A year since its restoration, the 17th century stepwell at Bansilalpet, Hyderabad, will play host to intimate music sessions. Poet Satlaj Rahat Indori, poet and storyteller Gautam Aditya and Aahvaan Project are among the artistes who will be performing at the venue. Bringing these artistes to the city are Arjuna Prasad and Deepa Radhakrishnan of Tangy Sessions, in collaboration with The Rainwater Project’s (@therainwaterproject on Instagram) conservation architect and restoration expert Kalpana Ramesh, and the Gandipet Welfare Society. Each of these sessions aim to draw around 100 connoisseurs.
Believing that jam sessions need not be restricted within the walls of a few clubs, Arjuna Prasad and Deepa Radhakrishnan founded Tangy Sessions in 2016, as a platform for alternative art and music, and curated sessions on rooftops or organised kutcheris and baithaks at people’s homes and farms. “We are often on the lookout for quirky venues — a rooftop in the vicinity of the Charminar or even an abandoned swimming pool. Like-minded people have occasionally opened their homes and rooftops for our sessions,” says Arjuna.
