Film Studies, New York-style

The film school of international repute, New York Film Academy (NYFA), is set to launch a full-fledged India campus. Interestingly, the venue chosen for the same is Greater Noida, a satellite town of Delhi, as opposed to Mumbai, home to Bollywood. The first batch will commence in January 2013 and offer the same courses, faculty, facilities and equipment as the New York City campus. Some of the prominent NYFA alumni include Steven Spielberg, Mira Nair and Garry Marshall. "There is a massive pool of untapped talent across the Subcontinent and South East Asia and our objective is to reach them through our new campus," said NYFA vice-president Kitty Koo.

Celebration of Poetry

The world's largest poetry event, 100 Thousand Poets for Change, starts at Kitab Khana today. This is the second year of Kitab Khana playing host to the annual event, held simultaneously in 550 cities across 95 countries. Today's event would feature a multilingual reading session, to be moderated by Gujarati poet and playwright Dileep Jhaveri. A sitar recital by Madhusudan Kumar is scheduled for September 27, followed by a reading session, Poems for Peace. The event on Friday will be dedicated to women's voices. On Sunday, Rati Wadia will hold a workshop titled For All Ages: William Shakespeare.

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