SHAS­TRI BOODAN

Over $300,000 is up for grabs when the fi­nals of the Na­tion­al Coun­cil for In­di­an Cul­ture's (NCIC) Clas­si­cal Singing and Lo­cal Song com­pe­ti­tion come up on Au­gust 25. On Au­gust 5 the semi­fi­nal round of the com­pe­ti­tion took place at the Di­vali Na­gar site, Ch­agua­nas. Su­ru­jdeo Man­ga­roo, pub­lic re­la­tions of­fi­cer of the NCIC, said 13 fi­nal­ists in the Clas­si­cal Singing com­pe­ti­tion will vie for a top prize of $100,000, while nine fi­nal­ists in the Lo­cal Song com­pe­ti­tion will com­pete for a grand prize of $30,000. Ad­mis­sion to the fi­nals is by in­vi­ta­tion on­ly.