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Beyond B-town
Shreya Ghosal tells Harshini Vakkalanka she doesn't want to be limited to film music. She would like to bring in a ratio that favours non-film music
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However eclectic your reading list, here's a website that will find you the books you don't find easily elsewhere
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Celebrating Tagore
The launch of “Inspired by Tagore” brought together writers from across the global
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Music
Song of the strings
Denis Azabagic's guitar that melded cultures and compositions struck a chord with listeners
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Musicscan: Suffused with the spiritual
Avoidable wordplay notwithstanding, Unni Krishnan’s concert was a finesse-filled exercise.
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Beatstreet
The revivalist tendency in popular music is still going strong, and Glaswegian soul artist Emeli Sandé's debut album “Our Version of Eve...
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Dance
A multifaceted legend
It wasn't just her dance that made Balasaraswati special. It was also her outlook towards art and life.
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Odisha CM spends an evening at Kalakshetra
Temporarily setting politics aside, Odisha Chief Minister, Naveen Patnaik attended a cultural evening of dance and music at the Kalakshe...
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Kalakshetra board unanimous in backing Leela
The governing board of Kalakshetra Foundation has "unanimously" expressed its desire to have Leela Samson back as its directo
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Theatre
Plucky portrayal of intense emotions
The play leaves you pondering about the decisions we make in our own lives
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An unsung hero
The Dreams of Tipu Sultan, one of Girish Karnad's most well-known plays, portrays the inner life of a misunderstood hero — Tipu Sultan. It is being staged at Jagriti this month
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The urge to laugh
Aamir Raza Husain is quite clear about why he does theatre. "Theatre is for entertainment; it is not a vehicle for directors to make a statement, not a platform for them to achieve nirvana but help the audience attain it."
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Cinema
Shot Cuts - Ajith's next
Touching tale
Kindness not only brings joy to the beneficiary but also to those showing it. If you don't think so, ask actor Siva Karthikeyan, who considers the joy his film unit b...
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Mrinal Sen turns 90, says that he hasn't yet retired
With his films full of direct political statement, social analysis, and psychological drama, the Left-leaning director is regarded as a pioneer of the alternative cinema movement in India, and is often compared with his contemporary, Satyajit Ray.
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Showbitz
Gangsta strikesGangster films are on a roll in Bollywood. Nikhil Dwivedi, who is awaiting his next romantic film “Tamanchey”, has...
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Art
Take-home art
‘Affordable Art Show' is just that — works of emerging and established artists that are ‘affordable'
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The mundane as high art
Subodh Gupta gave a new impetus to Indian art with his installations, paintings, videos, sculpture and photographs, all of which celebrate everyday life in India.
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Inspired by spirituality
Viswan Vinod's works are a creative blend of Nature, love and spirituality
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Not only India, but the whole world has become captivated by the Nobel Laureate in the course of the celebrations of his birth anniversary.
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The Kalakshetra Foundation presented an evening of music and dance for the visiting Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday. Photos: R. Ragu
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