Thursday, September 20, 2012

Dastangoi and MaFa in the US

Ladies and Gentlemen,

The creator and director of Dastangoi, Mahmood Farooqui is on a tour to the States, and has been invited by some leading American universities to perform the lost art of Urdu storytelling.


The schedule for the next three weeks is given below:


  • September 27, 6 pm: Vandenberg Room, Michigan League, University of Michigan
  • October 5, 7 pm: Room no. 1200, Rolfe Hall, Center for India and South Asia, UCLA
  • October 6, 6 pm: The Bancroft Hotel, The Great Hall 2680 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA 94704
  • October 12, 9 pm: Capitol Ballroom, Wisconsin, Madison



Dastangoi at Teen Murti


SAHMAT & Nehru Memorial Museum & Library,
as a part of the Seminar celebrating 100 years of Manto,
present

Mantoiyat
a dastangoi presentation on the life and times of Sa'adat Hasan Manto

Date: September 29, 2012
Time: 6 PM
Venue: Nehru Memorial Museum & Library, 
Teen Murti Bhawan, New Delhi.

Directed by: Mahmood Farooqui
Performed by: Danish Husain and Darain Shahidi

Open to all.