Palghat Raghu
Birthdays & Anniversaries9.1.1928 - 2.6.2009Raghu always knew he wanted to be a mridanga vidwan. His life story has a slightly different beginning from those of most other musicians. He was born in...
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Birthdays & AnniversariesThe Bharata–Ilango Foundation for Asian Culture (BIFAC), Chennai, organized a lecture by B. Herambanathan, from Tanjavur on ‘The contribution of Devadasi-s to...
View ArticleIsai Chudaroli to Prof S. Rajeswari
Prof S. Rajeswari, retired Principal of the Tamil Nadu Government Music College, was honoured by Sahana Fine Arts in Mogappair. The title of Isai Chudaroli was conferred on the Carnatic musician by...
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View ArticleAmir Khan and the South II
By Thomas W. RossGrape, banana, and coconutBecause the goddess Saraswatī holds both the book and the vīṇā, we are encouraged to summon both mind and heart in the pursuit of any learning.This apparent...
View ArticleSankara Iyer
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View ArticleUlhas Kashalkar
Birthdays & Anniversaries14.1.1955 To read full story, visit sruti.com and buy Sruti 248
View ArticleLetter from a `Budding Rasika` to Sruti magazine
Dear EditorThe 400th issue of Sruti magazine which I read in two sittings is truly a collector`s item. I am a recent entrant to the world of Carnatic music and a reader of Sruti magazine only for...
View ArticleChennai Fine Arts Annual Music Festival
Gotuvadyam Narayana Iyengar Award presented to Shri. VV Subramanyam and the winners of the mangala isai music competition
View ArticleSadanam Balakrishnan
Birthdays & Anniversaries15.1.1944My first interaction with Kathakali exponent Guru Sadanam P.V. Balakrishnan was during the middle of the 1980s. I was the Secretary of the Kathakali club in...
View ArticleMusic Workshop
NādasangamamNarada Gana Sabha Trust (Phone No. 2499 3201)9th-11th February At ThennangurAbout the residential camp for young musicians…Nadasangamam as the name implies is an effort to instill in young...
View ArticleThakur Jaidev Singh
Birthdays & Anniversaries16.1.1893 - 19.5.1986Music to Jaideva Singh was a passion, no doubt, but never his profession or main occupation. He was essentially an academic with philosophy as the...
View ArticleA Different Kind of Festival
DollsBy Saindhavi VenugopalDolls was the title of a series of six monologues by six women presented by Crea Shakthi on 29th September at Wandering Artist, an increasingly popular creative space in...
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