From the Patan Patola sarees of Gujarat to the Pochampalli of Telangana to the Sambhalpuri of Odisha, Ikat has carved a niche in the textile traditions of India. One of …
Sarah van Lamsweerde, an artist from Belgium likes to experiment with oral traditions and new languages. When she moved to Brussels, she found through Facebook that a friend of hers …
Hiroyoshi Takeda is a Japanese national working in Tokyo as an artist. He drives around Tokyo in an auto, with pictures of Subramanya (https://youtu.be/AQABlZaHga4). He says that when he was …
Researcher Rekha Rao’s new book – Ayurveda in Indian Temples: Depiction of Herbal Medicines through Apsaras and Shalabhanjikas – takes us on a mythical journey to Ayurveda through art. This book …
I think it is amazing that these people (Bauls) have managed to find a safe space where they can interact and exchange ideas and have shared experiences. It has been …
Architect husband-wife duo Sharat Sunder Rajeev and Sruthi Satheesan are working towards preserving the heritage of Travancore with the help of art and heritage walks. Sruthi is an Urban Designer …
India, besides its catchy film songs, is known to have a strong classical music heritage. Indian musicians have performed on so many platforms, locally and globally bringing immense love for …
The Natya Shastra of Bharata Muni is the fountain head of Indian dramatics, dance and music. Performance theorist Richard Schechner, comparing the Natya Shastra to the Poetics by Aristotle, says …
Guru Gopal Venu is a performer, researcher and has invented a dance notation system for delineating mudra in dance and theatre in Kerala. He has also devised ‘Navarasa Sadhana’ module …
