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COVER STORY
GAYATHRI VENKATARAGHAVAN: Perseverance and passion
by Sukanya Sankar
THE INDIAN DIASPORA
RAMYA HARISHANKAR: Communicating across cultures and communities
by Shankar Ramachandran
HERITAGE STHALAMS
A triad of Siva temples along the Akhanda Cauvery
by Sriram V
ORGANISATION
GOLDEN JUBILEE Brahma Gana Sabha
by V. Karpagalakshmi

News & Notes

Abhai’s ‘Artistes for Artistes Welfare Fund’ initiative

S. Janaki

Vidyasundari Bengaluru Nagarathnamma
V.R. DEVIKA
FIRST PERSON
Rama Kousalya
Awards galore for the Dhananjayans
Malladi Brothers receive Sangeetha Vedanta Dhurina Award

CompMusic is a European research project that studies several world art music traditions in the context of information technologies. The project started last year with a focus on the music of India (Hindustani and Carnat ...

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Koothu Padukalam: theatre alive
Theatre / V.R. Devika
Raga Vachaspati in Hindustani music
Music / Deepak S. Raja
The Most Splendid Varnam Of All
Dance / V.A.K. RANG A RAO
Sruti – Music Forum Lec-Dem Mela 2014 Part I
Music / Gayathri Sundaresan
T M Krishna on Sanjay Subrahmanyan
Music / T M Krishna

Artists

Music

Anil Biswas

Composer,Hindustani Music

Anil Biswas Anil Biswas, the famous Indian composer, was an artist who successfully donned many hats. Although his claim to fame was better known th ...

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Dance

Dhivya Shiva Sundar

Bharatanatyam

Hailing from a family of artist's Divya Shiva. Sundar took to dancing at a very young ae. She was fortunate to be under the guidnce and tultelage of h ...

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Theatre

Seema Biswas

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Seema Biswas was born on 14 January 1965 in Nalbari, Assam. She shot into the limelight with her stunning performance in Shekhar Kapur’s Bandit Quee ...

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Interviews

Dance

The Other Side of the Star

GOWRI RAMNARAYAN

Interview: Krishnaveni Lakshmanan "The Other Side of the Star" Krishnaveni Lakshmanan is unique in that she is both a star performer in Kalakshetra's dance-dramas and a soloBharatanatyam dancer. But popular acclaim has largely eluded her in the lat ...

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A dancer’s prayatnam to upgrade
Dance / Anjana Anand
Veteran actor B. M. Vyas
Theatre / Vikram Iyengar and Tanaji Dasgupta
Interview: Sonal Mansingh
Dance / S. JANAKI
Mylapore — Musical hub of Madras
Dance / GAYATRI SUNDARESAN
Kaivalya spoke to Deepak Raja on June 4, 2001
Music / Deepak raja

Photo Gallery

Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra Award 2013

Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra Award 2013 Photographs by Arabinda Mahapatra
LEICHAL Day 1 - NARTAN KALA NIKETAN

Dancers of Nartan Kala Niketan performing Sattriya at the Leichal Festi ...

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M.S. Gopalakrishnan Family Photos

Heritage

Stamps

Bal Gandharva

S. SANKARANARAYANAN

Bal Gandharva was a singing star who excelled in feminine roles on the Marathi stage in the first half of the twentieth century. He was hailed as “Nat Samrat” – the king of thespians. Stamp on Bal Gandharva The Department of Posts issued a co ...

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