Kirtana Kumar, Priya Mendens and Shalini Subramanian join Thermal And A Quarter at The Highland Nectar, a spacious and lively bar occupying pride of place at the Grand Arrival Court of the ITC Royal Gardenia. Look forward to an evening of uplifting performances as the divas regale you with their chosen favourites and lend their signature flourish to TAAQ’s unique repertoire.

Bangalore-based actor and theatre personality KIRTANA KUMAR keeps her fine singing talent carefully obscured though, in an unguarded moment, she admitted to us that “in my dark (albeit lovely) past, I used to sing.” Her most recent singing gigs were for Kevin Oliver’s “Shakuntala” in Dubai and her own production (with husband Konarak Reddy) “One Night in Paris” in Bangalore. She is currently on tour with Anil Abraham’s “Gentlemen”.

Few music-loving Bangaloreans need an introduction to PRIYA MENDENS. For 15 years she has been performing lead roles in musicals such as “Hello Dolly”, “Fiddler on the Roof”, “Grease”, “Kiss of the Spider Woman”, etc. She has shared stage with TAAQ in the past and looks forward to a memorable reunion.

SHALINI SUBRAMANIAN is equally excited about discovering new soundscapes as she is about designing clothes for her fashion label “Plantation House”. Trained in Indian classical voice from the age of four, she was influenced by her dad’s indiscriminate attention to harmonies that range from refrigerator drones to tanpura tones. She loves Hindustani classical music, classical and contemporary jazz, and enjoys folk music from all over the world. She has previously joined TAAQ in concert.

OCT 29 at Highland Nectar, ITC Royal Gardenia, 1, Residency Road, Bangalore. Entry free (it’s not some fancy invite-only do). Be there with friends.

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Ravi’s flute has taken him around the world — New York’s Carnegie Hall, London’s Royal Festival Hall, the Passionskirche in Berlin, Mumbai’s NCPA Auditorium, etc. He has shared the stage with Dr M. Balamuralikrishna, Pandit Ravi Shankar, Anoushka Shankar, Steve Smith and Vital Information, Charlie Mariano, Hariharan, S P Balasubramaniam, Kumaresh and Ganesh, Tarun Bhattacharya, Hans Hartmann, Karsh Kale, Amit Heri and Tanmoy Bose.

Join Ravi as he performs with Thermal And A Quarter and other musicians at ‘One Small Love – Bangalore for Mangalore’, a convention of peace-loving citizens, at Opus in the Creek in Bangalore on February 14. Entry is free.

Draw the line. Spread the love.

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Freedom to choose, asserts Konarak, is our most important asset — as long as we exercise it within the provisions of the law. Politics, argues Kirtana, is not a dirty word as it is often made out to be, but a state of mind. And art and politics cannot be separated.

Join them at One Small Love – Bangalore for Mangalore, a celebration of the spirit of freedom and tolerance with music, food and free speech on February 14, 2010 at Opus in the Creek, Whitefield Road, Bangalore.

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