According to Hindu Philosophy Lord Shiva, the source of Yoga, danced the world into existence and gave it order; the universe is thus viewed as Nataraja, the ‘Cosmic Dance of Shiva’. Dance and yoga have long been described as two rivers stemming from the same source (The One). I spoke with Yoga and Fitness guru […]Read More
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Gurukul we have heard of. A place where young ones went to learn. Today, a cool guru is the operative word! Seeing young India and them millennials at a Sunday morning function celeb a 75-year-old guru (though she looks 50 – proving once again dance keeps one young, fit and smiling – like this Guru Sucheta Chapekar […]Read More
Team L&M With an aim to build immersive musical experiences, Kingfisher Ultra has come up with Ultra Soulflyp, a new music event series. “We are thrilled to announce this music series and we are confident that it will be a new milestone in our journey. Music has always been a passion point for the youth […]Read More
Last week was sad for the dance community as they mourned the death of renowned Bharatanatyam dancer and guru, writer and research scholar Lakshmi Vishwanathan. She was 78, she had chest congestion and had been on medication, she complained of breathlessness in the morning and passed away suddenly, according to her sister and Carnatic vocalist […]Read More
Team L&M The streets of Panjim have come alive with the launch of the 9-day Serendipity Arts Festival. An initiative by the Serendipity Arts Foundation, this inter-disciplinary art festival that kick-started today at Panjim, Goa. The festival ends on December 23. In its fifth physical edition the festival remains true to its core values and, […]Read More
People, often ask me why do you dance? My answer is simple “Why not?” but today let me try and dwell more into it and make an attempt to explain the reasons, why do people dance? Honestly the happiness that we find in dance cannot be explained in words – it actually has to be […]Read More
Team L&M Penguin Random House India has come out with a biography of Founder-Acharya of ISKCON Srila Prabhupada. The book Sing, Dance, and Pray: The Inspirational Story of Srila Prabhupada is written by by Hindol Sengupta. Released today, it is an inspirational story of Srila Prabhupada who emerged as a major figure of Western counterculture, introducing […]Read More
Team L&M Newbie singer Anza Prem has come up with her first song Akale. This is her first collaboration with Rakuuth and also the first time when she has written and composed a song. “The track is upbeat and has a slight Indian touch to it. I tried to bring in a feeling of loss […]Read More
Team L&M Bangalore showed how to dance. It mounted the single-largest gathering on World Dance Day anywhere in India, with over a hundred dancers. It had done this for seven years before Covid times too organised by ace cultural personality, author and critic Ashish Khokar. After two years of very cautious activity and none indoors, […]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