House of Lord’s hosts ‘music healing’ event

• Eastern Eye Staff
• 31 May, 2018

By: Eastern Eye Staff

MPs, FAITH leaders and fans of Indi­an classical music attended a Music for Healing symposium at the House of Lords on May 21. Conservative MP Bob Blackman, a co-chairman of the All Party Parlia­mentary Group (APPG) on Indian Tra­ditional Sciences, spoke about the healing powers of music and suggest­ed it be made available in hospitals. There were performances by Katri­na Rute, a dancer trained in the Indi­an classical dance styles of Kathak, Bharatnatyam and Odissi; and Shrey­na Patnaik, who started learning clas­sical dance at the age of five in India and then continued at Bharatiya Vid­ya Bhavan in London. Vocalist…

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