On how humans should engage with forests, Sinha noted, "The thing to be afraid of in the forest is. At the session, Padel talked about her book, "Where The Serpent Lives" and read a few passages from it while Sinha proceeded to read excerpts from her work, "Wild and Wilful". "ĭuring a panel discussion on the power of mother earth in our lives, wildlife, conservation, literature and healing award-winning British poet Ruth Padel and Conservation Biologist, author and columnist Neha Sinha were in conversation with forester and writer Vandana Singh-Lal. When I start a composition there is a raag playing in my head, ab vo raag ka naam kya hai mujhe nahi pata, jab banata hoon uske log kehte hai ki.this song takes us to a bahar.
Ravjiani said, ".for me raag is an emotion. Deeply moved by the words of Kabir, musicians Sumit Balakrishnan, Anirban Gosh, Vedi Sinha, Varun Gupta and Nikhil Vasudevan represented a performance which created a space for harmony in the rigmarole of everyday life.Īt a panel discussion composed of violinist Ambi Subramaniam leading film composer and singer, Shekhar Ravjiani musician Ayaan Ali Bangash and research-led writer and curator Sadhana Rao talked about what raga means to each of them and their personal journeys of learning and understanding ragas. Spreading some morning bliss to the rich festival, the stage was graced by The Aahvaan Project where the group presented a philosophy of love, humanity, and kindness, creating a space for harmony with their unique ability of storytelling via music.
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