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    Mohiniyattam

    Dhaganam Adavus : The Occult Origins of Mohiniyattam – 61

    August 18, 2022
    Dance

    Bharat Varma: India’s First Body Percussionist

    August 17, 2022
    Mohiniyattam

    The Occult Origins of Mohiniyattam – 60

    August 10, 2022
    Athishaya Vara Prasadini
    Book Review

    Athishaya Vara Prasadini: Notations of Rare Carnatic Compositions

    August 9, 2022

    Dance

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    • Bharatanatyam
    • Mohiniyattam
    • Kathak
    • Odissi

    Dhaganam Adavus : The Occult Origins of Mohiniyattam – 61

    Nirmala PanikerNirmala PanikerAugust 18, 2022

    How to perform Dhaganam Adavus 7 ,8, and 9? Dhaganam is one of the…

    Bharat Varma: India’s First Body Percussionist

    Akshaya AsokAkshaya AsokAugust 17, 2022

    Dancer turned body percussionist Bharat Verma tells that the art forms has great healing benefits…

    The Occult Origins of Mohiniyattam – 60

    August 10, 2022
    Mohiniyattam

    Jagajagajamthitha  Adavu: The Occult Origins of Mohiniyattam- 58

    July 28, 2022
    Jaganamthari Adavu

    Jagamthanamthari Adavu: The Occult Origins of Mohiniyattam- 55

    July 14, 2022
    Jaganam Adavu

    Jaganam Adavus: The Occult Origins of Mohiniyattam- 54

    July 6, 2022
    Kalamandalam Leelamma

     An Apostle of Kalamandalam Style of Mohiniyattam

    June 18, 2022
    Thaganam

    Thaganam Adavu: The Occult Origins of Mohiniyattam- 51

    June 15, 2022

    Art

    Art

    Tahireh Lal: “It is essential to respond to one’s reality”

    Akshaya AsokAkshaya Asok
    Art

    Rumal is dead; long live the rumal

    Soma GhoshSoma Ghosh
    Ashtanayika
    Art

    Women in Love: Ashtanayika Paintings from the Pahari School

    Soma GhoshSoma Ghosh
    Kalamkari - The Art of Cloth in Mughal India
    Book Extract

    Kalamkari and the Machilipatnam Cloth in the Mughal Empire

    India Art ReviewIndia Art Review
    Asavari Ragini
    Art

    Chronicling History and Art with Chawand Ragamala

    Soma GhoshSoma Ghosh
    Shivangi Ladha
    Art

    Screened Selves: The Printmaking Practice of Shivangi Ladha

    Anuj DagaAnuj Daga

    Music

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    Athishaya Vara Prasadini

    Athishaya Vara Prasadini: Notations of Rare Carnatic Compositions

    Narayanan DesamangalamNarayanan DesamangalamAugust 9, 2022

    The recently released book Athishaya Vara Prasadini, which contains notations of 50 rare Carnatic compositions,…

    Choral Carnatic

    Finding Harmony in Carnatic Music, the Kanniks Kannikeswaran Way

    Lakshmi AnandLakshmi AnandJuly 17, 2022

    Kanniks Kannikeswaran’s choral Carnatic music productions attract a large pool of audience in the US.

    ZerOclassikal

    ZerOclassikal: The Punks of South Asian Classical Music

    Lakshmi AnandLakshmi AnandJuly 10, 2022

    UK-based ZerOclassikal takes a radical route in promoting South Asian classical music “We get criticised…

    Aditya Prakash

    Where Desi Meets Global

    Lakshmi AnandLakshmi AnandJuly 4, 2022

    Through their music, Roopa Mahadevan and Aditya Prakash have connected with all races, genders, orientations…

    IndianRaga

    IndianRaga: Infusing Joy Into the 7 Swaras

    Lakshmi AnandLakshmi AnandJune 27, 2022

    IndianRaga started out as a graduate school project. Now it’s trying to reach a larger audience with its teaching model

    Music

    East and West: Philosophy of Musical Traditions

    G S PaulG S PaulJune 21, 2022

    How the harmonic music of the west and the melodic music of the east differ in its basic philosophy?

    Film

    K G George

     The Game Changer: Exploring 3 brilliant Malayalam movies by  KG George

    Vinu SyriacVinu Syriac
    Korean Entertainment

    Here’s Why Korean Entertainment is a Global Hit!

