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…
Karthik Subbaraj’s Dorothy challenges caste, masculinity, gender norms and friendship in a provocative Tamil film…
A master of the mridangam and a sensitive accompanist, Guruvayur Dorai knew that great percussion…
A three-day festival in Goa brought together Hindustani, Carnatic, devotional, ghazal, Sufi and theatrical traditions…
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,…
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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Prasiddha Foundation celebrated 40 years with Ramayana Chaitravali, a compelling dance theatre festival spotlighting the…
In the second and final part of this interview Mridangam Maestro T K Murthy recollects his association with stalwart musicians of yesteryears.
The talent is here, momentum is growing. Indie music is now making new waves in the Malayalam music industry.
Where ancient rhythms meet new worlds — Indian classical dance takes centre stage in America.…
An exhibition of photographs by Sudheesh Yezhuvath, Yours is Not to Reason Why: Tremors from Auschwitz, offers an eerily beautiful glimpse into a disturbing past.
To feature nine female Nadaswaram artists.
Chennai-based artist Dharshana Bajaj is showcasing her works at the Painter’s Garden in T Nagar. The show, titled Living in Harmony with Nature, is on till March 20.
Gender equality is still a distant dream in South Asia even today, writes Upinder Singh in ‘Ancient India’.
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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.
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.
Knightfall suggests that even though indisputably dark, the Batman is a knight in shining armour.…
