The Naman festival by Nrityantar Academy of Performing Arts brings together Odissi performances, artistic interpretations…
With technical precision and a keen sensitivity to sattvikabhinaya, Pallavi Anand brought depth and emotional…
A master of the mridangam and a sensitive accompanist, Guruvayur Dorai knew that great percussion…
A three-day festival in Goa brought together Hindustani, Carnatic, devotional, ghazal, Sufi and theatrical traditions…
Indian classical music evolved through a cultural synthesis of Vedic and folk music traditions Their…
On World Music Day, Jerry Amaldev conducted a three-hour choral journey that wove Mozart, Negro…
On World Music Day, Ustad Waseem Ahmed Khan of Agra gharana speaks on inherited voice,…
With its foundation stone laid by Vice-President of C. P Radhakrishnan recently, Chethana Ganashram in…
What will happen when a bookworm set out to clean his library? One of the drawbacks of having tons of physical books is that you have…
Themed ‘Humanities must unite’, ITFoK will feature 12 international plays and 14 national productions.
What did the artistes do when the audience disapproved of the integration of theatre and circus on stage? In December 2011, we hosted the premier show…
Innovative acts and external recognition through accolades could help catapult the circus industry to newer heights Circus is not only a medium of entertainment but also…
There are a host of relatively unsung writers who are as witty as Jerome K Jerome or Mark Twain, and are worthy of reading and even re-reading, says the author, giving a glimpse of some of his favourites — Richard Armour, Tom Sharpe and Henry Cecil among them
A literary craftsman of warmth, wit and wonder. Browsing through the films available on Netflix,…
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Bollywood actor Shreyas Talpade launches world’s first OTT platform, Nine Rasa, dedicated to theatre and performing arts
Women have been side lined in several spheres the world over. Chennai’s Sundara Divya Ganam, an all-women ensemble concert, was a step towards breaking the glass ceiling.
The architecture of the circus ring, an unwritten script and how it is used to narrate a story.
Innovative acts and external recognition through accolades could help catapult the circus industry to newer…
Ramapriya Arts Foundation is releasing a book ‘Athishaya Vara Prasadini’, a compilation of 50 rare…
Hardline opposition to Hindutva and support for progressive movements — the strong-willed actor-activist who expresses her political choices fearlessly is a refreshing rarity in Bollywood
The singing priest Fr. Paul Poovathingal is celebrating his 60th birthday this week.
In this ‘family film’, any other larger social formations or establishments are out of the question.
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Comics dissertations are redefining the ways of thinking, knowing, and the very conduct of inquiry itself, thus marking a generational shift in how dissertations are presented within academia and beyond.
After a long search, the author stumbled upon a stash of Gold Key comics from the fifties, sixties, and early seventies, which he acquired at a bargain price, making the day one of the most memorable in his life.
The author was quite an ‘MCP’ as a seven-year-old, looking down upon comic books featuring girls as main characters, until Little Lulu came along.
Knightfall suggests that even though indisputably dark, the Batman is a knight in shining armour.…
