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Rasaabhinaya – a transformative experience
‘Rasa abhinaya’ is a key terminology that dancers are exposed to over the years. It emphasises aesthetic communication with a creative interpretation of the lyrics and music. This idea of the art of...
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A Janardhanan 80 – a monumental innings
Kalakshetra Foundation celebrated the ‘satabhishekam’ -- 80th birthday of their Professor Emeritus, A. Janardhanan, on 23 April 2022 at the Bharata Kalakshetra auditorium in Chennai. It was a glowing...
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A Janardhanan 80 – a monumental innings
Interview Prof. A. Janardhanan in conversation with Bhavani Ravindran:I called upon the veteran artist and natyacharya at his home on 14May 2022. I found Prof. Janardhanan to be very humble despite his...
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Passionate about music and linguistics
When K.G. Vijayakrishnan retired from The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad, as a linguistics professor, in 2017, he wanted to devote all his time, attention, and love to music,...
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Editor's Note
15 August 2022 is a red letter day for India that is Bharat. The Government of India has launched the special initiative ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ to celebrate and commemorate 75 years of the...
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Peep into the Past - Vipranarayana
It was one of the most memorable summers I had ever spent at my great uncle Devulapalli Krishna Sastry’s house in Hyderabad. Three visionaries, Banda Kanakalingeswara Rao, credited with breathing new...
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Vipranarayana : Vintage vignettes
“There are shortcuts to happiness, and dancing is one of them,” Vicki Baum observed rightly. I happen to be one of those fortunate beings who discovered this shortcut at an early age. I had the...
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August is the time when several events are organised to celebrate Madras Day, Madras Week and even Madras Month. Madras Day is celebrated on 22 August every year. The idea of a Madras Day was first...
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Bookshelf
A GRAMMAR OF DANCE – from the classical Tamil epic Silappathikaram of Ilango Adigal. Compiled and translated by Anjana Anand. [Published by Anjana Anand < anjanakumar@ hotmail.com > Paperback....
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FROM THE EDITOR
Come August - September, the performing arts scene seems to be buzzing with activity—at least in Chennai the cultural capital. The entertainment columns in newspapers and sabha announcements are packed...
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A real guru - M.K. Saroja
My first visit to India was in 1974, as a part of a group tour organised by the Musée Guimet (the National Museum of Asiatic Arts). Among many other art and culture-related places we visited, it was in...
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RmKV Silks unveils two innovations in Kanchipuram Silk Sarees - RmKV Naturals...
Chennai, 14th September, 2022 RmKV a brand synonymous with pioneering innovations in handwoven Kanchipuram Silk Sarees has once again come up with two new innovations for this festive season by going...
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FROM THE EDITOR
Mid-October Sruti magazine completes 39 years and enters its 40th year. The brainchild of its founder Editor-in-Chief N. Pattabhi Raman (NPR), the magazine was launched in Chennai on 16October 1983....
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Nrithyodaya 80 celebrates 75
Nrithyodaya, a premium institute for arts and culture, celebrated its 80th anniversary, with a grand three-day festival from 5 to 7 August 2022, at the prestigious Narada Gana Sabha auditorium in...
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T.V. Sankaranayanan - A tribute
From a devoted rasika As I try to process the passing of T.V. Sankaranarayanan (TVS), memories of a musician who has provided me with so much joy and shaped my own music, are flooding me. As a boy and...
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Record Rack - SHUDDHA SWAROOPAM
SHUDDHA SWAROOPAM — A garland of nine different songs composed by Shuddhananda Bharati and tuned by Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi. Produced and released by Charsur Digital Works. Suddhanada Bharati, the...
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Editor's Note
In this November issue of Sruti we offer you an interesting variety of articles covering various genres – classical, folk, devotional and films; Carnatic, Hindustani, vocal and instrumental music;...
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Learn Dance with Suki - Jagyaseni Chatterjee
Suki Learns to Dance (Level 1) is a dance-based activity book for children conceived and authored by Bharatanatyam dancer and writer JagyaseniChatterjee, and published by GIRI Trading Agency Pvt Ltd.,...
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Prestigious Award for Shashank Subramanyam
Flautist Shashank Subramanyam has been awarded the prestigious Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by decree of July 15, 2022. The Minister of Culture of the French Republic has bestowed this...
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TRIBUTE - Tragic saga of Kunharan Peruvannan
His was an odyssey that ended as a divine tragedy. He played god on earth, but ace Theyyam exponent Kunharan Peruvannan died in acute pain, frustration and poverty on 24 June 2022. He suffered burns...
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BOOKSHELF- Athisaya Vara Prasadhini
It was a usual Sunday evening on 12 June 2022, and the road to the venue, Ragasudha Hall near Nageswara Rao Park, Mylapore was filled with cars. The hall was packed with art patrons, musicians, rasikas...
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Pursuing their dreams - Dr Muthulakshmi Reddy
More than 130 years after Dr. Muthulakshmi Reddy was born, her life and achievements were celebrated in Chennai to a packed auditorium. The enterprising woman behind this event was V.R. Devika -- a...
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FROM THE EDITOR
It is a jubilant time for the performing arts in Chennai as the much awaited world-famous ‘music and dance season’ has actually come ‘a-live’ this year after a two-year online avatar. There are titles...
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K. ARUN PRAKASH - Artist with a singular style
He is perhaps the most polarising mridangist of current times, and K. Arun Prakash is well aware of it. “What I am doing is unprecedented and anything unprecedented takes time to get accepted,” he...
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Season 2022 - S.Sowmya's Lecdem on Lesser-known Composers
S. Sowmya lecture demonstration – Musical Pearls of Lesser-known ComposersA typical Carnatic kutcheri is filled with a majority of songs by the Trinity, with the latter half of the concert ‘sometimes’...
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