The Friday List: From a discussion on the legacy of Astad Deboo to a Sherlock Holmes parody, your weekly calendar of virtual events
FirstpostThe New Year brings with it a false sense of a new beginning when in fact the world has been quite the same for some months past. To know more and register, When: 9 January — Virtual plays A very popular Sherlock Holmes story, The Hound of the Baskervilles, will be taken to the stage this weekend where in Dr Watson and the detective try to untangle the mystery of the death of Sir Charles Baskerville and the gigantic paw prints of a hound that are found next to his body. To know more and register, When: 9 January Brought forth by Jashn-e-Qalam is the virtual performance, Ek Baar Ki Baat Hai, solo acts which bring forth the short stories of the prolific writer, Ismat Chughtai. To know more, visit Jashn-e-Qalam’s Facebook When: 8 January Where: Zoom — Panel discussion With the demise of Astad Deboo in December 2020, the Indian cultural milieu lost one of its most prolific and creative figures, known as much for his dance on stage as his creativity and choreography off it. To know more and register for this event, visit RSK Productions Singapore’s Facebook When: 10 January Where: Zoom — Virtual poetry reading In keeping with its ritual of hosting a poetry reading for the first three Saturdays of every month, Poetry with Prakriti: The Online Edition, will host award-winning poet, writer and art curator, Bina Sarkar Ellias this weekend.