A special programme of folk and classical music of North-east was organised at Ravindra Bhawan in collaboration with Directorate of Culture, MP. In this programme, artists from Assam presented Jugalbandi (fusion) of Satriya and Kathak Dance. The fusion programme commenced with performance of ‘Raghunathan Sharnathan’ performed by
Debjyoti Das and Dipankar Arandhara a Satriya dance narrating stories of lord Rama. later, Meghranjani Medhi performed solo Kathak on Meera Bhajans–Mere toh girdhar gopal and Pagh ghoongroo bandh meera nachi. In the third presentation Debjyoti Das and Dipankar Arandhara performed Satriya dance on mythological stories of ‘Dashavtara’ of lord Vishnu. The final and most mesmerising performance was the ‘Nritya Sangam’ by Debjyoti Das, Dipankar Arandhara, Meghranjani Medhi, Debrita Choudhury and Sunita Devi. Nritya Sangam is a synchronised production of Satriya and Kathak, the two major classical dance form of India. Satiriya, the classical dance style of Assam and Kathak, the North Indian classical dance from have their own identities.
Nritya Sangam is a classic fusion of Kathak and Satiriya. Although both the dance forms are different from each other, but Nritya Sangam was presented in such a manner, so that viewers were bound to feel that India is the land of Unique unity and integration.