    Chitra PoomulliChitra Poomulli
    Batman Year One

    Batman: Year One, and How the Knight Dawns on Gotham

    Pramod K NayarPramod K Nayar

    Theatre

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    • Modern Theatre
    • Koodiyattam
    • Kathakali
    • Puppetry

    Integration of Theatre and Circus: When Actors Became Jokers

    Abhilash PillaiAbhilash PillaiAugust 2, 2022

    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…

    Circus

    Reinventing Circus: Turning Over A New Trapeze – 11

    Abhilash PillaiAbhilash PillaiMay 3, 2022

    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…

    C L jose

    C L Jose: Thespian Par excellence 

    India Art ReviewIndia Art ReviewApril 29, 2022

    Playwright C L Jose has turned 90. A peek into his plays and theater. C L Jose is a firm believer of the universal axiom, .…

    scenography

    Satyabrata Rout: Enhancing the Visual Experience of Theatre with Scenography

    Sanjitha Rao ChainiSanjitha Rao ChainiApril 1, 2022

    An interview with Satyabrata Rout, author of Scenography: An Indian Perspective.

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    Books

    Athishaya Vara Prasadini

    Athishaya Vara Prasadini: Notations of Rare Carnatic Compositions

    Narayanan DesamangalamNarayanan DesamangalamAugust 9, 2022

    The recently released book Athishaya Vara Prasadini, which contains notations of 50 rare Carnatic compositions,…

    Batman Knightfall trilogy

    Batman: Knightfall – Who Can Succeed a Knight?

    Pramod K NayarPramod K NayarJuly 6, 2022

    Knightfall suggests that even though indisputably dark, the Batman is a knight in shining armour.…

    Piccadilly Book Stall

    Piccadilly Peccadilloes: In Search of a Treasure Trove

    June 26, 2022
    Me & My MOhiniyattam

    Me & My Mohiniyattam: Story of Rare Achievements

    June 11, 2022
    Shelf Life Book Thief

    In Search of the Book Thief

    June 11, 2022
    Kutiyattam

    Dimensions of Modernity in Kerala’s Kutiyattam

    June 9, 2022
    Homosexual

    Hanya Yanagihara and Her World of Homosexual Reverie

    June 3, 2022
    book

    How to Start a Book Collection

    May 30, 2022

    IAR Radio

    Ravi K Chandran IAR

    IAR Podcast: Ravi K Chandran on the Subtle Art of Cinematography

    India Art ReviewMay 20, 2022

    Ace cinematographer Ravi K Chandran has moved the camera for iconic movies such as Kannathil Muthamittal, Dil Chahta Hai and Black talks to India Art Review on his journey into the world of lenses and lights, and offers a philosophical masterclass on the subtle art of cinematography.

    Lokame Tharavadu

    KT Mathai painting

    Visions from the Other Side: Paintings of KT Mathai

    CS VenkiteswaranMarch 12, 2022

    Dense in philosophy, the paintings of KT Mathai connect our life and lived times with death and timelessness.

    Jigesh earth works

    Earthen works of Jigesh Kumar: Ruminations on time

    CS VenkiteswaranMarch 4, 2022

    Time is both the subject and object in the works of Kerala sculptor Jigesh Kumar.

    Photo of Lord Ganesha's idol by Biju Ibrahim at Lokame Tharavadu

    Divining the World

    CS VenkiteswaranJanuary 3, 2022

    The photographs of Biju Ibrahim at Lokame Tharavadu flash on a unique reckoning of human life.

    Attention is the Fire by PK Umesh

    Epiphany of the End

    CS VenkiteswaranNovember 25, 2021

    In ‘Attention is the Fire’, PK Umesh paints a frighteningly enchanting ecosphere of extremes.

    Paintings and drawings of C Bhagyanath

    Figuring the Monstrous Sleep of Reason

    CS VenkiteswaranNovember 20, 2021

    Paintings and drawings of C Bhagyanath unravel a world of absolute enigmatism.

    Tom Vattakuzhy soulful conversations

    Figures of Speech

    CS VenkiteswaranNovember 12, 2021

    How artist Tom Vattakuzhy creates ‘soulful conversations’.

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    Heritage

    Kutiyattam

    Dimensions of Modernity in Kerala’s Kutiyattam

    India Art ReviewIndia Art ReviewJune 9, 2022
    Chalakudy Maholsavam

    Chalakkudy Maholsavam: A Festival Celebrating Traditional Art Forms of Kerala

    KTP RadhikaKTP RadhikaMay 20, 2022
    Chummar

    Remembering Chummar Choondal

    April 5, 2022
    Poorakkali

    Poorakkali and Marathukali: Quintessentially Kerala

    March 1, 2022
    Lords of the Deccan by Anirudh Kanisetti

    A Manual for Kannada Grammar

    February 3, 2022
    Koodiyattam

    Golden Jubilee of an Epoch-making Translation of Natya Shastra

    December 3, 2021
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