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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

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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LEC-DEM MELA 2014 – Part 5
Music / Gayathri Sundaresan
Sruti – Music Forum Lec-Dem Mela 2014 Part I
Music / Gayathri Sundaresan
NEW INITIATIVE
Music / Xavier Serra
The Legacy Of Rukmini Devi: To Stay With It Or Bui
Dance / V.A.K. RANGA RAO
Raga Vachaspati in Hindustani music
Music / Deepak S. Raja

Artists

Music

N C Vasantakokilam

Carnatic Music,Carnatic vocal

Kamakshi, for that was her given name, was born in 1921 and hailed from an Iyer family of Irinjalakuda,now in Kerala. The family had however settled d ...

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Dance

CV Chandrahekar

Bharatanatyam,Guru

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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Theatre

Saoli Mitra

Actor,Director,Playwright

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 ...

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Interviews

Music

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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The Other Side of the Star
Dance / GOWRI RAMNARAYAN
Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi
Music / Suchita Rao
Veteran actor B. M. Vyas
Theatre / Vikram Iyengar and Tanaji Dasgupta
WAY OF LIFE
Music / K. K. GOPALAKRISHNAN
Off-beat theatre
Theatre / KIRTI ARORA

Photo Gallery

Ugadi Concerts

Ugadi Concerts at Ravindra Kala Bhavana, Mangalore Carnatic Vocal concer ...

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Sruti App launch

Sruti App launch a colourful event

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Sruti - Music Forum Lec Dem Mela 2018

Heritage

Stamps

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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