Dastangoi Baithak

Photograph Courtesy: Dave Besseling

We have instituted a fortnightly Baithak for the art form's practitioners, or those with interest in the art form and a desire to be a practitioner at a future stage. The Baithak will be a forum to discuss ideas about the art form, stories, show work-in-progress to peers, share interesting related info, and just catch up with each other.

The Baithak is not a performance. We're not looking for an audience. So, please be there only if you wish to engage seriously with the art form.

The Dastangoi Baithak will be held every second and fourth Thursday of the month from 7pm to 9pm at Anusha and Mahmood's residence. As it is a private residence, we expect you to RSVP us before coming. Please send a mail to Mahmood at mahmoodfarooqui at yahoo dot com or me at dan dot ayyaar at gmail dot com. You may even send us an sms. Our numbers are given at the bottom of our blog's page.

If in any case we're not having a Baithak on any Thursday, we'll post it on the blog.

Thanks and looking forward to you all next Thursday.

Danish Husain

Dastangoi at National School of Drama

As every year, we return to the National School of Drama, Bhawalpur House, Bhagwan Das Road, New Delhi for a Dastangoi performance for the first-year drama students as part of their orientation program. The performance will be at 6.30 pm on Wednesday, 27th July 2011 at the NSD Campus. Though the performance is for the NSD students but it is open to all. Please feel free to join us there.

Directed by Mahmood Farooqui
Performers: Manu Sikandar Dhingra & Nadeem Shah

A Dastaan Weekend in Delhi

The Tadpole Repertory and The Tejeshwar Singh Memorial Trust

invite you to

An Evening of Dastangoi

Directed by Mahmood Farooqui

Performed by Manu Sikander Dhingra and Nadeem Shah

Saturday, 18^th June 2011 | 7 p.m. |

40 minutes | The language of performance is an eclectic mix of Persian, Urdu and Braj

The event has already reported full RSVP.

Thanks

The Tadpole Repertory

Right to Dissent: Dastan-e-Sedition Banaam Hakim Sen

We return to Mumbai with our rights to dissent and our special tale for Dr. Binayak Sen as part of a conclave on "Right to Dissent." The performance will be on May 30, 2011 at 7.45 pm at M.C. Ghia Hall, Opposite Max Mueller Bhavan (Another landmark next to Copper Chimney Restuarant), Kala Ghoda, Mumbai.

The performance will be preceded by a panel discussion at 6 pm between Dr. Binayak Sen, Dr. Illina Sen, Justice P.B. Sawant, Advocate Mihir Desai with Jyoti Punwani. We'll provide you more information on the conclave as we get it.

Thanks and best regards

Faiz Ahmed Faiz: A Conversation between Mahmood Farooqui & Danish Husain

We return with our conversation on Faiz Saheb again but this time in Kanpur. Please join us at Swaroop Auditorium, Civil Lines, Kanpur at 5.00 pm on May 21, 2011. The event is open for all and is organized by Ms. Subhashini Ali.

Thanks