Interested in learning more about Yatra and its activities, twenty-five international students from the American University of Paris (AUP) in France and Linneaus University in Sweden visited Yatra on 24 December 2013 for a morning of arts immersion, film viewing and a discussion about Yatra and its position in the…
Organized by the Yatra Arts Foundation, the Yatra Theatre Team performed a street play titled “Giramathuvassam” about water and sanitation in Saanimedu village on the 23 December 2013. Equipped with all the drama essentials including lights, a sound system, microphone, amplifiers, and portable generator, the street theatre performance started at…
On Saturday, 21 December 2013, the Yatra Arts Foundation hosted the opening reception for Adhoc, an art exhibition featuring the paintings of Osiva, Yatra’s painting instructor from Kuilapalayam, and Louise Robinson, a long-time Yatra supporter visiting from France. Coordinated and supported by Yatra staff, Adhoc, defined as “something formed for…
The Yatra Arts Foundation welcomed Mr. Vinoda Krishna and Ms. Minako Murata from Bangalore’s children’s home and ashram, Vishwalaya, as they presented a puppet show to Yatra’s Evening Tuition students on 11 December 2013. Originally from Japan, puppeteer Ms. Murata presented a small, half-hour show in two parts. The first…
On Saturday, 7 December 2013, the Yatra Arts Foundation attended a night of traditional veena music at Bharat Nivas Auditorium in Auroville. Twenty-four Yatra staff and Evening Tuition children left from Yatra and travelled together to Bharat Nivas, where they enjoyed Veena Naadha Pravaham, a two-hour veena recital with mridangam…