Darpana: Mirroring values
Katyayani shares her experience of the Darpana Festival, which for one was an opportunity at its best for a young performer, and also a revivification of the cultural bodies for classical art forms... + Read more
A splash of colour!
"I like to do human portraits. I like to capture the various feelings, actions and features of humans in my drawings," says Punya, a young high-schooler from Bangalore. + Read more
Pu.Ti.Na in Hindustani
Famous Hindustani classical singer Dr. Nagarajarao Havaldar presented a musical evening of PuTiNa’s poems to an enthralled audience.+ Read more
Thou not wither away
Will the senescent audience of classical music and dance make way for the young enthusiasts?... + Read more
Grand three-day event concludes
Nadasurabhi Youth festival 2013, a grand 3-day cultural event, dedicated to the memory of Sri.G.R.Narasimhan and Smt.Geetha Narasimhan, was held in Bangalore... + Read more
On the Cover
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| A fine debut | Shertallai Dr.Sharma enthralls | E-globalized art |
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| Polished and meticulous, Akhila, student of Guru Hemamalini Arni, was like a veteran whose rhythm and grace were amazing to behold. | Majestic flawless voice of Dr.Renganatha Sharma, Professor of music, kept everyone's attention throughout the performance | Has new age technology created more takers for the art? Or has it distanced the native art from its own identity?... |
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| Remembrance | |
| Effervescent KarmaYogi | |
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| His genius and humanity can only be compared to that of Mozart's - so extolled Yehudi Menuhin of Pt Ravi Shankar. Here's a leaf from the life of Pandit ji... | |
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| Romanticizing life! | |
| There are shortcuts to happiness and dancing is one of them - so remarked Austrian writer Vicki Baum. Watching Priyadarsini Govind's classical rendering is perhaps no less... | |
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| Eulogy | |
| A tribute to Pt Ravi Shankar | |
| A Tanka in tribute to the legendary Sitar maestro Pt Ravi Shankar who passed away on Dec 11, 2012 at the age of 92... | |
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Moments
Thus Spake
Music is the brightest gem adorning the crown of India's culture.It has a long and honorable past.....A study of the musical history of India is not only of cultural value, but enables one to understand something of the genius of the race that has given to the world the magnificent raga and tala systems, the idea of the manodharma sangita and the concepts of rhythmic harmony and abhinaya.In the history of world music, India was the first country to evolve a solfa system...Indians were the earliest people to think in terms of absolute music.History of Indian Music, P Sambamoorthy, 1960