Wet days in September Raindrops fallin’ tender As I stare outside my window And I see the clouds are passin’ by.… Sang the famous Pussycats in 1978. It was one my favourite songs during those youthful days at college. I now recall this as suddenly rains cooled Delhi and the change in season ushered in […]Read More
She is extremely soft spoken, graceful, elegant and dignified which beckons to know this sophisticated Mohini Attam dance guru Mandakini Trivedi. To popularise and to take the art of Mohini Attam to dancers and dance enthusiasts all over the world, she recently announced a three-year free intensive training scholarship program in the dance form, a […]Read More
Benoy K Behl A most remarkable Indian tradition of the early period is that the focus of life and society was on the eternal themes and not on human personalities, which were, after all, ephemeral. In the 3rd century BCE, even the rulers did not inscribe their names upon their messages on monuments. Almost all […]Read More
A Kathak maestro, she is a well-known name that appears on the top in the list of eminent classical dancers of India. Her wonderful performances have left the people awestruck. Her teacher was none other than the famous Late Pandit Birju Maharaj. Well, I am talking about the great Indian Kathak dancer Shovana Narayan. Shovana […]Read More
Rajkumari Sharma Tankha With an aim to develop his art across the country, India’s first and only-certified Body Percussionist Bharat Verma started off his proprietary production, Bharats’ Beat show (BBS) in June this year. Beginning the show in Mumbai last month, he plans to take it to all across the country. He also launched an […]Read More
Team L&M After serenading Bengaluru and Mumbai, singer couple Prassenjit Lahiri and Akanksha Tyagi have their eyes set on Delhi-NCR. The couple, consultants by professions, is holding an Acoustic Baithak of poetry and Ghazals, Ehsaas Ka Safar at IIC today. A fusion of sher-o-shayari and ghazals, the show will take the audience on a journey […]Read More
Rajkumari Sharma Tankha By virtue of being a member of the celebrated Manganiar community of musicians, Kulta Khan grew up seeing his father and other family members practicing music. Learning music is a tradition with those belonging to the Manganiar community, and Khan was no different. Not that he minded it. As against that, he […]Read More
Team L&M Nita Banerji took up painting and drawing over three decades ago and has been affirming her skills ever since. A self-taught artist, she began with water colours and then moved to colour pencils and pen and ink. Her ongoing show at The Art Gallery, India International Centre, New Delhi, Black and White and […]Read More
National centre of Performing arts organised a great evening gathering the poetry of the number three, through the three elements of dance – Nritta, Nritya and Naatya. The evening was curated and produced by Kalashri Dr Lata Surendra. Post the show I spoke with the renowned, Bharatanatyam exponent, mentor, choreographer, researcher and writer Dr Surendra. […]Read More
Team L&M As a part of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, the Ministry of Culture has organised an exhibition titled Sutr Santati at National Museum, New Delhi. Organised in association with the National Museum and the Abheraj Baldota Foundation, Sutr Santati has brought together the diverse textile traditions of country under one roof. The title Sutr […]Read More
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