Article: Cultural fest a whiff of fresh air for the capital.(Concert review)

OLD TIMERS ruing the gradual decline of the cultural movement in the Bihar capital had something to cheer about last week with a sixday festival of classical Indian art, music and dance, bringing back memories of the good, old days.

Takshila Utsav, which concluded on Monday, had everything that the connoisseurs of art and culture had hankered after in recent years. It featured noted exponents of Indian classical music, leading shayars ( Urdu poets), qawwals and devotional singers whose virtuoso performances left the audiences craving for more. It also hosted a literary talk and an innovative photo exhibition, " Patna Kaleidoscope" which featured exclusive ...

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