Widely acclaimed as one of the most gifted Kathakali artists to perform chuvanna thaadi, Nelliyode Vasudevan Namboodiri’s versatility was unparalleled.
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Category: Obituaries
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Parassala B. Ponnammal(1924-2021): Remembering Our “Golden Girl”
With her melodious voice, Parassala B. Ponnammal rewrote the 300-year rule that prevented women inside the Navarathri Mandapam. The writer reminisces the historic moment and the deep bondage they shared. One of my fond childhood memories was, listening to Maharaja Swathi Thirunal’s Padmanabha Shathakam broadcast by All India Radio as part of the morning program...
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Madampu Kunjukuttan: A Literary Celebrity with Inimitable Histrionic Talent
Madampu Kunjukuttan's numerous works, Aswathamaavu and Brushtu made him a celebrity in the Malayalam literary horizon.
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Pt. Rajan Misra: Laughing Eyes and Sublime Music
Hindustani vocalist Nabanita Chowdhary pays a teary tribute to her guru Pt. Rajan Mishra. The maestro succumbed to Covid recently.
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Palakkad Parameswaran: A Unique Mridangam Maker
Mridangam maker Palakkad Parameswaran was not only an expert craftsman but also an experimenter and a trained mridangam player
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Chemancheri Kunhiraman Nair (1916:2021): End of an Era
With his remarkable journey for more than 90 years, Guru Chemancheri Kunhiraman Nair was an exemplar in Kathakali
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How Ghulam Mustafa Khan Bridged Hindustani and Film Music
Groomed in north Indian classical, Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan (1931-2021) was open to engaging with Hindi cinema as well. The voyage proved symbiotic in more ways than one. Ghulam Mustafa Khan was really small when his family initiated the boy into music. So much so, he could utter only ya-ya-ya-ya when the elders sang the...
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Sarathi Chatterjee: Vocalist Extraordinaire
Vocalist Sarathi Chatterjee (1964-2020) was destined to synthesise two major schools of Hindustani classical. Indian music lost those rare notes abruptly.
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Dr Sunil Kothari (1933-2020): A Dancer Turned Art Critic
Culture historian and author Sunil Kothari was a living encyclopedia in the field of Indian dance. India lost one of its greatest dance scholars and cultural historians today when Sunil Kothari died, marking the end of a writing career of six decades that generated no less than 20 books and innumerable articles on the subcontinent’s...
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Iqbal Ahmed Khan (1954-2020): Proud Scion of Dilli Gharana
Hindustani musician Iqbal Ahmed Khan gifted Dilli gharana with a new ring of beauty during his six decades of vocals.
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