A Mohiniyattam workshop explored the dance form’s history, Kalyanikutty Amma’s legacy and Deepthi Omchery Bhalla’s…
The Naman festival by Nrityantar Academy of Performing Arts brings together Odissi performances, artistic interpretations…
A master of the mridangam and a sensitive accompanist, Guruvayur Dorai knew that great percussion…
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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…
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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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A tribute to the Australian cultural patron, Graeme Vanderstol, whose lifelong devotion to Kathakali and…
Rama Navami music festival by Mani Krishnaswami Academy featured seven distinctive compositions of Chitravina Ravikiran
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French traveller Francos Bernier writes of ‘living flowerbeds’ while describing the use of the Kalamkari work sourced from Machilipatnam in the Mughal rule in India
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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.
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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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