Carnatic music will become popular only if its advocates reach out to laymen, and address people from different cultural and age backgrounds
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In his renderings of Karnatic music, especially ragas, Semmangudi R Srinivasa Iyer introduces the essence of Hindustani music wrote V. S. Namboothiripad, Kerala’s first music critic in 1954.
The author first took up an Enid Blyton book grudgingly, but was so caught up that he went on to read almost all her various series and was soon hooked firmly on to reading. Despite having outgrown Blyton, he still occasionally rereads an adventure story, just for the ‘unalloyed enjoyment’ of it.
There are enough indicators in Silapathikaram that make us believe that a dance form which was a harbinger of Mohiniyattam was in vogue during those days.
In an unprecedented gesture, the global theatre community is coming together to extend support to the Indian theatre community devastated by Covid 19
The documentary, ‘Making of Moss(Z)art’, which chronicles the production of the photo series has won the award at the Paris Film Festival 2021.
Papa K S. Venkataramiah created high-quality classical melodies with artistic beauty wrote V. S. Namboothiripad, Kerala’s first music critic in 1954.
Our myths and ancient literature have many references of Mohini and the lasya dance form.
The comic book culture, thought to have died a slow death, has seen a revival in the past 20 years, thanks to digitisation of the original print comics and a series of VFX heavy movies featuring the superheroes. Original copies are highly coveted by collectors today, and the fans are no longer children but young adults.
Through numerous social media apps and platforms, classical music is becoming a commodity for instant gratification.