In 1979, Basu Chatterjee made Baaton Baaton Mein and unobtrusively brought to us the dating and courtship rituals of a community that was till then either caricatured or just overlooked in Hindi cinema. Nancy Perreira and Tony Braganza…
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“Start with hope..always start with hope. We went from being a shitty team to become one of the biggest dynasties in the sport and all it needed was one match to light this fire,” says Michael Jordan at…
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In 1947, my grandparents brought three children and the remains of an uprooted life from Pakistan to India in a train. One of those children was my mother. I grew up hearing a lot of stories about the…
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Three documentaries streaming right now show the ultimate culmination of the Bois Locker Room culture. And what happens when one gender is taught to mistrust its instincts of self-preservation and the other does not even learn something as…
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In Sudip Sharma’s Paatal Lok (Now streaming on Amazon. Co written by Sharma, Sagar Haveli, Hardik Mehta and Gunjit Chopra. Directed by Avinash Arun and Prosit Roy), India’s disowned inhabit the headlines we turn away from. A young…
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One of the most awaited classical dance festivals in the city is back. Featuring specially designed, site-specific group choreographies, Ananya Dance Festival’12 – now in its 11th year – will light up the majestic Purana Qila monument in New Delhi for five evenings starting October 6. Organised by the Department of Art, Culture, Languages, Delhi […]
It was a pleasant morning as I walked out of my parents’ home after a hearty breakfast; all excited to meet one of my favourite people – my dance teacher, who we always fondly addressed as Aunty. Little did I know as I hailed an autorickshaw that today’s meeting would be bitter-sweet and would […]
In 1995, I met Bangalore-based danseuse Rashme Hedge Gopi on a routine assignment that turned out be not so routine after all. She was a leading exponent of Bharatnatyam and for years had travelled to France, Germany, UK, Africa and USA, the erstwhile USSR , performing and representing India at prestigious international festivals. And then […]
Even if you are not a connoisseur of Indian classical dance, don’t miss the five-day Ananya Dance Festival that will be held in Delhi this October. Now in its tenth edition, Ananya is one of Delhi’s most awaited cultural events that has wowed the audience year after year with its innovatively packaged presentation – an […]
It takes more than passion to achieve what Mohan Khokar did. He was like a man possessed, who collected everything that was possible on the subject of Indian dance. Dance aficionados would be familiar with the man who was himself a dancer, dance teacher, scholar and collector but for those who are not, an […]
Watching a rehearsal of Prayog 3 at Delhi’s Kamani Auditorium is like witnessing an enchanting duet between tradition and modernity. This particular act is titled Kaali and the eight dancers are enacting the movements of the ferocious killer goddess, Bhadrakali, as popularly known in the South. The haunting background music adds to the dark mood. Death […]
I am an architect and a Bharatnatyam dancer and am fascinated with the relationship between the arts and architecture. And I have been on a fabulous journey to explore the connection between a static and a performing art since both complete me. The origin of this classical Indian dance form is rooted in a very interesting mythologyical story. It is said that the world […]