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| Club members celebrate the anniversary at AK Park. (Saradindu Chaudhury) |
Divine Morning, a morning-walkers’ club based in AK Park, celebrated its first anniversary recently. The club has 29 members from AK, AL and BL blocks as well as places further off like Rajarhat.
The programme was to start at 7am but the excited members had come in before time. The show began with a song from member Ramani Mohan Debnath. The 70-year-old performed wearing smart black gloves and a funky Fifa World Cup jersey. “I have trained in singing for many years and have performed at many gatherings. Even today I practise every morning,” he said.
There was also Bhupendra Nath Sengupta, a 92-year-old who is a regular at the morning walks. “I also do freehand exercises after my three rounds of the park,” he said.
Members also brainstormed on the activities they should undertake this year. Last year, they visited spots like Mayapur and Santiniketan and now want to widen their horizon.
After the early morning event, the members met up again for lunch at a Sector V restaurant.
MANIPURI MOVES
GC Block-based Manipuri dance school Salt Lake Nartanalay organised its annual concert at EZCC recently. The guests of honour at the occasion were dancers Kalavati Devi and Kalamandalam Venkitt.
The programme started with the traditional mangalacharan dedicated to Lord Krishna and Radha followed by Cholkettu movements of the Mohiniyattam repertoire. Tots presented a synchronised piece on the basic steps of Manipuri dance.
The next item Mandira Nartan was a blend of Manipuri and Mohiniyattam, the classical dance form of Kerala. It showcased the unity in diversity of India.
The dance drama Nonichuri was based on the childhood pranks played by young Krishna. Budding dancers depicted two basic emotions of life — joy while having noni (butter) and fear of getting scolded by mother Yashoda.
The main attraction of the evening was Gopi Goshtha, a dance drama composed long ago by Guru Bipin Singh and enhanced by his student Kalavati Devi. Devi was assisted by her disciple Soma Roy, who is the founder of Salt Lake Nartanalay. The programme was supported by the Union ministry of culture.
The audience appreciated the performance, especially those of Roy as Radha and her disciples Tapan Ghosh and Biplab Ghosh as Krishna and Balaram. Some parents were effusive in praise of Roy. “She not only trains each student well but is also their second mother,” one said.
