Suniti Mohan Nadkarni, Chairperson of the Auckland based Mohan Nadkarni Foundation, passed away in Auckland on November 13, just four days after her 92nd birthday. She leaves behind a son, The Indian Weekender’s founding editor and Editor at Large Dev Nadkarni, his...
Last Sunday’s Shukra Tara concert has been described by many in the audience as one of the more memorable musical events in recent times. In memory of one of the great composers of yesteryear, Padmabhushan Srinvas Khale, Shukra Tara was named after one of his most...
Auckland fans of Indian percussion music had the rare opportunity to listen to well-known Mumbai based tabla doyen Pandit Sadanand Naimpally last Sunday morning. One of the outstanding tabla and pakhawaj maestros of India, Sadanandji packed in a lot in his...
The Indian Weekender, October 19, 2018 The Centennial Theatre at Auckland Boys Grammar School in Epsom reverberated with the pristine, divine sounds of traditional Indian music on the evening of Saturday, October 13. The audience that stayed back to the very end of...
May 22, 2018 The near full house crowd at the Green Bay High School that had turned up to watch the first-of-its-kind musical dance drama EkaPremachiGoshta stayed back long after the curtains fell to congratulate the cast and crew. The play was unique in many ways –...
