Jim Ankan Deka | Music, Photography and More

Ashok Singha and Jim Ankan Deka (Rock Hammer audition) (Photo courtesy - INAC ) I was all exited when I got a call from Shiney George of ' AOM - An Open Mind ' an event management company in Bangalore, as an invitation to participate as a judge for the Rock Hammer competition, a rock contest for upcoming rock bands of Bangalore organised by INAC - Indian National Autocross Championship. The prelim rounds held on April 18 and finals on April 29, 2012. The prelim went pretty well and I was accompanied as a judge by another musician from Bangalore, Ashok Singha. In the finals, four bands from Bangalore were selected to play and share the same stage with the Delhi band, Parikrama. The contest was supposed to start by 4PM after the first round of the AOM-Indian National Autocross Championship at the Palace grounds ends. But due to some technical error we, along with the bands and Parikrama had to wait till 8:30PM for the start. All the four bands - Paper Sun, The News, H

I was invited as one of the judges along with my brother Ankur Deka at the Alcheringa festival of Indian Institute of Technology , Guwahati in Feb, 2012. We judged two music contests - 'Raga High' and 'Rhapsody'. We had the privilege of meeting some of the renowned musicians, film-stars, directors and theater personalities. Some of the photos of the festival below. Matan Shmuely ( drummer of the Death Metal band from Israel ' Orphaned Land ') and Jim Ankan Deka   Noam Rubinstein , Fyodor Makarov and  Yolana Zimmerman of 'Ish Theatre' a theatre group from Israel performing the play "Odysseus Chaoticus", based on clowning and mime at Alcheringa, 2012 Jim Ankan Deka and Ankur Deka (judges for Raga High music competition) Alcheringa, 2012, IIT, Guwahati Soulmates, the blues band from Shillong performing at Alcheringa, 2012 A view from the IIT Guwahati guest house Bong Bratz, the band from calcutta winning the 2nd