Dhrupad maestro Ustad Zia Fariduddin Dagar is no more

Kathakali actor Ranjini Suresh, who has been selected for the Central Sangeet Natak Akademi's Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar, is a female artiste who specialises in Kathi (negative) vesham. Although Kathakali is predominantly a man's world, ...

Celebrating its 15 years of existence, ANJI Cultural Academy distributed certificates and cash awards to 20 trainees who have completed pung esei, potloi making and other trainings conducted by the academy under the sponsorship of Sangeet Natak Akademi, New ...

Considering his contribution to the field of music, he was conferred with several awards including Padma Shri in 1972 Padma Bhushan in 2001. Celebrated violinist and composer Lalgudi Jayaraman, who carved out a niche for himself in the Carnatic ...

Summer has peaked in his resident city upcountry, and Panjal Unnikrishnan is again on a visit to native Kerala. It has been 45 years since the chenda exponent left for Delhi, but the annual monsoon break in his village this time has turned out to be ...

At a time when the dazzle of Bollywood is blinding, perhaps this reason, as quoted by Wilde is why some youngsters still staunchly follow theatre...irrespective of what its returns are. On meeting different theatrepeople across the Tricity, we ...

One of those modern theatre directors whose exploratory work is responsible for innovation and experimentation aiming to create a dominant definition of theatre and a receptive audience is also the perpetuator of traditional Assamese Sattriya music, ...

The multi-hued thiraseela (curtain) shivered with the roars of Duryodhana, while he enunciated the emotions of roudram (anger). When he emerges from the hiding, tearing off the curtain - not bigger than a handkerchief - emulating kaththi villain) ...

Veteran lenseye Avinash Pasricha tells Karan Bhardwaj that beautiful moments keep him going. But he is unhappy that his vast archive of photographs is being neglected For over 50 years, the celebrated lensman Avinash Pasricha has engaged himself in ...

In summer, when the school went on vacation, I would add to the team scraggy shirtless boys cousin 'brothers' all and get busy with our holiday activities. Our single biggest time consumer was a pile of story books. We weren't a dainty lot when it ...