SRUTI BOX - 3-4

NEWS & NOTES

Hyderabad: SNA's Natyotsav - 5

Mysore: Suttur Mutt's Confest - 6

Madras: Vata Vriksha - 10

Special Feature

THE MAD, MAD MADRAS SEASON

The Magic & The Sadness  -13

Sponsorship : Plus & Minus Aspects - 21

The Star Syndrome And Its Effects - 23

Musical Environment - 25

Ragam-Tanam-Pallavi Today - 26

Standard-Setting : Suggestions For An Agenda Of Action - 27

Bunch Of Notes - 29

Purush In Focus, Provoking The Stree - 35

Stated & Unstated "Purush* Requirements - 38

The Male: The Body And The Dancer - 40

Some Striking Solos - 41

Group Dances, Mostly - 44

Mishtake s At The Meccademy - 46

Sound & Noise: Taming The Demon 49

Electrocuted Music - 50

Seven Deadly Sins... And Some More - 51

Oh! 53

BRIEF NOTES - 55

THE WHISPERING GALLERY - 59

EDITOR'S NOTE - 60

FRONT COVER: Design by S. Jagadis