This music institute created quite a buzz in Bangalore in 2009, by being the groundbreaking “First Registered Music Institute to be commenced by an Assamese”. With the festive spirits still vivacious, Eastern Fare Music Foundation had more than one reason to celebrate. Thanks to the trailblazing initiative by Jim Ankan, a music composer from Assam, the institute has not only completed a year but has done extremely well in the Trinity Guild Hall Exam for music. The students of Eastern Fare scored record percentages in the whole of Bangalore City (Shreya Krishnaswamy 98%).
The anniversary celebrations were conducted on 12th February at the Furtados Music Showroom in Koramangala. The event "Euphony - a winter nocturne" also marked the launch of the official website of institute www.easternfare.com. The show took off with some quick and crispy piano recitals by the beginners; while the intermediate students did some covers like “Heal the world” by MJ and “To be with you” by Mr Big. The institute’s band Eastern Fare really got the temperatures rising with some original tracks like “Personally Your’s” and “Least Liked Best”. Vocalist Siddharth Tanti and Faheeda Fahad made the crowd groove to some equally nifty covers like “Friday”, “Wild World”, “Heart Shaped Box”, “Give Me Some Water” and “Animal Instinct”. However it was the featured performance by Chief Guest Suchetan Rangaswamy with his fusion band “Veenar”, whose melodious phonation touched some meticulous Carnatic notes leaving the crowd awe struck. Mr. Rangaswamy also felicitated the top performers of the institute. Parmita Borah anchored the show with her usual panache.
Eastern Fare Music Foundation is a full-fledged music institute and is recognized by the Trinity School of Music. The courses offered are purely western classical, but the management has decided to foray into Carnatic and Hindustani classical music towards the second half of this year. The foundation also has a club, Eastern Fare Music Club, where the members are provided with facilities like jamming room, studio and library. The members of the club have been associated with charitable causes like ‘blood donation’, ‘helping the poor’ and ‘teaching the under priviledged’. The director of the institute Jim Ankan has composed music for many albums, films and south Indian television serials. He has also been featured in Radio Channels like Radio Indigo (Bangalore) and Gupshup FM (Guwahati).
In a significant development, the Prime Minister's Office has called up noted Assam intellectual Dr Hiren Gohain and talked about his request seeking a date with the prime minister. According to confirmed sources, a PMO officer called up Dr Gohain on Monday evening and requested him to send his fax message anew where he and his associates last month sought an interview with Dr Manmohan Singh to apprise him of ULFA's willingness for talk.DR Gohain is expected to send the fax on Tuesday.
The development is significant a day after Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi announced that he has received a consent from ULFA to sit in talk. Dr Gohain, Dr Indira Goswami along with some others have...
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Tuesday met Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh a day after the PMO called up Dr Hiren Gohain who is leading a group of peace brokers in Assam. Talking to reporters in Delhi, Gogoi said Dr Singh as not aware of Dr Gohain's Fax message seeking an appointment with him. He hoped that Dr Gohain and his associates would soon be able to hold meet with the prime minister. his was followed by Gogoi's meet with Union water resources development minister Pawn Kuma Bansal.
The development came two days after the Chief Minister announced that he has as in touch with a ULFA top leader who wants to hold talk.
Journalists’ Forum, Assam (JFA) has organized a Citizen’s Meet on June 19 (Saturday) to discuss about the ongoing poaching of endangered one horn rhinoceros in Assam. The meeting will begin at 3 pm in Guwahati Press Club auditorium.
It may be mentioned that the JFA along with All Assam Students’ Union and Nature’s Beckon had demanded rigorously for a high level (preferably by Central Bureau of Investigation) enquiry to probe the issue of rhino poaching in various reserves of Assam. Facing the hit of public resentment, the State forest minister Rockybul Hussain made a public announcement that he was ready to go for a CBI enquiry in to the matter. But till today, the...
A night super bus collided its head on a speeding truck at bus at Bongaon near Dergaon on its way to Tinsukia at around 4:30 amon Sunday. At least 9 people died, 20 others injured in the incident. Injured have been immediately rushed to the Jorhat Medical College. The condition of 5 of the injured person is stated to be serious. The reason of the accident has yet to be ascertained. Top ranked police and civil officials have rushed to the spot. Investigation is in progress.
Well known literary personalities and writers of Kolkata and members of Assamese community based in kolkata accorded a reception to Assamese well known writer , poet and economist Gautam Prasad Barua on his reaching 70th years today for his contribution to Assamese literature and personal finance to middle class population of Northeast.. The function was organized by Heritage Northeast along with ASL CLUB Kolkata and was largely attended Bengal's literary icons like Kazi Nazrul award winner poet Ardhendu Chakravarty, FILM ARTIST Kalyan chatterjee writer and translator Jiban Bose, Manipuri dance exponent Devajani Chaliha Basu, Himanshu Bose journalist and writer Ranjita...
One forest guard at the Kaziranga National Park, Mohendra Karmakar, is missing in the flood as he was riding on an elephant at Kohora range on Tuesday.
Voters at the ongoing election for Deori Autonomus Council at Demow Rajabari & Katiori Villages in Sivasagar district on June 07.
Photo: Sekharjyoti Dowari, Demow.
One more top ULFA leader falls in RAB dregnet in Bangladesh. According to a section of media reports, the clise aide of C-in-C Paresh Baruah has been arrested in Mymensingh district. He is identified as Ranjan Chowdhury alias Masud Ranjan Chowdhury. He was was taken into custody from Rupa Nursing Home in Sherpur where he was undergoing treatment. He may be handed over to India very soon.
The National Union of Journalists (NUJ), Assam Chapter and Gramya Vikash Mancha (GVM) on Sunday organized a state-level media workshop on “Disaster risk reduction and climate change” at Hotel Brahmaputra Ashok in Guwahati. The workshop which was supported by Actionaid, was organized with an objective to sensitize the media persons over the issues of climate change and disaster.
The workshop was attended by over 35 journalists from various places of the state and the region as a whole. The entire initiative was supported by the European Commission.
While Dr. Arabinda Mishra, director of Earth Science and Climate Change Division, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)...
ULFA publicity secretary Mithinga Daimary has denied the outfit's general body meet inside the jail as Union home secretary GK Pillai said on Friday. Same it was echoed by vice president Pradip Gogoi who said ULFA would never hold any meet inside the jail.
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