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A Molecule of Mysticism Through Tagore and Maurice Maeterinck
On Jul 15, 2025 in Nehru Centre, London, 8 S Audley St, London W1K 1HF.
Nehru Centre, London, 8 S Audley St, London W1K 1HF
14-18 July 2025 Exhibition from 10am-5pm | Curated Talk and Reading at the Gallery from 4pm - 6pm
Peorformance and art-production on Tuesday 15 July at the main auditorium at 6pm.
This art-initiatives entails art-exhibition from 14-18 July with a performance that re-interprets both Tagore and Maurice's mystic works.
Curated by poet T M Ahmed Kaysher, the peformance/ art-production on Tueday 15 July at 18:15 is bringing a neo-metaphysical interpretation of mystic poems and metaphysical music compositions (A unique Indian mysticism) by the first non-European Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore and the first Belgian Nobel laureate in literature, who received Nobel prize just two years before Tagore, in 2011, Maurice Maeterlinck with both comparison and resemblance of Indian and European idea of metaphysical arts.
Tagore's composition, with the depth of relevant Raga will be presented by Vidushi Chandra Chakraborty ( Chandra Chakraborty » South Asian Arts ), one of the finest classical vocalists here in the UK, an SRA scholar who toured the world preaching predominantly Indian classical music with a group of some critically acclaimed spoken-word artists - Shree Ganguly, Nazia Amin & Tanusree Guha; musicians - Amith Dey and Aniruddha Mukherjee; classical dancers - Asmitha Keer and Sewli Bhattacharyya + a group focused to Tagore's music called Udayan Oxford.
The visual interpretation of both music and poetry will be rendered by Kathak dance and 16 pieces of painting created on the mystic poetry of both Tagore and Maurice. In addition to the exhibition in the Gallery, these paintings will be projected on the screen while the relevant poetry or music is being presented on the stage.
This is a well curated event with seamless amalgamation of poetry, music, dance and a curation to glue up different arts to create a new philosophical interpretation of mysticism.
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Saudha International Literature Festival | Senedd the Welsh Parliament
From Oct 2, 2025 to Oct 2, 2025 in Cardiff Bay, Cardiff, CF99 1SN.
Thursday 2 October 2025 at 12 noon to 13:30
The Welsh Parliament, Neuadd, Oriel, Cardiff Bay, Cardiff, CF99 1SN
The festival preaches the art and beauty of imagination, languages from different cultural heritages through talks, reading, performances.
This is part of Saudha’s critically acclaimed literature Festival that contemplates re-reading/ re-interpreting the works of literary giants of the world and explores the philosophical insights on many unconventional literary themes and movements through reading, performances, poetry-theatres, talks etc.
In collaboration with a Cardiff based art-organisation Club 1400, sponsored by the cabinet secretary for finance Mark Drakeford MS and curated by T M Ahmed Kaysher, the session will feature a few leading contemporary poets as well as giants from diverse traditions of last centuries to re-define both intellectual, political, emotional and spiritual discourses of the word PEACE through a series of insightful and haunting presentations.
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Rhymes for River & Planting Poetry in Parliament
From Dec 18, 2025 to Dec 18, 2025 in The Holyrood Room, The Scottish Parliament, Horse Wynd, Edinburgh EH99 1SP.
Thursday 18 December at 17:30 to 19:30
The Holyrood Room, The Scottish Parliament, Horse Wynd, Edinburgh EH99 1SP
Sponsored by Foysol Choudhury MSP and curated by Chandra Chakraborty and T M Ahmd Kaysher, the session features a hypnotic Saudha production RHYMES FOR RIVER AND PLANTING POETRY IN PARLIAMENT, a unique art-initiative on that combines classical music, poetry-theatre, dance and painting. The production vivifies a fresh philosophical connotations of river in addition to redifine the relation between nature and human as well as climate-awareness.
Saudha International Literature Festival | Centenary of Eugen Gomringer | Book Launch
From Aug 24, 2025 to Aug 24, 2025 in Crossrail Roof Garden, Canary Wharf, E14 5AB.
Sunday 24 August 2025 at 4pm
Crossrail Roof Garden, Canary Wharf, E14 5AB
The festival preaches the art and beauty of imagination, languages from different cultural heritages through talks, reading, performances.
This is part of Saudha’s critically acclaimed literature Festival that contemplates re-reading/ re-interpreting the works of literary giants of the world and explores the philosophical insights on many unconventional literary themes and movements through reading, performances, poetry-theatres, talks etc.
The session in Canary Wharf focuses on the birth-centenary celebration of BolivianSwiss concrete poet Eugen Gomringer through talks on concrete poetry, performances from his works and relevant music presentations.
The session will also feature a book launch for a poetry collection, I SING TO THE GREENHEARTS by one of the finest British-Guyanese poets, Maggie Harris.
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Saudha Initiative - Planting Poetry, Music & Dance in the Park
From Jul 27, 2025 to Jul 27, 2025 in Victoria Park, Bandstand, Grove Road, London E3 5TB.
Victoria Park, Bandstand, Grove Road, London E3 5TB
Sunday 27 July 2025 from 1pm to 5pm
An ecstasy of #Music. #Dance & #Poetry in the #VictorialPark #London.
Please join us for an exciting #picnic in the park on Sunday 27 July from 2pm onward.
An ecstasy of #music . #dance & #Poetry at the lap of the nature in #VictorialPark featuring Saudha's wonderful line of poets, musicians and dancers.
The session is happening at the beautiful bandstand by the grove road entrance and nurtured by Friends of Victoria Park.
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