Sham-e Manto

The city of Mir Ahmed Ali, who invented the legend of Hoshruba. The city of Muhammad Ali Khan who brought alive Ayyaari in his narrative. The city that saw the master Dastangos like Muhammad Husain Jah, Ahmed Husain Qamar and Amba Prasad Rasa. That Nakhlau beckons its own child - Dastangoi.

To celebrate Sa'adat Hasan Manto's birth centenary,

LUCKNOW Society presents</ br>

Shaam-e Manto

''Mantoiyat''

The Dastangoi presentation on the life and times of the noted writer, 

makes its premiere at Dastangoi's Headquarters.

Directed by: Mahmood Farooqui

Performers: Darain Shahidi and Ankit Chadha

Date: November, 3, 2012

Time: 5.30 pm onwards

Venue: Paryatan Bhawan, C-13, Vipin Khand, Gomti Nagar, Lucknow - 10

Chouboli in America

Here's a great example of how stories travel. A storyteller in Rajasthan told a folk tale to Vijaydan Detha. The latter wrote the story in Rajasthani. An American scholar, Christi Merrill translated the story into English, which got published in this book.

Mahmood Farooqui referred to this version of the story and put it back to life by retelling it in a once-lost art form of Urdu storytelling - Dastangoi. Now, Merrill and Farooqui meet. They read out their versions and engage with the process of storytelling to text to storytelling.
The South Asian Graduate Association, co-sponsored by the Center for South Asian Studies and the LSA Translation Theme Semester, invite you to a special reading of: Retelling a Rajasthani Folk Tale in Urdu: Dastan-e-Chouboli A Reading by Mahmood Farooqi Interspersed with English translation readings by Professor Christi Merrill

October 22, 2012 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Space 2435 North Quad

Dastangoi at Studio Safdar

Two pairs of Dastangos, trained by Mahmood Farooqui and Danish Husain, will present two dastans:

• Bachpan ki Dastan: to be performed by Manu Sikander Dhingra and Nadeem Shah 
• Aazar Jadoo Dastan: to be performed by Ankit Chadha and Ashish Paliwal 

Duration: 70 minutes

Date: October 20, 2012

Time: 6.30 PM

Venue: Studio Safdar and May Day Bookstore and Café

2254/2A Shadi Khampur, New Ranjit Nagar, New Delhi 110008


Studio Safdar is a small space with limited seating, so best to arrive early.
The event is not ticketed.


How to Reach: Shadipur Metro station (Blue Line) > Walk till Satyam Cinema > Take a cycle rickshaw till ‘Biyaasi number’ > May Day board next to DMS booth
Phone: 2570 9456.

Dastangoi Workshop in Mumbai

Dan Husain will be conducting a 

Dastangoi workshop 

in Mumbai.

Date: October 5-7

Time: 10 am

Venue:Habitat, Above Gloria Jeans, Prithvi Compound Entrance, Juhu

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