D.K. Pattammal Madras Season Reports

SRUTI BOX - 3-6

NEWS & NOTES

Bhopal: Kalidas Samman For Pattammal & Kalanidhi - 7

Chennai: SF Launches Music & Dance Resources Institute - 9

Mumbai: Kuchipudi Mahotsav-99 - 12

Ahmedabad: Cultural Bonanza - 15

Modhera: The Modhera Festival - 17

Mumbai: The Sixth Indian Ballet Festival - 18

New Delhi: Sahitya Kala Parishad's Festival - 19

New Delhi: Music & Dance At Ramakrishna Mission - 21

MAIN FEATURE

THE MAD MAD MADRAS SEASON OF 1998-99

An Update - 23

Off-Season Offerings: 87 Festivals - 25

The Music Scene

For Better Or Worse: Youth Dominates - 26

Is The Audience Always Right? - 29

My God! He Has Announced The Raga! - 29

The King's Violins - 30

The Dance Scene

Some Splendid Offerings - 31

Miscellany - 34

P. Orr's Potpoori With Masala (Continued) - 37

From The Corner Of The Eye - 37

Presswatch

Gobbledegook - 38

Gaffes - 41

NEWS & NOTES (Continued)

Bangalore: Sharad Vaibhava - 43

New York: When Opposites Become Compatible - 49

BRIEF NOTES - 51-55

EDITOR'S NOTE - 56

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