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Art Meets Cold Heart

What바카라s common between Pt Birju Maharaj, Jatin Das, Ustad Wasifuddin Dagar, Bhajan Sopori, Bharati Shivaji바카라.? The government wants to evict them from their allotted bungalows.

A letter went out from the housing ministry, the gov­­ernment바카라s real estate manager, in the middle of a global pandemic this October to 27 prominent artistes. The message was standoffish: vacate your government-allotted homes in Delhi by December 31 or face eviction. The notice was sent to Mohiniyattam dancer Bharati Shivaji, painter Jatin Das, Pandit Bhajan Sopori, Pt Birju Maharaj, Rita Ganguly and Ustad F. Wasifuddin Dagar among others.

A PTI report says the artists, dancers and musicians felt harassed and humiliated. 바카라It seems the powers-that-be don바카라t value traditional art-fo­r­ms,바카라 says Shivaji, who lives in the Asian Games Village. The artistes objected to the term 바카라unauthorised바카라 to define their current residence. Kuchipudi dancer Vanashree Rao, wife of dancer Guru Jayarama Rao, says it implies they were occupying the house illegally, although they are paying rent to the government. 바카라We are not squatters,바카라 she says.

Don바카라t they own houses in the city? Das, Shivaji and Rao ask back: where is the money? I am not a commercial artist. Whatever I earn from my pai­­ntings, I use it to buy supplies for my next,바카라 says Das. Shivaji says she shares the proceeds with her crew and there바카라s little left after that. The artistes바카라most are above 65바카라are unhappy with the timing of the notice. 바카라Throughout the pandemic, the PM insisted that landlords should not evict their tenants바카라and they are doing this to us,바카라 Rao says.

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