News & Notes
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Hemavathi – Remembering Parassala Ponnammal
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Impressive tributes to Rabindranath Tagore - Jyotirgamaya
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An Anthem for Mylapore
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Book Review - A GRAMMAR OF DANCE
Sreelatha Vinod
Articles
The Haridasa-s
Lakshmi Devnath
"Yippee," shouted Sargam as she whirled into the house and in the process stamped on her dog's tail. Thunder yelped looked up crossly but decided to pardon her this time around. And, what was all this excitement about? A ...
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The last bastion of an inimitable tradition
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LEC-DEM MELA 2014 – Part 5
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The Musical Genius of the Tanjavur Quartet
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What we hear is not what they render
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Music keeps him alive
Music / V Ramnarayan
Artists
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Aruna Sairam
For years a musicians’ musician, one of very few concert vocalists offering regular samples of the music of the Dhanammal music, she was virtual ...
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Chokalinga pillai
Chokalingam Pillai belonged to the Isai Velalar community was the doyen of the Pandanallur style and was the son-in-law of the legendary Meenaks ...
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Ketaki Dutta
Born in 1934 in Kolkata to Tarakumar Bhaduri and Prabha Devi, Ketaki Dutta went on to become a stage and screen actor. Her first stage appearance was ...
Interviews
The mind of Sudharani Raghupathy
N. PATTTABHI RAMAN
Editor-in-Chief N. PATTTABHI RAMAN, assisted by INDU VARMA, probed the mind of Sudharani Ragupathy during two interview sessions.
You have said: “Once a dancer, always a dancer.” Would you care to explain.
As a child I seem to have dis ...
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Interview
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“Music transcends religion.”
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Bahauddin Dagar
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T. Viswanathan
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Akshay Anantapadmanabhan
Music / Sushma Somasekharan
Photo Gallery
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Panguni Music and Dance Festival 2015
Dance at the Kapaleeswarar Temple in Mylapore Chennai Photos by: Santosh ...
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LEICHAL Day 2 - MANIPURI JAGOI MARUP
The Manipuri Jagoi Marup group at the Leichal Fest organised by the Kal ...
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LEICHAL Day 3 - TETSEO SISTERS
The Tetseo Sisters from Nagaland singing on the concluding day at the L ...
Heritage
Mahanavami Dibba in Hampi
Chithra Madhavan
Hampi, the famous UNESCO World Heritage site on the banks of river Tungabhadra in Karnataka, was once the great medieval metropolis called Vijayanagara (City of Victory). This city, founded by Harihara I and Bukka I in 1336 AD, was the capital of t ...
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Music and dance in Chalukya sculptures
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The composer of Colletpet
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Palani Subramania Pillai
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Raga Megh Malhar and Ragini Basanti
Stamps / S. SANKARANARAYANAN
