It was one of those classic evening which somehow Delhi seems to have forgotten about. Not that the city lacks good events, but these days the evening seems to be mostly about fashion, brand launches, club openings or Bollywood and we see everything happening as it s on insta stories in seven to eight series.

This was different. Insta stories couldn’t have done justice to it. It was a culturally enriched show where the poetess Laxmana Dalmia read from her book dramatically. This was the launch of her first book of poems and prose - One Soul Many Lives at the Bikaner House Delhi which has been attracting some excellent events. Shruti Gupta Chandra kept pace with her Kathak dance performance elegantly while music by Pandit Madho Prasad kept the guests enthralled with his amazing voice. It gave so much of soul to the entire evening.

Everybody from artists to fashion designers, to writers to intellectuals attended it. The launch was also marked with an eclectic art show curated by Goergina Maddox and presented by Ashwini Pai Bahadur, Artspeaks India. 

“I have spent a lifetime exploring the myriad creative domains that together make this world a more pleasant place. And when it came to the launch of my first book I felt each one needs a befitting tribute. Creativity to me is like the  many everflowing streams that merge eventually into one ocean called life, opined the poetess Laxmana Dalmia.To the arts born, Laxmana has spent her life nurturing and enriching the creative world. As Treasurer IPTA she continues her quest for bringing purity back to every creative medium.

The art exhibition were specially selected and commissioned artworks by the curator Georgina Maddox featuring artists like Anjolie Ela Menon, Arpana Caur, Jayasri Burman, Raghu Rai, Ved Nair, Shivani Aggarwal, Baiju Parthan, G R Iranna, Pooja Iranna, Birendra Pani, Seema Kohli, Sanjay Das, Tapati Chowdhary, Pratap Morey, Kanchan Chander, Binoy Varghese, Rahul Gautam, Sanju Jain, Puja Kshatriya, George Martin, Hemi Bawa, Vasundhara Tewari Broota, Dinesh Singh, Gogi Saroj Pal, Shruti Gupta Chandra , Shampa Sircar Das, amongst others