SRUTI BOX - 3-6

NEWS & NOTES

Delhi: Saracchandrika Kathak Festival - 7

Mysore: Narada Koravanji - 11

Delhi: Ram Lila - 13

Madras: Musicians' Welfare Fund - 17

Delhi: Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards - 17

BRIEF NOTES - 21-25

C.S. KRISHNA IYER

A Dedicated Sangeeta Acharya - 27

A Guru-Sishya Experience - 31

A Gifted Original - 37

PICTURE PORTFOLIO: Hindustani Musicians - 39-45

Divya Prabandham - 47

Special Floors For Dancing - 51

Classicism Of Bharatanatyam - 53

HUMOUR

Yes Director! - 54

Travails Of A Veena Player - 55

THE BOOK SHELF - 57-61

THE RECORD RACK - 63-6 9

THE WHISPERING GALLERY - 71

EDITOR'S NOTE - 72

INSIDE BACK COVER: Laffamalika by Sarathy

FRONT COVER: A Veena Player - from a Tanjavur glass painting

(Courtesy: Pat Raman)