Photographs of first meeting

Dr. Vinay inaugurating the first meeting.
Members listen in rapt attention as Dr. Vinay loathes the fast I-Don't-Care nature of Mumbai's life. The meeting was made successful by the fact that it brought people face to face with each other, in some case after more than 30 years!









Ajay Rohilla, Roomy Siddiqui, Maneej Premnath and others listen as Shishir Sharma expresses his view on the august occasion of the first meeting of the biradari.





Ajay Rohilla in animated discussion about the events that lead to formation of the biradari and how he thinks that this effort can benefit all the members of the clan

As our efforts gain momentum...

As our efforts gain momentum, the first steering committee of the biradari has been constituted. This committee comprises of the following members;

1. Mr. Abid Surti Honorary Founder Member.
2. Dr. Vinay Honorary Founder Member.
3. Mr. Ajay Prakash Rohilla Founder-Member.
4. Mr. Dinesh Shakul Founder-Member.
5. Mr. Maneej Premnath Founder-Member.
6. Mr. Dharmendra Ojha Founder-Member.
7. Mr. Anand Bharti Founder-Member.
8. Mr. Vinod Kumar Chand - Founder-Member.
9. Mr. Sumit Mishra - Founder Member.
   

The association's articles of association are being registered with relevant authorities to enable the biradari get legal sanction to work in the arena of promoting art and craft in the region. This registration will also to enable the association to raise funds and manage them for benefit of members of biradari.


Regards

First Meeting of Kalabiradari

First meeting of Kalabiradari was held in the premises of Kite School, today at 4 p.m.
The meeting was attended by 28 members and was held in the august company of Dr. Vinay.
The following members attended the meeting

1. Pradyuman Sharma
2. Anand Bharti
3. Anjani Kumar
4. Mahesh Kanwal
5. Dharmendra Nath Ojha
6. Maneej Premnath
7. Niraj Kumar
8. Arvind Singh
9. Rakesh Kumar
10. Roomi Siddiqui
11. Ramesh S Gautam
12. Shankar Mondal
13. Dinesh Shakul
14. Ravi Shekhar
15. Lalita Asthana
16. Dhirendra Asthana
17. Sheel Kumar Sharma
18. Vinod Kumar Chand
19. Shishir Krishna Sharma
20. Dr. Vinay
21. Shivendra Singh
22. Rajesh Kumar
23. Prakash Mahanand
24. Dig Vijay Kumar Thakur
25. Hrydalani
26. Kamal Sharma
27. Ajay Rohilla

Details of the meeting and photographs will be posted tomorrow.

First Gathering of the Biradari

The first gathering of the Kalabiradari has been scheduled. We come together on the 3rd of June 2007, 4.p.m. at the following venue

Kite School,
Poonam Sagar Complex, Mira Road (East)

Directions:
From Mira Road Station take the road running parallel to the railway tracks and head towards the highway. Take the left turn at Poonam Sagar Complex near Asmita Super Market.

From Highway: Take immediate left after the Octroi Naka at Ajit Palace Hotel and drive through Penkarpada towards the Mira Road Station. Take right at Asmita Super Market.

If confused call me on 9819314466.

See you at the venue.

50 going on 100...

Kalabiradari reached a critical milestone today by reaching a certified strength of 50 members. As more and more people join together we are marching towards a strength of 100 very soon. As we grow in strength, members can look forward to a wide range of activities very soon.

A call to arms

Kalabiradari is an association of artists residing in the extended suburban area of Mumbai known as Mira Bhayandar. This area, having a population of half a million people, is richly peppered with people from the art fraternity.

But, surprisingly, there is not even a theater available in the entire area. Nor does there exist a library, a watering hole or a cafeteria where people from this field can come together and discuss the art world. This basically deprives the area of any art related activity.

Whatever activity happens, happens within the confines of one's own house and on a personal level. Almost all effort is personal and more often than not, even the exhibition of the effort is held at a far off place.

Thus not only people who are engaged in art related activities are deprived of a appreciative audience, but the local residents are affected too, almost like outcasts that have no engagement with the world of art.

Therefore, I appeal to all the members of Kalabiradari to come together and work towards correcting this problem

Kalabiradari (English Rendition)

We, the artists, engaged in our own medium, using our own thoughts, our own intellect to propagate our ideas to the people despite all the economic, social and political barriers that we face.

We are engaged in the attempt of fulfilling our dreams both big and small. In this metropolis, under the daily strain of its churn and stress. In this city where there is no body to listen to the problems that we face, because everyone is busy, including us.

We have become a part of this huge machine, whether we like it or not.

In the midst of all this, there is a thought, why not all of us get together, sometime or other and exchange our views, thoughts, joys and griefs.

And also attempt to transform the society that we live in with our enlightened thoughts, positive and affirmative action. Just not only for ourselves, but also for the generation that follows us.

This biradari is such an attempt, to join hands together and work towards a common purpose. If you feel that you can contribute to this thought, why don't you join hands and come together. Because coming together is a start and working together is progress.