Miradasi by JustUs Repertory
By Chitra MaheshThe Director’s Note in a beautifully produced brochure says:‘’Born in an age of battles, bloodshed, betrayals –when God was worshipped as a warrior, an avenger and an...
View ArticleDance Conversations 2016
By Shankar RamachandranDance Conversations 2016, said the brochure about the two -day, four event seminar being presented at Irvine, California, by Ramya Harishankar and Dr. Priya Srinivasan. The...
View ArticleAN EVENING OF KRISHNA REVERIE - MIRADASI
By Impana KulkarniThe songs of Mirabai have touched the lives of many. Amongst them stand two great artists of the past century - M S Subbulakshmi and Smt Rukmini Devi Arundale. MS sang for the film...
View ArticleThe Indira Sivasailam Endowment Medal
The Indira Sivasailam Endowment Medal to beconferred on sisters, Ranjani-Gayatri on October 7, 2016Chennai: The unequivocal choice for the Indira Sivasailam Endowment Medal and Concert 2016 are...
View ArticleConversations about dance
By R. RadhakrishnanConversations about Dance was a delightful as well as thought provoking panel that was part of a two-day workshop on the current state of Bharata Natyam, organized and sponsored by...
View ArticleSax Meets Strings
By Chitra SrikrishnaThe cello, piano and the saxophone are instruments that are strongly identified with western classical and popular music. Yet the latter two have made it to centre stage in Carnatic...
View ArticleMusings from Down Under
By Shobha SekharAustralia may conjure images of cricket in the minds of many Indians! But there is more to this island continent tucked in the southern hemisphere. With a constantly burgeoning Indian...
View ArticleLet's bring the gurukula back
By Nagaraj HavaldarGuru Brahma guru Vishnu guru devo Maheswaraha,Guru sakshaat parah Brahma tasmaisree gurave namaha.Shishya Sawai Gandharva and Guru UstadAbdul Karim KhanThis verse explains in...
View ArticlePadma Sugavanam
Young Voices(Conversations with emerging artists)By Sushma SomasekharanMeet Dr Padma Sugavanam, an A-grade artist with All India Radio, who trained under the gurukulam environment with guru Seetha...
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