Tijara is just under 100km from Delhi on way to Alwar but it is like 2,000 years away in time. Well, a crime novel, Tijara’s Mystery Codes, written by one of the most unusual storytellers, Hemma Myers Sood, has traced it imaginatively to 5,000 years ago, when the Pandavas no less, stayed here in Matsya […]Read More
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
Let’s face books. Not time pass facebook or data, meta, peta. What’s a book? Paper, cover, print and photos? Or, between two covers there are ideas that can change world, inspire individuals or help motivate society? Even move governments or make them fall. But, books today are like the radio of a bygone era. A […]Read More
Team L&M April 29 is UN designated International Day for Dance. Why it chose a lesser-known French ballet master Jean John Nouverre shows euro-centricism of these agencies, as if rest of the world and its dance cultures don’t matter! India has biggest dance culture: nine main forms, over 100 folk , tribal, ritual forms, add […]Read More
Team L&M Prabha Khaitan Foundation, in collaboration with Bharatiya Jnanpith, launched the Hindi translation of historian Dr Vikram Sampath’s book on legendary singer Gauhar Jaan, My Name is Gauhar Jaan. Titled Mera Naam Gauhar Jaan Hai, the book was unveiled by dance exponent Padma Vibhushan Sonal Mansingh, Padma Bhushan Pt Sajan Mishra and Padma Shri […]Read More
As artistes, we live our day-to-day life in three worlds: yesterday, today and tomorrow. All three are equally important, but we can change one of them. One where we stand right now. It is said apart from the art what is very important for any artiste is the quality of adaptability. What really is being adaptable means […]Read More
Team L&M He is a renowned Indian Latin and ballroom dancer, a Bollywood choreographer, actor, columnist, a Ted X speaker, who holds a doctorate in World Mythology Folklore from the United States. He has been honoured with three National Excellence Awards and one National Achievement Award by the Government of India and he is also […]Read More
Rajkumari Sharma Tankha Literature and art always fascinated her. An avid reader since her early childhood, she contributed stories and poems in various publications. But her life path was chartered by her father who wanted her to become a doctor and serve rural areas where access to medicare was scarce. So, rather than going the […]Read More
Team L&M Habitat World concludes the two month- long virtual dance film festival based on Ashish Mohan Khokar Dance Collection@IGNCA with a socking “Sholay” of Indian dance, Mishran: Choreography Today. It features top choreographers, whose work in last 50 years have made the genre what it is: riveting and reinvigorating. The 20 minute film traces […]Read More
Team L&M HABITAT WORLD opens October virtual events with Tracing Dance, a most unusual compilation on Indian dance history and heritage of India without a single moving dance image! Yes, can one imagine a dance film without actual dance? Dance is an art of motion but this film has static photos. With 500 photos, Master […]Read More
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