Ratan Thiyam, the world-renowned theatre director from Manipur, who won the Outlook SpeakOut Award for Best Artist, reminisces about his life’s journey.
It’s time for Ramlila shows now, as Navaratri festivity starts today. The Assam and Odisha styles of the folksy ballet seek to retain individuality unlike those in north India. A look:
It’s a week that marks the birthday of a top classical musician and danseuse. A look
at how the two artistes have variedly embellished Hindustani classical and Bharatanatyam
recitals…
Today is the anniversary of multifaceted musicians Hazarika and Kunnakudi. A
peek at the commonalities and contrasts between the Assamese icon and the Tamil
instrumentalist...
An English novel profiling Kerala’s pastoral life essays the psyche of a middle-class woman of the last century. Her life does undergo its share of turmoil, but the overall take from Shanti is the bell-metal shine of the harvest festival.
The Just-concluded Uttara Guruvayur annual festival gives sight to a range of God’s Own Country’s traditional, classical and contemporary performing arts to Delhiites over eight days. A panoramic view:
It’s the birth anniversary of classical musician Sandhyavandanam Srinivasa Rao. A look at the
contributions of the 20th-century Andhra master to Carnatic vocal.
It is end-monsoon in Kerala, where a pair of subaltern arts centred around the myth of serpents is set to come out of the monsoon-time dormancy. A look at Pulluvan Pattu and Sarppam Thullal
The female body trunk is a mix of several qualities from the mundane to sublime, going by the works by a Delhiite artist at an ongoing show at her city. A look at Kanchan Chander’s Whispering Torsos:
Late S.H. Raza shared a six-decade-long camaraderie with fellow artist Krishen Khanna. A book featuring their 1956-2000 correspondence throws light at several curious, light and serious matters.
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