Inside the Issue
SRUTI BOX (Deferred to March)
NEWS & NOTES
Tiruvaiyaru: Tyagaraja Mahotsavam - 3
Hyderabad: National Seminar On Kuchipudi Dance - 6
Hyderabad/Secunderabad: Kalasagaram's Annual Cultural Festival - 12
Chennai: E. Krishna Iyer Medal Presented To Kalanidhi Narayanan - 13
Chennai: Sruti Internet Edition Launched - 14
Chennai: Sruti Foundation Announce s Formal Establishment
of SAMUDRI - 15
SPECIAL FEATURES
THE MAD MAD MADRAS SEASON
A Minor 'Market Correction' - 17
Titles Galore - 22
P. Orr's Potpoori With Masala - 27
The Music Scene: A Visitor's Comments - 29
The Dance Scene: 18th Natya Kala Conference - 30
PREM LATA SHARMA
A Great Scholar & Activist - 37
Like A Mother At The Akademi - 45
Without Beginning Or End - 46
Behenji - 47
OBITUARY
A. Anantharaman - 49
Neelarama Kadambi - 50
Ramarao Naik - 51
Jitendra Abhisheki - 51
THE WHISPERING GALLERY - 55
EDITOR'S NOTE 56
FRONT COVER: Prem Lata Sharma
Courtesy: Sangeet Natak Akademi