Put the clock back by a century and you could hear ‘shenai’ notes wafting from Charminar and ‘naubat’ being played from atop Charkaman. Want to relive those bygone moments? Just join the ‘Jashan-e-Telangana’ and you will get transported to an age gone by.
The first anniversary of Telangana formation promises to present the Hyderabadi culture, art and the famed ‘Ganga-Jamuni’ tehzeeb in its true colours. The Minority Department is pulling out all stops to make it a memorable event. For four days from June 3 to 6 a number of programmes are planned to take the city on a cultural high.
From across the border, Shainsha-e-Ghazal, Ustad Ghulam Ali, is being roped in to regale the audience at the foot of Charminar. Vehicular traffic will be shut down in and around the monument on June 5 from 7 p.m onwards. The Pakistani singer, known for blending Hindustani classical music with ghazals, will render some of his best numbers.
Riaz Ali Khan, grandson of legendary singer, Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, will render ghazals at Ravindra Bharati on June 3. In fact there will be a surfeit of cultural programmes to bowl over everyone - mushaira, qawalli, comedy, mazahia mushaira (humorous poetry), light music. Dr. Javeed Kamal and his team will present a ‘Tamseeli Mushaira’ titled Dastan-e-Telangana at Urdu Maskan, Khilwat, while Hamid Kamal and his troupe will send you in splits with a humorous play.
Popular singers such as Chote Jani Babu (Nagpur), Dr. Wasim Bareli (Delhi), Lata Haya (Mumbai) besides well known poets of Hyderabad and Telangana districts will be on hand to amuse the audience. Deputy Chief Minister Mohammad Mahmood Ali, fine tuned the programme schedule with Minority Welfare secretary, Syed Omer Jaleel, Urdu Academy director, Prof. S. A. Shukoor and Minority Finance Corporation managing director, M.J. Akbar on Sunday.
