Calligraphy not limited to Chinese, Arabic language anymore : Syed Beary
Three-day International multilingual calligraphy exhibition, seminar by IIIAC inaugurated
The inaugural ceremony of seminar of the first International multilingual calligraphy exhibition and seminar was held on Friday afternoon at the Falcon's Den at Prestige Falcon Towers here in the city.
Syed Beary, Chairman of Bearys Group and Institute of Indo Islamic Art & Culture ( IIIAC) welcomed the guests and audience at the event and presided over the event.
Syed Beary spoke about how Calligraphy had moved on from being only based in Arabic language and how artists today in most of regional languages of India were practicing calligraphy.
Syed Beary further added that the artists can use calligraphy as a tool to thrive towards building a hate-free society.
"We should spread awareness of calligraphy and its significance among the general public in a bid to revive this historical art. It is with this motive, we had established IIIAC and Miraj 2023 is also a part of that vision.
Mufti Sageer Ahmed, Ameer-e-Shariyat, Karnataka, Principal & Shaikul Hadees, Darul Uloom Sabeelur Rashad, made supplications for the success of the event.
Ziaulla Sheriff, Chairman, India Builders Corporation, Bangalore, Shabeena Sultana, Consul of the Republic of Tunisia, Bangalore and Pusphamala N, Artist, Sculptor, Writer and Curator, Chiranjeevi Singh, IAS, Former Ambassador of India to UNESCO, Paris., Prof. K.C. Janardhan Artist, Sculptor, Calligraphy Maestro, Professor of Management & Penmanship, were guests of honor during the inaugural event.
Ziaulla Sheriff unveiled profiles of Calligraphy artists who have taken part in the exhibition.
Chiranjeevi Singh released brocher of IIIAC. In his address, Chiranjeevi Singh shared his knowledge on the history, and traditional and cultural significance of calligraphy.
Prof. KC Janardan also spoke about how modern technology has taken away little joys of the classical arts and how the newer generations are drifting away from original calligraphy and art of writing.
He also lauded Syed Beary, Bearys Group and Muqtar Ahmed, Principal and Chief calligrapher of IIIAC for their efforts in establishing the IIIAC and promoting calligraphy.
Shabeena Sultana called on people and artists for coming together and uniting through the art and bringing back the lost glory of diversity of the country in testing times of hate and communalism.
Pushpamala shed lights on the history of scripts of various languages of the world.
Muqtar Ahmed presented the vote of thanks.
The event began with the recitation of verses from Holy Quran by Syed Usman while Shaheena and team from Bearys Seaside School Kodi Kundapur voiced prayers.
Mohammed Faisal compered the event which concluded with national anthem.
Several talks, discussions and seminars will also be held as a part of three-day program.
Experts and artists from more than 10 countries including Turkey, Japan, Sudan, and Middle-East will take part in the event. Calligraphy experts in Urdu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi and other regional languages will also be a part of the event. The three-day program will continue till March 12 with free entry to arts enthusiasts.
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Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case: HC grants bail to Rona Wilson, Sudhir Dhawale
Mumbai, Jan 8: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday granted bail to researcher Rona Wilson and activist Sudhir Dhawale, both arrested in 2018 in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case.
A division bench of Justices A S Gadkari and Kamal Khata took note of their long incarceration, and the fact that the trial is not likely to be completed any time soon.
The accused were languishing in jail since 2018 and even the charges are yet to be framed by the special court, defence lawyers Mihir Desai and Sudeep Pasbola had argued.
The high court on Wednesday said it was not dealing with the merits of the case at this stage.
Wilson and Dhawale were directed to submit a surety of Rs one lakh each, and appear before the special NIA court for the trial hearing.
The bench noted that there are over 300 witnesses in the case, and hence it is not possible for the trial to be concluded in the near future.
The case pertains to provocative speeches allegedly delivered at the Elgar Parishad conclave held in Pune on December 31, 2017, triggering violence at Koregaon-Bhima in Pune district the next day.
The Pune police had claimed the conclave was backed by the Maoists.
The National Investigation Agency later took over the probe. Of the 16 persons arrested in the case, many are now out on bail.
Rona Wilson was arrested in June 2018 from his home in Delhi. He was described by the probe agencies as one of the top brass of urban Maoists.
Sudhir Dhawale was one of the first to be arrested, accused of being an active member of the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist).
