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Poets and musicians weave magic together at Lafzon Ka Taana Baana in Nagpur

Husain Rasheed during 'Lafzon Ka Taana Baana' organised at Shijim Kitchen in Nagpur


Yugandhara Meshram during 'Lafzon Ka Taana Baana' organised at Shijim Kitchen in Nagpur


Dr Prasad Siwal during 'Lafzon Ka Taana Baana' organised at Shijim Kitchen in Nagpur


Youngsters during 'Lafzon Ka Taana Baana' organised at Shijim Kitchen in Nagpur


Darryl Ambrose Grant performing during 'Lafzon Ka Taana Baana' organised at Shijim Kitchen in Nagpur


Ankur Khemuka and Kuldeep Shiwankar during 'Lafzon Ka Taana Baana' organised at Shijim Kitchen in Nagpur


Nandini Trivedi during 'Lafzon Ka Taana Baana' organised at Shijim Kitchen in Nagpur


Yash Kushwah during 'Lafzon Ka Taana Baana' organised at Shijim Kitchen in Nagpur


Dr Unnati Datar during 'Lafzon Ka Taana Baana' organised at Shijim Kitchen in Nagpur


Dr Sameer Kabeer during 'Lafzon Ka Taana Baana' organised at Shijim Kitchen in Nagpur


Humaira Ali during 'Lafzon Ka Taana Baana' organised at Shijim Kitchen in Nagpur


Deepti Kushwah during 'Lafzon Ka Taana Baana' organised at Shijim Kitchen in Nagpur


Dr Pramod Sharma during 'Lafzon Ka Taana Baana' organised at Shijim Kitchen in Nagpur


Madhu Gupta during 'Lafzon Ka Taana Baana' organised at Shijim Kitchen in Nagpur

Poets and budding musicians came under one roof to weave magic together at Lafzon Ka Taana Baana organised by Dark Room Poets on July 22 at Shijim Kitchen in Nagpur. At the event, which was a blend of poetry and music, musicians performed their original compositions and poets recited their poems making sure that the audience has a memorable time.
The unique event was the brain child of Husain Rasheed from Dark Room Poets and singer Mohit Pradhan. Speaking to Nation Next, Rasheed said, “Budding musicians usually need poets to write lyrics for their tunes. When I met Mohit, who’s a part of a band called Parimiti, he asked me to write lyrics for a song. I found it pretty difficult to do it and that’s where we thought of organising an event which brings musicians and poets under one roof.”
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While the poets present during Lafzon Ka Taana Baana included Deepti Kushwah, Madhu Gupta and Dr Unnati Datar, the musicians present included: RJ Naman, Darryl Ambrose Grant, Tushar Patel, Tushar Gaur, Ashwin Prajapati, Rushabh Jain, Abhishek Dahikar, Shreya Jain, Mohit Pradhan, Rohan Shiktode, Sparsh Dudhe and Prabal Kalakar. Also present during the event were Dr Pramod Sharma and Dr Sameer Kabeer.
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He added, The number of Covid tests should be increased to stay one step ahead of the disease. As a result, the number of patients is likely to increase due to increased testing. However, as per the ‘test, isolate, treat’ protocol for Covid, it becomes necessary to isolate and treat more and more patients. The testing centres will not remain closed even for a single day. At the same time, more arrangements for testing will be made immediately in public places, markets, railway stations, malls.”
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At present, there are 72 active patients in the city. Three new cases of the new XBB.1.16 variant of COVID-19 were detected that took the total tally to five in the district.
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