Generation Next
By KS KalidasSriranjani SanthanagopalanSuccessful musicians in the past were generally not in favour of their wards taking up music as their profession. The reasons were the hardships they had faced in...
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By Nandini RamaniJanaki RangarajanJanaki Rangarajan is a US-based Bharatanatyam dancer who trained first with Madhavi Chadrasekhar of Tiruchi and then for about a decade with Dr. Padma Subrahmanyam....
View ArticleAn exquisite Pallava Nataraja
By Chithra MadhavanNatarajaSculptures of Nataraja of the Chola period in stone and in metal are often seen in temples and museums. In fact, the image of this deity has come to be associated mostly with...
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By V RamnarayanProf. S. SwaminathanSubramaniam Swaminathan retired in 2000 as professor of mechanical engineering from IIT Delhi, where he served for more than three decades. An expert on several...
View ArticlePS Narayanan is no more
Deeply saddened to share the news of the passing away today of my cousin PS Narayanan (75), one of the most talented cricketers of my time, a key member of the champion Jolly Rovers team of the 1960s,...
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By Nandini RamaniUma Nambudripad Sathya NarayanaUma Nambudripad Sathya Narayana, a disciple of Chitra Visweswaran, is a talented and committed dancer. With her proficiency in Carnatic vocal music, she...
View ArticleRemembering Fiddle Govindaraja Pillai
By P N MuralidharanChennai Fine Arts celebrated the 105th birth anniversary of renowned violin maestro Mayavaram Govindaraja Pillai on Friday, 12th May at Srinivasa Sastri hall in Luz. Earlier CFA had...
View ArticleGangadhar Pradhan Samman Award
Sruti’s senior contributors Leela Venkataraman and Dr. Sunil Kothari were honoured with the Guru Gangadhar Samman by the Orissa Dance Academy in February 2017 during the Dhauli-Kalinga Mahotsav in Odisha.
View ArticleDakshina Vaidyanathan: a talent to watch
By Chirag Shah( A young contributor to Sruti)Dakshina Vaidyanathan made her debut at the Madras Music Academy’s annual dance festival, held during the first week of January each year. The young...
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