I usually avoid thinking about my day job when I am working on the blog except for the rare occassion when interests intersect. For International Women’s Day, I wanted to write about the amazing opportunity I had last March to visit Morocco and Sudan on a UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) field visit. Women were at the…
Summer is here and I am excited to finally start a Conversations with Changemakers series on Dolce & Masala. I can’t believe it’s been over a year since I started down the blogging path! Although I still need to figure out work/blog/life balance (if that is even a thing), the experience has definitely reinvigorated my passion…
The last few weeks were a whirlwind of work and personal travel opportunities that linked back to African food security in different ways. When a colleague in Rome invited me to a Mexican-themed cultural fundraiser she was performing in, I found it too tempting to pass up despite many looming work deadlines. The Manyinga Project presents Mexican…
February in Italy is synonymous with Milan Fashion Week and the Venice Carnival, where fashion shows and colorful festivals take center stage. In Rome, Apsara Bollywood Dance founder Valentina Manduchi curated a weekend program celebrating Indian dance and culture. Two days of beginner classical dance workshops were accompanied by the Apsara Indian Dance and Fashion Night at the…
The Romanian Embassy in Italy organized an evening of Romanian music in Rome on December 1. The Embassy held the special concert at Rome’s Parco della Musica Auditorium to celebrate the country’s 98th National Day. On December 1, Romanians worldwide commemorate Great Union Day to mark the unification of Transylvania with Romanian in 1918. [easy-image-collage id=6981]…
Valentina Manduchi of Apsara Dance hosted prominent Kathak dancer Anurekha Gosh at the Centro Incontrando for her first performance in Rome on November 19. The multicultural audience was transported back in time for an evening of dance and poetry dedicated to Moghul Emperor Akbar the Great. The Akbar’s Court Indian dance show featured a Sufi poetry reading, films…
Indian culture meets Roman history at the Embassy of India’s Rhythm of India Festival in Italy. World renowned Kathak Maestro Shovana Narayan and her troupe performed under the stars at the historic Basilica San Pietro in Vicolo on August 6. The basilica – home to Michelangelo’s masterpiece the statue of Moses – served as a…