Dynamic, Contemporary, and Uniquely South Asian: ArtWallah 2002

The Third Annual Festival of the South Asian Diaspora
As sunlight filtered through the delicate, multi-colored kites fashioned by volunteers and organizers, attendees of ArtWallah 2002 (April 26-28) were welcomed into the Village at Ed Gould Plaza’s festive courtyard.

Gurpreet Chana remembers leaning how to drum before he learned how to walk. He recalls trying to keep a beat on the coffee table in his grandfather’s living room when he was barely big enough to see over it. “I started playing when I was really young and my parents took me for a lesson. I’ve never looked back since then,” says Chana, now a 24 year old mechanical engineer from Mississauga.

If you or I had been found banging dents in the coffee table when we were three years old, dada abba would have given us jutiyaan for lunch. Kesar Singh Chana gave his grandson Gurpreet a set of premium quality Gerrard Street tablas.