Ssumier S Pasricha aka Pammi Aunty shares details about his life Social media today has become a way of life. There are some people who are on social media for work, others to connect with friends and old buddies and then there are some who are a sensation and are followed by millions world over. From […]Read More
From the world of films, theatre, television and web.
Team L&M Republic Day is not only remembered as the day our Constitution came into effect but also as a country that India has achieved a lot since that day. It is a day of pride for every Indian and as the nation celebrates its 70th Republic Day, our TV artistes take a pledge towards the […]Read More
Team L&M With the aim to revive and promote interest in India’s traditional art forms, both musical and performing arts, especially among the younger generation, the 18th edition of the Swami Haridas Tansen Sangeet Nritya Mahotsav, organised by Bharatiya Sangeet Sadan kick-starts January 10, 2019. Swami Haridas Tansen Sangeet Nritya Mahotsav is the brainchild of Kathak exponent […]Read More
Team L&M India’s first multidisciplinary arts event, the Serendipity Arts Festival 2018 presents Football – A beautiful life, a six-day film programme from November 22 – 27 at Children’s Park, Goa. This is an official collateral event of the 49th International Film Festival of India (IFFI). Curated by Jan Tilman Schwab, Football – A beautiful […]Read More
Shobha Deepak Singh Forty years ago, the Kendra was perhaps the only institute to present an aesthetically refined Sampurna Ramayana. Now, it has become imperative for the Kendra to make a departure. This script runs parallel to the show which we have been presenting for the last six decades. What has, however, been done to […]Read More
Shobha Deepak Singh The Shriram Bharatiya Kala Kendra’s Rama transcends the barriers of spatial and universal time. From the moment that the spectator enters the sacred theatre, his involvement in the performance enables him to relive the myth from present time and space to universal time and space. The thin mesh which stands between his […]Read More
Shobha Deepak Singh The original Ramayana was composed many epochs ago by Sage Valmiki along with later by Tulsidas’ Ramcharitmanas. This sacred scripture is the cornerstone of the Hindu faith. Ramayana documents Rama’s triumph over demon king Ravana, thereby enacting his fate as the ideal man and incarnation of Lord Vishnu. On one level, Rama’s […]Read More
In first of the four-part exclusive series, Shriram Bharatiya Kala Kendra director SHOBHA DEEPAK SINGH chronicles the changes in the presentation of the epic over the last six decades The Delhi of 1957 was a far cry from the Capital city as we know it today. Kasturba Gandhi Marg, which runs parallel to the well-known […]Read More
Team L&M Keeping its commitment to offer audiences innovative ways to engage with both traditional and contemporary South Asian art forms, Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA) will present Shriram Bhartiya Kala Kendra’s (SBKK) magnum opus based on the Indian epic, Ramayana, at Select CITYWALK in New Delhi on October 26, 2018. The interdisciplinary performance […]Read More
A tribute to Krishna Raj Kapoor who passed away in Mumbai on October 1 Anshu Khanna My mother-in-law Nirmal Khanna was a Kapoor. The poor Kapoor, as in the surname. This was a family joke. She grew up in Lahore but came with the family to Mumbai post-Partition. She was Prithviraj Kapoor’s cousin and also Krishna’s […]Read More