Author
James Hall
Last weekend was a real treat for fans of South Asian culture, as the Mela took over the city and Kavya Rang Multilingual Poetry Group held their annual Kavi Sammelan (a traditional Indian poetry recital). On Saturday, a group of poets who’d… Continue Reading →
Taken from Nottingham City of Literature. Originally set up as ‘Gitanjali Trent’ in the early noughties, an East Midlands off-shoot of a project in the West Midlands, but eventually grew in popularity and became its own entity. Headed up by… Continue Reading →
Chief guests were Governer of West Bengal Mr Keshri Nath Tripathi, Sheriff of Nottingham Jackie Morris, Counsell General Mr J K Sharma, Hindi and Cultural Attache Tarun Kumar. And special guest Dame Asha Khemka. Awarded poet was Mr Santokh Dhaliwal
The Nottingham Kavya Rang group
Beeston Memory Cafe is a charity based in Beeston, Notts; which meets twice a month to support those with dementia and other conditions. As a fundraiser, coffee and lunch at Jai Verma’s house was held and raised money to keep… Continue Reading →
The Inauguration and oath-reading of the High Sheriff of Nottingham Jas Bilkhu, at Nottingham Sikh Temple.
2004 Meeting of poets including Sarvesh Chandausvi (far left); Ajay Gupta (centre, with scarf); Manzar Bhopali (second right); Yusuf Bhandwaj (far right).
HCI London: Mr Mathai reception dinner by ICCA Nottingham, with CGI Mr J Sharma and Freeman of Nottingham Mr N Puri, 8th August 2015, on reception of the CBE.
