Artists evoke new feelings, spur ideas and stir our imaginations to generate value in subtle ways Over the weekend, without leaving my small apartment, I was treated to an embarrassment of riches.
On Saturday, I could catch Emily Of Emerald Hill, Stella Kon’s powerful play about a Straits Chinese matriarch in 1930s Singapore, offering a fascinating glimpse of Peranakan society, the culture of early Chinese settlers on the Malay peninsula.
On Sunday, I could listen to my friend Dhanashree Pandit-Rai’s thumri at a live concert Zoomed from her home thanks to my friends who hosted it, or an eclectic assembly of Gujarati poets from India and beyond, organized by the Gujarati Literary Academy of North America, which attracted a 1,000-strong