[Urban-Media] Today - Rebellion: History, Music, Poetry

[Anand Vivek Taneja]

*Rebellion: History, Music, Poetry*

featuring musicians Achyut Joshi,  Dave Sharma and Samita Sinha; and
narratives, poetry and folksongs from 1857
Alwan For the Arts, 16, Beaver Street
Thursday, May 10, 7pm


Rebellion: History, Music, Poetry

May 10th, 2007 will mark the 150th anniversary of the Rebellion of 1857.  As
the largest anti-colonial uprising of the 19th century, the Rebellion marks
a watershed moment in history at multiple levels: the end of the East India
Company's rule and beginning of direct British government rule and the Raj;
the completion of the loss of Mughal sovereignty in India; and a sea change
in North Indian life, culture and politics.


To mark the 150th anniversary, we are revisiting 1857 through multiple
narratives of the event - narratives of revenge, lament and lost
possibilities -  through history, music, poetry, and images.  The program
will integrate live performances of ghazals and various Indian musical
forms, readings of selected poetry and historical prose, and images of the
uprising and its aftermath.

**Music - Achyut Joshi, Dave Sharma, Samita Sinha

 Poetry/Narrative/Images - "The 'Wheat-ish' Log Collective" - Sajid Huq,
Prashant Keshavmurthy, Daanish Masood, Haroon Moghul, Anand V Taneja

About Achyut Joshi - Achyut Joshi has trained in Hindustani Classical Music
as a student of Raghunandan Panshikar of the Jaipur Gharana. In 2005 he was
awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to study music in India. He teaches high
school math in New York City.

About Samita Sinha - Though trained primarily in classical Hindustani music,
Samita Sinha's repertoire spans a range of styles in several different
languages. She experiments in synthesizing elements of Hindustani music with
jazz, electronic music, and theater. In 2002 she was awarded the Fulbright
Scholarship to study in the guru-shishya tradition in India with Dr. Alka
Deo Marulkar. Since returning to New York City her main projects have
included KAASH, Sunny Jain Collective, and Sekou Sundiata's the
51st(dream)state.
More at http://www.samitasinha.com/


>From Dave Sharma's Myspace page - Sharmaji creates a bass-heavy, post-desi
sound that is as consistently powerful as it is diverse in background-- and
completely NYC. As a DJ and percussionist he's brought his riddims to
artists as diverse as Karsh Kale, Ming & FS, Tina Sugandh, JUNGLI, and
Timbaland's hookstress RajeSwari, as well as for NYC's 9-years-strong
Basment Bhangra party...
In 2004 he started a long-term relationship with AR Rahman's Broadway
musical "Bombay Dreams"
More at http://www.myspace.com/davesharma

 The 'Wheat-ish' Log Collective - Came up over chai one rainy New York
afternoon as a bunch of impecunious desi graduate students and NGO types
realized that the state sponsored  'celebrations' of 1857 in India were
going to entirely painted in black and white, and that even if sitting in
NYC, we needed to do something to change the tints of the picture.

May 10, 2007. 7pm
Alwan for the Arts,
16 Beaver St, 4th Fl
New York, NY 10004
16 Beaver between Broad and New Streets, one block east of Whitehall Street
and Bowling Green.

*TRAINS:*
*4, 5* to Bowling Green
*J/M/Z* to Broad St.
*R,W* to Whitehall St.
*1 *to Rector St. or South Ferry
*2, 3* to Wall St.
*A, C* line to Broadway-Nassau

-- 
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, because you are crunchy and taste
good with ketchup.
(with apologies to Dilbert)
http://www.synchroni-cities.blogspot.com/

Only that historian will have the gift of fanning the spark of hope in the
past who is firmly convinced that without a sense of humour you're basically
pretty f***ed anyway.
(with apologies to Walter Benjamin)
http://www.chapatimystery.com/
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