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Touch of parody, tinge of nostalgia

Edit The Hindu 11 Nov 2016
The four-day 28th Urdu Drama Festival organised by Urdu Academy, Delhi at Shri Ram Centre ended with the presentation of “Ek Nishani Ghalib Ki” by Eden Art And Cultural Society this past week to a jam-packed house ... M. Sayeed Alam, one of our sensitive and imaginative theatre practitioners ... M ... Written by Dr ... The offstage tender instrumental tunes based on Awadhi folk and Hindustani classical music heightened atmosphere....

Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone to have a ROMANTIC dance sequence in Padmavati

Edit Bollywood Life 07 Nov 2016
By Soumyata Chauhan . Published ... comments ... As described in the epic poem Padmavat, written by Malik Muhammad Jayasi in the Awadhi language in the year 1540, Allaudin fell madly in love with Padmavati after seeing merely a glimpse of her in the mirror and waged a war with Raja Ratan Singh for her ... ....

Devotees throng Ramkund to offer prayers to Sun God on Chhath Puja

Edit The Times of India 07 Nov 2016
NASHIK. Thousands of people, mainly from eastern Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, gathered at Ramkund on Sunday to offer Sandhya Arghya to the setting Sun and mark the beginning of the two-day Chhath Puja celebrations ... In the evening, popular North Indian singers such as Rajesh Mishra and Ritu Ranjan presented traditional Hindi, Awadhi and Bhojpuri songs ... Chhath Puja is special in many aspects ... There is no need to insist on a particular spot....

Celebratory Chef Harpal Singh Sokhi spreads his wings with 5 new restaurants

Edit Newstrack India 04 Nov 2016
Now, Celebratory Chef Harpal Singh Sokhi is going for the big one. Five new eateries with a $15-20 million infusion by a leading F&B franchise management company ... "Cooking has always been a passion of mine ... They vary from street food to North Indian food in Twist of Tadka, BBjaan offers Nizami, Awadhi and new age Indian food, Chika Chika offers desi Chinese and Dhadoom offers fries and more," Sokhi said ... --IANS. vm/dg/sac/ky. ....

Celebrity Chef Harpal Singh Sokhi spreads his wings with 5 new restaurants (Lead, fixing headline,

Edit Newstrack India 04 Nov 2016
Now, Celebrity Chef Harpal Singh Sokhi is going for the big one. Five new eateries with a $15-20 million infusion by a leading F&B franchise management company ... "Cooking has always been a passion of mine ... They vary from street food to North Indian food in Twist of Tadka, BBjaan offers Nizami, Awadhi and new age Indian food, Chika Chika offers desi Chinese and Dhadoom offers fries and more," Sokhi said ... --IANS. vm/dg/sac/vm. ....

Three-day Ganga Mahotsav begins from November 11

Edit The Times of India 03 Nov 2016
VARANASI ... Besides, folk dance performances comprising Bharatnatyam, Kuchipudi, Lavani, Awadhi will be presented by North Central Zone Cultural Centre on the penultimate day of festival while programmes include patangbazi (kite flying competition), nauka race (boat race), marathon race and Jodi gada malkham (which involve sports activities) will begin from November 9 onwards ... Tributes will be paid to martyrs on the occasion ... RELATED....

Over 5,000 stray cats rounded up in Dubai in 2015

Edit Khaleej Times 19 Oct 2016
There has been a 15 to 20 per cent increase in the number of stray cats found in 2014-2015, according to a top Dubai Municipality official ... Hashim Mohammed Al Awadhi, head of the civic body's veterinary services section, attributed the increase of stray cats to population increase, surplus food found in public trash bins and low awareness among residents who abandon their pets ... sherouk@khaleejtimes.com. Sherouk Zakaria. ....

‘More to UP than Taj, Kashi ghats’

Edit The Times of India 16 Oct 2016
Varanasi. Second edition of UP Travel Writers’ Conclave, organised by UP Tourism and WorldWide Media Private Limited, concluded here on Sunday ... He revealed how efforts were on to introduce contribution of artists and litterateurs in languages like Bundelkhandi, Awadhi and Bhojpuri to other parts of globe which in turn would attract domestic as well as foreign tourists ... 20 crore for development of the region to attract more people....

The journey of biryani

Edit Deccan Herald 15 Oct 2016
While legend has it that Turkic ruler Tamerlane was responsible for biryani’s entry into India, hidden in layers of rice, spices and succulent meat are little stories of people who have Indianised it into different variants ... And thus the biryani was born... While the Hyderabadi biryani uses ground masalas, the Awadhi or Lucknow biryani is characterised by whole spices and yellow chili powder for a mild, flavourful dish ... ....

Modi to attend Ramlila function in Lucknow today

Edit The Hindu 11 Oct 2016
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the historic Ramlila function at Aishbagh maidan in Lucknow on Tuesday. It is the first time an incumbent Prime Minister will celebrate the festival of Dussehra in the Uttar Pradesh capital. Mr. Modi will land at Lucknow airport at around 5.30 p.m ... Mr ... ‘Election stunt’ ... Tulsidas started the Ramlila as he thought that translating the Ramcharitramanas into Hindi and Awadhi was not enough ... ....

Braj to Khadi, Ramlila is losing war with time

Edit The Times of India 10 Oct 2016
JAIPUR. Cultures adapt, adopt and transform as time goes by. And so do art forms and narratives. The case of folk theatre Ramlila, which tells the story Lord Ram's epic war with demon Ravan, is no different. In this instance, it's the centuries-old language, in which the tale has been narrated, that has changed ... Till the early 1960s, Ramlila was told in Braj and Awadhi zuban (language) with Sanskrit words ... RELATED....

From elegy to devotional art

Edit DNA India 09 Oct 2016
--> Yogesh Pawar . Sun, 9 Oct 2016-07.20am , dna. In this holy month of Muharram, Yogesh Pawar tracks the distinctive elegiac tradition of the marsiya as it moved from the Arabian peninsula to the Indian subcontinent ... The origin ... It not only moved from Arabic and Persian into Urdu and Dakhni but also picked up Awadhi and Brijbhasha as it then moved north, borrowing musicality and soulfulness from Sufism which had deep roots in this land....

Kuwait court restores citizenship of pro-opposition TV owner

Edit The National 09 Oct 2016
KUWAIT CITY // Kuwait's lower court on Sunday ordered the government to restore the citizenship of a pro-opposition television station owner and his four children who were stripped of their status in 2014 ... The government later stripped Islamist preacher Nabil Al Awadhi and opposition activist Saad Al Ajmi of their citizenship. Mr Ajmi was deported to Saudi Arabia ... This view was later supported by the appeals court....
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