Bangalore: Renowned calligraphers amaze visitors at multilingual calligraphy exhibition, seminar
Calligraphers displayed their artwork in real time, presented souvenirs to visitors
Bangalore: Hundreds of calligraphy lovers and art enthusiasts thronged to the Falcon’s Den at the Prestige Falcon Towers here in the city on Saturday on the second day of the three-day multilingual calligraphy exhibition and seminar organized by the Institute of Indo Islamic Art and Culture (IIIAC).
Several renowned calligraphers from across the world who have come to the city to attend the event interacted with the visitors and amazed them with their fine artworks in real time.
The calligraphers penned the names and initials of the visitors as a token of appreciation for their attendance at the event to appreciate the art.
Japanese calligrapher, Yukotakaji was the guest at the workshop on Saturday.
Sarina Ghazaei (Iran), Ali Hasan Al Jad (Bahrain), Mohammed (Delhi), Mohsen Ghareeb (Bahrain), M Efdaluddin Kilic (Turkey), Narjes Noureddin (UAE), Tagalsir Hasan (Sudan), Ibrahim Abdullah Hussein Al-Zayer (Saudi Arabia) Farid Abdul Rahim Al Ali (Kuwait), Sara Abidi (UAE) were among the calligraphers present on the second day of the event along with other Indian artists whose work is also on display at the exhibition.
During the panel discussion that was held in the afternoon session, Efdaluddin Kilic and Mohsen Ghareeb interacted with the audience and shared their knowledge and experience on calligraphy. Efdaluddin Kilic also briefed an introduction and history of calligraphy.
“You need to be patient and dedicated if you ever want to try your hand at calligraphy. Nobody can become a good calligrapher without having dedication and passion towards it.” Efdaluddin said in his address.
He also opined that the calligraphers were respected earlier and their artwork was valued which has now changed. Speaking about copying the style of calligraphers, Efdaluddin said it was not easy to follow someone's style or work as every artist has his/her own way of creating their respective artwork.
He also demonstrated his art in real-time with arrangements being made to show his work on the screen in real-time for the visitors. He concluded his address with encouraging words for the young calligraphers adding that they should not give up and that only practice would help them to perfection.
The last day of the three-day event will be held on Sunday, March 12, at the Falcon's Den of Prestige Falcon Towers at the Brunton Road here in the city. The entry to exhibition and workshop for visitors is free of cost.
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SIR in Gujarat: More than 17 lakh deceased voters found on electoral rolls
Ahmedabad (PTI): The ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in Gujarat has revealed that more than 17 lakh deceased voters were still included in the existing voter list across the state, a release by the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) has stated.
According to the release issued on Thursday, the SIR exercise started in Gujarat on November 4 with booth-level officers (BLOs) distributing enumeration forms in their designated areas.
The campaign will continue till December 11.
"In the last one month, enumeration forms have been distributed to more than five crore voters registered in the 2025 electoral roll. In most of the 33 districts, 100 per cent of the distribution has been completed. Work on digitising the returned forms is currently underway. So far, the digitisation work has been completed in 12 out of 182 assembly constituencies," it said.
These include Dhanera and Tharad of Banaskantha district, Limkheda and Dahod (ST) of Dahod district, Bayad of Aravalli district, Dhoraji, Jasdan and Gondal of Rajkot district, Keshod of Junagadh district, Mehmadabad of Kheda district, Khambhat of Anand district and Jalalpore of Navsari district.
Dang district is at the forefront in this work with 94.35 per cent digitisation of the counting forms, said the release.
"During this exercise, it was revealed that 17 lakh deceased voters were still included in the electoral roll across the state. More than 6.14 lakh voters were found absent from their addresses. It has been noticed that more than 30 lakh voters have permanently migrated," the release said.
BLOs found more than 3.25 lakh voters in the "repeated" category, which means that their names figured at more than one place, the release stated.
