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Spreading colours of faith
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A blend of art, poetry, music, drama and food, “Aqeedat Ke Rang” has something for all
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Impressive A calligraphic work on display at IGNCA
And we thought there are only a few calligraphers trying to revive a dying traditional art and letter writing. Well, there are many actually. It’s just that they never gather at one place to show their creative work. At New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), one can see an interesting congregation of such talents. As many as 24 artists from across India have met under the banner of Aqeedat Ke Rang showcasing not just their skills at calligraphy, but at embroidery, performing arts, even food too. While the performances wound up last Friday, the display of calligraphic works continues till this Tuesday. Aqeedat Ke Rang, meaning colours of faith, is broadly, about different expressions of devotion in Islam.
Among worth-seeing calligraphers are Hashim Akhtar Naqvi from Lucknow who has written Bismillah Hir Rahman Hir Raheem in 6000 calligraphic styles including some in eight regional languages. For that he holds a solo place in The Limca Book of Records. Then there is Mumtaz Currim from Jaipur who carves Quranic verses artistically, mixing them with handmade colours and gold water on chemically treated membrane of sheep and goat. Lucknow’s Yusuf Khan can be seen doing calligraphic embroidery with silken thread and precious stones on garments. Also, there are spectacular calligraphic works done with wood peel called ‘seta’ on ‘shanel’ by Delhi-based Javed Abbasi. Calligraphic designs on oil on canvas by Raza Zaidi, and posters on popular culture in Islam from the collection of Delhi-based filmmaker Yousuf Saeed are also on display.
Sixty-year-old Agha Hasan holds your attention too. He makes portraits out of food grains like cereals, pulses, rice, millet and sorghum (jwar). His subject includes the late Arab Prince Abdul Majeed , Mother Teresa, M. F. Husain, Harivansh Rai Bachchan, Mulayam Singh Yadav, Kanshi Ram among others.
Fragrance of diversity
Also, the aroma of rich mughlai food and dessert waft in the air, coaxing you to have a bite or two, that doesn’t quite pinch your pocket. While having delicious seekh kabab or pineapple tikka you can have a look at Hyderabadi jewellery at a stall nearby. A stall of Lucknowi suits, saris and kurta-pyjamas is a major attraction too. If you are fond of ittar, then there is a stall displaying wares from across the globe.
The performances included a wide variety of impressive plays, sufi songs, qawwalis, naat khwani, qirat, (poetic recitation of Quranic verses), etc. Some of them included Habib Tanvir’s famous play “Agra Bazaar”, a zikr by Faqeera group from Assam and Sufi songs by Madan Gopal Singh.
RANA SIDDIQUI
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