Staging India

Simon Reinink, Chairman, Amsterdam India Festival, talks about blending cultures. if you only worship your own culture it’s the beginning of the end. Splendid The Concertgebouw in Amsterdam is one of the main venues for the Amsterdam India Festival Sometimes decisive moments in life come disguised as chance encounters. That, it seems, happened with Simon Reinink, Chairman of the Amsterdam India Festival, an event that aims to introduce the people of Amsterdam to varying aspects of India. Schedu led to take place from November 12 to 30, the festival will showcase India’s cultural side, ranging from classical to contemporary and popular, as well as fashion the hardcore business side. “The idea started in my head in February 2006 because of a dancer called Akram Khan,” says Reinink, who has made a few trips to India since then... [read full story]