Aruna M Prakash brings verve, rhythmic precision and expressive sensitivity to a traditional Kuchipudi margam.…
A tribute to the Australian cultural patron, Graeme Vanderstol, whose lifelong devotion to Kathakali and…
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…
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With its foundation stone laid by Vice-President of C. P Radhakrishnan recently, Chethana Ganashram in…
Shatkala Govinda Marar Sangeethotsavam in Ramamangalam revived Kerala’s rare musical traditions through Sopana Sangeetham, percussion,…
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A literary craftsman of warmth, wit and wonder. Browsing through the films available on Netflix,…
After forty years, one old textbook brought the jungles of my childhood rushing back. After…
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This month three years ago, Burundi passed a decree that banned women from performing the famed Karyenda drums. India has a similar Manipuri percussive dance where men play the horizontal Pung.
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This Malayalam novel poignantly depicts a grandmother’s resilience amid societal norms.
There are distinct similarities between the lasya movements and the juggling techniques with a ball, described in the dance performances in the seventh century work Daśhakumāracharitaṁ, and Kerala dance forms like Mohiniyattam and Thiruvathirakkali.
Workshop on Kathakali Melam held at Karalmanna in Kerala.
We recall the career of classical instrumentalist-vocalist Geetha Bennett.
The first death anniversary of Carnatic musician NP Ramaswamy falls on November 5. Here’s a take on his art vis-à-vis the heritage of his west Kochi
Nangiarkoothu artist has recently received Kalamandalam puraskaram for Koodiyattam.
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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.
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.
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