AMRAPAALI January 2015 | Page 3

AMRAPAALI / January 2015 Greetings! 3 note At the foremost, I on behalf of AMRAPAALI and its team wish our readers a very happy, prosperous and contended year ahead. AMRAPAALI is an effort of bringing world arts and culture onto a single platform, wherein artistes and connoisseurs may create a larger cultural diameter for themselves and the mankind. Our team is working hard to collect, gather and report subjects of interest and benefit in its making for the sustainability of arts, culture and heritage and also to broaden our artistic thoughts and actions. Moving onward towards 2015, at the end of last year we’ve come across some brutal and barbaric instances of killings and terrorism, especially to mention the Peshawar school massacre and the Assam terrorism attack. What more can we hope for, besides peace and love? These two vital elements have become a necessity for a contented livelihood in today’s time followed by materialistic comforts, which cannot be denied too! May the soul of each one who lost their life, rest in peace and their relatives and dear ones get strength to move on in their life and responsibilities. Like the society, art and culture too have been struggling for a better survival. And all these three are interlinked to each other. Hence, one’s unrest leads to another’s defeat. Playing and enhancing the soft powers of a state, nation and community leads to global success and profound resources for cultural existence. With advent of celebrating International Yoga Day and also the World Arabic Language Day brings fresh hopes of enhancing and spreading culture and its potent artistic benefits. In this issue, we have brought some reports related to preservation and promoting soft powers on account of growing towards globalization. Arts has always been a practice of equity for development in an individual and community at large. In this year, let us all strive together with a resolution to promote and indulge ourselves into traditional and age old arts and culture and also let our children and the young generation practice, learn and get enriched from it, in their own benevolent ways. Let’s build a nation wherein besides being a doctor, scientist and an engineer…a child can dream to be an artiste too! PRANAAME BHAGAWATI Join Pranaame