American Natya Festival 2025 Archives

Comics Dissertations: Enter Images, Exist Words

Sathyaraj VenkatesanFebruary 6, 2023

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.

Batman: Knightfall – Who Can Succeed a Knight?

Pramod K NayarJuly 6, 2022

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

Little Lulu, An Unrecognised Icon of Gender Equality

Vineeth AbrahamSeptember 16, 2021

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.

Remember The Day

Vineeth AbrahamMarch 3, 2024

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.

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American Natya Festival 2025: A Celebration of Purpose and Perseverance

P K Narayanan Nambiar(1927: 2023)- Maestro of Mizhavu and Koodiyattam

Birju Maharaj (1938 : 2022): A Colossal Loss

Shlokam: The Occult Origins of Mohiniyattam –94

The revenge of geography

Tripunithura Kathakali Kendram Takes the dance-theatre to New Heights

Mammootty, The Master of Voice Modulation

Tillana: The Occult Origins of Mohiniyattam –93

The Amins & Arshiyas of Ramlila and Yakshagana (II)

Sooryakanthi’s ‘Marga and Parinathi’ to Celebrate Mohiniyattam

Comics Dissertations: Enter Images, Exist Words

Batman: Knightfall – Who Can Succeed a Knight?

Little Lulu, An Unrecognised Icon of Gender Equality

Remember The Day

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