Remembering Guru Gopalakrishnan, the Kodungallur-born dancer, choreographer, actor and guru who carried Kerala’s dance traditions…
Aruna M Prakash brings verve, rhythmic precision and expressive sensitivity to a traditional Kuchipudi margam.…
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…
Shatkala Govinda Marar Sangeethotsavam in Ramamangalam revived Kerala’s rare musical traditions through Sopana Sangeetham, percussion,…
A three-day music festival in Kochi celebrated the spirit of legacy, learning, and heartfelt love…
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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Kathakali veterans Mathoor Govindankutty and Madavoor Vasudevan Nair represent an interesting era in the history of the dance drama
The present-day Mohininyattam is a beautiful combination of the Desi aspect of Kerala and the devadasi dance form that came from outside.
The summer months are anyway lean season. Delhi’s Crafts Museum
and Hastakala Academy are waiting for a post-Covid pickup
Talamaddale, a verbal form of story narration, is an art form where the singers sing the songs taken from the Yakshagana text and the orators present the prose in a particular pattern.
This anthology explores our layered bond with elephants, revealing themes of reverence, exploitation, and coexistence in shifting cultural landscapes.
Raphael Bianco, born in Mumbai, is a trained dancer and choreographer with expertise in classical…
Who said classical musicians can’t be funny? Not much has been written about the ready…
Exploring the enchanting world of Sopanam style in Mohiniyattam. We have delved into the intricate…
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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.
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.
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.
Knightfall suggests that even though indisputably dark, the Batman is a knight in shining armour.…
