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

Raga Vachaspati in Hindustani music
Deepak S. Raja
Vachaspati is a Carnatic raga, representing the Vachaspati parent-scale (64th melakarta). In its Hindustani adaptation, it has the tone material of raga Yaman with a flat (komal) Ni replacing the natural (suddha).
Aroha ...
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The Haridasa-s
Music / Lakshmi Devnath -
NEW INITIATIVE
Music / Xavier Serra -
The Violin
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Lateral Teaching
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Tradition, transition and transformation
Dance / S.Janaki
Artists
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Palghat Rama Bhagavadar
Palghat Rama Bhagavathar, known for his dedication and delightful music, is a great name in the field of Carnatic music. Palghat Rama Bhagavatar was b ...
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Malavika Sarukkai
Malavika Sarukkai was trained in Bharatanatyam by Gurus Kalyanasundaram, Swamimalai S.K. Rajarathnam and Kalanidhi Narayanan and has been performing f ...
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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

Veteran actor B. M. Vyas
Vikram Iyengar and Tanaji Dasgupta
Veteran actor B. M. Vyas passed away in Mumbai on 11 March 2013 at the age of 93. He started his career as a playback singer and then joined Prithviraj Kapoor's Prithvi Theatres in 1944 as a singer and actor. He remained with the company till 1955. H ...
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The mind of Sudharani Raghupathy
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The Other Side of the Star
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Insights From A Long Innings
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Interview
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An interview with Theatre Director Vinay Sharma.
Theatre / RUCHIRA DAS
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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Melbourne Trinity Festival 2016
The Academy of Indian Music Australia and Sruthi Laya Kendra celebrated the ...
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Ugadi Concerts
Ugadi Concerts at Ravindra Kala Bhavana, Mangalore Carnatic Vocal concer ...
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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The divine dancer in miniature
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A Birth Centenary Tribute
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P.L. Deshpande
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Raga Megh Malhar and Ragini Basanti
Stamps / S. SANKARANARAYANAN