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Saturday, February 4, 2006 |
 The Kala Ghoda Festival in Mumbai goes live tomorrow. Started in 1999, it has evolved into a real cultural feast, covering events in several areas - visual arts, dance, music, theatre, cafe theatre, cinema, literature, seminars, workshops, heritage walks, childrens events, street festivals. Kala Ghoda (transliterated - black horse) is the hub of cultural activity in Bombay (yes ... as opposed to Mumbai !) and has within it the National Gallery of
Modern Art, the Prince of Wales Museum, the Jehangir Art Gallery, the Bombay
Natural History Society, the David Sassoon Library and the University. A bit of trivia :"The name comes from the old black equestrian statue of King Edward VII which
was earlier placed at the present car parking zone. The statue was removed to
the Victoria Gardens in Byculla sometime in
the early 1970's. It was replaced by a black equestrian statue of Shivaji,
which was also later moved to the
Gateway of India.
The space freed up by the removal of the statue is now a car park."  and now ...  Peter, who calls himself a "serial collaborative blogger",(correction - make that 'CollaBlogger') has got together a bunch of Bombay Bloggers to cover the event live. Their Kala Ghoda Gazette is live now. From his 'launch post' , ironically titled "This Blog Will Die" : "During that time, we hope to prove that
there is power in collaboration, that citizen journalism is coming of
age, that this experiment in giving creators and their audiences fresh,
new alternatives is a damn good idea, and the foundation for other
experiments of this kind, maybe even *gasp* a model for more of the same." 10:40:12 AM  comment [] trackback []
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