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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
Raga Shuddha Kalyan: How and why it is changing
Deepak Raja
Shuddha Kalyan is a popular, though difficult, raga of the Kalyan parent scale. The raga is pentatonic in the ascent and heptatonic in the descent.
Ascent: SRGPDS'
Descent: S'NDPM^GRS
The ascent is identic ...
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Theatre and politics
Theatre / Indira Parthasarathy -
The nagaswaram
Music / Ramnarayan -
The Legacy Of Rukmini Devi: To Stay With It Or Bui
Dance / V.A.K. RANGA RAO -
Format of Bharatanatyam
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Morsels Of Learning & Moments of Despair
Dance / V.A.K. RANGA RAO
Artists
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M.S. Subulakshmi
“She carries a veena in her throat!” Eminent veena vidwan Sambasiva Iyer was to exclaim in sheer wonder after listening to the 17-year-old debutan ...
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Dr Minati Mishra
Born at Cuttack, Orissa, in 1937, into an artistically inclined family, Dr Minati Mishra was introduced to dance and music at a very early age, when s ...
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Fida Husain
Master Fida Hussain was born in the year 1899. He was an actor, singer, director and scriptwriter. He started his career in Parsi theatre in 1918 and ...
Interviews
Mylapore — Musical hub of Madras
GAYATRI SUNDARESAN
Reminiscences of S. Rajam
Mylapore — Musical hub of Madras
My life has revolved around music and art. I have seen and heard most of the stalwarts of the ‘golden period’ of Carnatic music. I have been fortunate to have moved with them closel ...
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Kamala at seventy five
Dance / Uma -
Lalgudi Srimathi Brahmanandam
Music / Renuka Suryanarayanan -
Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi
Music / Suchita Rao -
The music of rhythm
Music / Suresh Ramaswamy -
WAY OF LIFE
Music / K. K. GOPALAKRISHNAN
Photo Gallery
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Natya Kala Conference 2014
34th NKC At Sri Krishna Gana Sabha from 26th - 31 Dec 2014. Conference T ...
Heritage
P.L. Deshpande
S. SANKARANARAYANAN
Multifaceted genius
P.L. Deshpande, popularly known by his Marathi initials ‘Pu La’, strode the cultural firmament of Maharashtra like a colossus for over four decades. He was a multifaceted genius – illustrious Marathi writer, film and stage ...
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Pioneers and Trendsetters
Stamps / S. SANKARANARAYANAN -
Walajapet Venkataramana Bhagavatar
Stamps / S. SANKARANARAYANAN -
Sangeet Natak Akademi
Stamps / S. SANKARANARAYANAN -
Raga Megh Malhar and Ragini Basanti
Stamps / S. SANKARANARAYANAN