News & Notes
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Hemavathi – Remembering Parassala Ponnammal
S. Sivaramakrishnan -
Impressive tributes to Rabindranath Tagore - Jyotirgamaya
Nita Vidyarthi -
An Anthem for Mylapore
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Book Review - A GRAMMAR OF DANCE
Sreelatha Vinod
Articles

Therapeutic music
Dr. T.V. Sairam
How does music heal? Though it is still a mystery, there is belief that music stimulates the pituitary glands whose secretions affect the nervous system and blood flow. Music therapy can be applied at all ages—from ...
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Music as theatre
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A vocalist remembers her dance guru
Dance / Veejai Sai -
Umayalpuram and Music
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Kalapramanam in kriti-s
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Hasta-s & Their Usages
Dance / V. A. K. RANGA RAO
Artists
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Mutthuswami Dikshitar
Muthuswami Dikshitar was born on 18 March 1775 at Tiruvarur as the eldest son of Ramaswami Dikshitar, who was himself a celebrated vaggeyakara. Dikshi ...
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CV Chandrahekar
Trained in Bharatanatyam a Kalakshetra by Rukmini Devi Arundale and Sarada Hoffman, he received his diploma in 1954. He began his career as a dance te ...
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Saoli Mitra
Actor, director and playwright, Saoli Mitra is the only child of legendary theatre artistes Sombhu Mitra and Tripti Mitra. Born in Kolkata in the late ...
Interviews

No slowing down for this prodigy
V. RAMNARAYAN
Twenty five years after we featured him in a cover story titled Arc of Triumph: A Prodigy at Play, in our first issue, Mandolin Shrinivas remains an unrepentant speed merchant, loving the dazzle and spectacle of his fast paced, masterful brand of Car ...
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Dancer as poet, painter, actor
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‘Plays need performance’
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“It’s a cathartic experience:” Priyadarsini Govind
Dance / Sukanya Sankar -
Way of Life:
Music / KIRANAVALI VIDYASANKAR -
Rajeswari Padmanabhan
Music / NITHYA BALAJI
Photo Gallery
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Ugadi Concerts
Ugadi Concerts at Ravindra Kala Bhavana, Mangalore Carnatic Vocal concer ...
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Natya Kala Conference 2014
34th NKC At Sri Krishna Gana Sabha from 26th - 31 Dec 2014. Conference T ...
Heritage

A Birth Centenary Tribute
S. SANKARANARAYANAN
A Birth Centenary Tribute
Prof. V. Lakshminarayana (1911 – 1990)
Stamp on Lakshminarayana
The Department of Posts issued a five-rupee commemorative stamp in honour of violinist Prof. V. Lakshminarayana Iyer on 14 April 2004. It was printed by ph ...
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Ameer Khusrau
Stamps / S. SANKARANARAYANAN -
Walajapet Venkataramana Bhagavatar
Stamps / S. SANKARANARAYANAN -
Sangeet Natak Akademi
Stamps / S. SANKARANARAYANAN -
Rabindranath Tagore
Stamps / S. SANKARANARAYANAN