduced to the capital nearly eight decades ago through the Shriram Shankarlal Music Festival. Before its inception, attending a concert required a personal invitation from the host. The festival changed this by being open to all, held in a shamiana, making […]