Hare Marked Moon
David Lascelles* with Geetha Upadhyaya*
David Lascelles
Bio
For much of his adult life David worked as a film producer of both documentaries (including Tibet – a Buddhist Trilogy) and drama for television and the cinema. Several have been nominated for awards including Inspector Morse (BAFTA & RTS award winner), Wide-eyed and Legless, Moll Flanders and Richard III.
He lives at Harewood in Yorkshire, which has been his family’s home since the 18th century and for many years chaired Harewood House Trust, the educational charitable trust that looks after the House, gardens and collections for the public benefit. On the death of his father in 2011, he became the Earl of Harewood.
He has travelled widely in the Himalayas and in 2004 invited a group of monks from Bhutan to come to Harewood and build a stupa.
A Hare-Marked Moon is his first book.
Geetha Upadhyaya
Bio
Born and raised in India, Geetha obtained her MBBS., MD (Medicine) and her Ph.D from Madras University and worked in India and Malaysia before joining the NHS, UK as a Consultant. She is a visiting Professor at the Leeds Beckett University.
She has a post graduate degreee (Vidvat) in classical Indian dance and music –Geetha has been teaching and performing Bharatanatyam over 30 years nationally and internationally in India, Sri Lanka, USA and UK.
Along with her husband Dr Shripati Upadhyaya, Geetha founded the internationally reputed Bradford based charity Kala Sangam, south Asian arts, culture and heritage company with its own arts centre.
Geetha is also the Director of Axxonet Global Ltd, UK, a medical focus based company, Sanjeevani Health Care Trust, India which supports young people with learning difficulties and Autism and Kashi Kalash, India which promotes the rich heritage of Varanasi and addresses social and community issues through creative activities. She is a Consultant for Anahat Foundation, India.
Geetha has been on many educational, artistic, health and cultural diversity boards and has received awards such as the OBE for her work in Cultural Diversity, Niramaya Award by Vibhuti Foundation, Champion for Cultural Harmony, Cultural diversity award and Doctorate of Letters (Bradford University) and Begum Rokeya award (Bangladesh) for Cultural Heritage and diversity. Geetha is committed to equality and race relations nationally.
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