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UPDATED: June 26, 2021 14:24 IST Vandana Narang at one of the Delhi campus studios; Photo by Rajwant Rawat 1. National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), New Delhi 1. National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), New Delhi Guru Speak | Prof. Vandana Narang Campus director, NIFT, New Delhi The first lockdown, in late March 2020, took everyone by surprise. None of us could believe that it was possible to shut down everything and sit back. It took a week for reality to set in, after which we started to look for a way forward. However, after that, it didn’t take long for NIFT to work out a pedagogy for online classes. We used multiple online teaching platforms to train faculty members and then gave them a choice so that they could select the most comfortable medium to start classes. Initially, there was hesitancy regarding the feasibility of practical classes being conducted online. We were hoping things would return to normal soon. Later, the se ....
India Today Editor-in-Chief Aroon Purie on how the loneliness and isolation brought about by social distancing and lockdowns have heightened our stress and anxiety - Issue Date: Jun 7, 2021 ....
The Pt. Durgalal Festival was a fine tribute to the Jaipur gharana maestro The 31st edition of the annual Pt. Durgalal Festival, hosted by Uma Dogra of Samved Society for Performing Arts, was a three-day virtual event. On the opening day, Suhani Singh, trustee, Samved shared memories of the earlier editions that featured eminent musicians, dancers and theatre personalities and the joy of performing to a live audience. The event also marked the première of ‘Nirvana through Dance’ a video documentation of Pt. Durgalal’s art and legacy, directed by Indrayanee Mukherjee, senior disciple of Uma Dogra. Knitting together interesting anecdotes from the life of the Jaipur gharana maestro with inputs from renowned artistes like Pt. Birju Maharaj, Pt. Sajan Mishra, Geetanjali Lal and wife Bala Lal, photographer Avinash Pasricha, and dance writer Leela Venkatraman, the film was a tribute by Uma Dogra to her guru. ....