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Khanjira – the frame drum
S.Janaki
The khanjira is a popular percussion instrument in Carnatic concerts. A frame drum – with a membrane mounted on a wooden frame – it belongs to the tambourine family. The circular frame is made from the wood o ...
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TRIBUTE to K.J. Sarasa
Dance / Rathna Kumar -
The Most Splendid Vamam Of All
Dance / V.A.K. RANG A RAO -
Dikshitar’s bhooloka panchalinga kriti-s
Music / S.Rajam -
POINT OF VIEW
Dance / Vidhya Subramanian -
Traditions? What are you talking about?
Theatre / Kshitij Joshi
Artists
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Ashwin Anand
For long, vocal music and the veena have been regarded as having a symphonious relationship. It was even considered necessary for a vocalist to have a ...
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Chandralekha
A disciple of Conjeevaram Ellappa Pillai, Chandralekha moved from Gujarat to Chennai in the earlyfifties. A contemporary of Balasaraswati, Rukmini Dev ...
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PV Panshikar
Born in 1931 in Bombay, Shri Panshikar made an early appearance as an actor on the professional Marathi stage under the direction of the late Shri Nan ...
Interviews
WAY OF LIFE
K. K. GOPALAKRISHNAN
PETER PANNKE, a renowned German musician-cum-writer and exponent of dhrupad, was recently in India for Ayurvedatreatment in Kerala and for a few musical interactions in Delhi and Mumbai.
It was eight thirty in the evening.At one of the resorts on th ...
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Interview
Music / V.S.Kumar -
“The margam must not become obsolete”
Dance / Anjana Anand -
Dhrupad is the music for me.
Music / Deepak raja -
Mani Krishnaswami Interviews M.S. Subbulakshmi
Music / Sangeeta Kalanidhi MANI KRISHNASWAMI -
Way of Life:
Music / KIRANAVALI VIDYASANKAR
Heritage
Pioneers and Trendsetters
S. SANKARANARAYANAN
Jayadeva
Jayadeva was an outstanding poet in Sanskrit, composer and musician. He lived in Orissa, circa 1200 AD. His celebrated Geeta Govinda was a landmark in the history of art and literature and the Radha-Krishna cult.
An unprecedented philateli ...
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Heritage - Chanmundeswari Temple
Stamps / Sriram V -
Sangeet Natak Akademi
Stamps / S. SANKARANARAYANAN -
Ustad Bismillah Khan
Stamps / S. SANKARANARAYANAN -
Raga Megh Malhar and Ragini Basanti
Stamps / S. SANKARANARAYANAN