Kalahridaya pays tribute to CV Chandrasekhar

A priest of the Jesuit order, Fr. Saju George, a Jesuit priest, and his institution, Kalahridaya, paid their tribute to Prof. CV Chandrasekhar recently at Gyan Manch.

- TAPATI CHOWDHURIE

A priest of the Jesuit order, Fr. Saju George, a Jesuit priest, and his institution, Kalahridaya, paid their tribute to Prof. CV Chandrasekhar recently at Gyan Manch. The Calcutta Jesuit Provincial, Prof. Fr Arjen James Tete, S.J., was the chief guest. Fr James Tete is also the chairman of Kalahridya Trust, the creative art, music and dance centre at Raghabpur in Nepalganj. Kalahridaya, the Heart of Art and the Universal Home of Art and Culture, is a Jesuit institution dedicated to the artistic, cultural and spiritual development of children and young adults with a definite priority on the education of the rural and underprivileged girl children.

Kalahridaya is dedicated to promoting, propagating, popularising, preserving and perpetuating the life-promoting and life-enhancing arts, like the Indian classical dances, creative and modern dances, Rabindrik/Tagore style of music and dance, folk, tribal and semi-classical dances; theatre, classical vocal and instrumental music, painting and sculpture, martial arts, etc. It aims to bring the arts to the reach of the less privileged and backward communities, to utilise the arts and cultures for international understanding, human unity and social development, and to uplift the society through research-orientated performances and programmes.

Keeping in mind the Jesuit mission of the 'Preferential option for the poor,' this centre focuses on promoting peace and harmony in the world. It upholds the Divine as beauty and truth. Kalahridaya serves especially the Dalit communities in the surrounding areas. The motto of Kalahridaya is "Speak truth and live righteous."