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Raga-s are complex creatures and it is difficult to pin them down. The most famous definition of a raga is also the vaguest one: Yo’yam dhvani viseshastu swaravarnavibhooshitah Ranjako janachittaanaam raagah kathi ...

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An Educator with a Mission
Music / TK Venkatasubramanian
POINT OF VIEW
Dance / Vidhya Subramanian
Morsels Of Learning & Moments of Despair
Dance / V.A.K. RANGA RAO
LEC-DEM MELA – Part 6
Music / Gayathri Sundaresan
Bharatanatyam: Who named it so?
Dance / B.M. Sundaram

Artists

Music

Arjun Ganesh

Mridangam

Arjun Ganesh underwent training from Pungulam Sri Sabesha Iyer, and is presently learning from Pungulam Sri Subramanyam. He is a B High Grade artist i ...

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Dance

Alekhya Punjala

Kuchipudi

Born on 9 April 1962 in Hyderabad, Alekhya Punjala took her initial training in dance under Guru Dayal Sharan. Later, she trained in Kuchipudi dance a ...

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Theatre

P.C. Ramakrishna

Actor

P.C. Ramakrishna is a theatre actor and a communications professional based in Chennai, long associated with The Madras Players, the oldest English th ...

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Interviews

Music

Success &growth as a musician are different things

Deepak raja

Shujaat spoke to Deepak Raja on January 16, 2004 Success and growth as a musician are different things. But, they are connected. If success is of the right kind, comes in good time, and one has the ability to digest it, it can be a great aid t ...

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Mani Krishnaswami Interviews M.S. Subbulakshmi
Music / Sangeeta Kalanidhi MANI KRISHNASWAMI
An idol among TV shows
Music / GAYATHRI SUNDARESAN
Mylapore — Musical hub of Madras
Dance / GAYATRI SUNDARESAN
The Mind Of A Master
Dance / V. KARPAGALAKSHMI & S. JANAKI
Insights From A Long Innings
Music / V.S. KUMAR

Photo Gallery

Heritage

Stamps

Rabindranath Tagore

S. SANKARANARAYANAN

Stamp On Rabindranath Tagore The Department of Posts issued a 15 nP stamp on 7th May 1961 to commemorate the birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore. It is in chestnut-jade green colour, perf. 13, and watermark ‘All over multiple Lion Ca ...

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Kalki Krishnamurti
Stamps / S. SANKARANARAYANAN
Ustad Bismillah Khan
Stamps / S. SANKARANARAYANAN
National Songs - Vande Mataram and Janaganamana
Stamps /
Swamimalai
Sthalams / SRIRAM.V

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