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Athriya Krishna Balaji impressed with her realistic portrayals. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Athriya Krishnan Balaji, disciple of Vinitha Subramanian, presented her solo recital, incorporating tales from the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, at the Margazhi music and Dance Margazhi Festival organised under the auspices of Kartik Fine Arts. Athriya began her recital with a pushpanjali…
Vishal Krishna performing at The Music Academy | Photo Credit: K. Pichumani It was an enjoyable afternoon of subtle artistry with Vishal Krishna, Kathak dancer of the Benares Gharana, grandson of legendary Kathak dancer Sitara Devi and renowned choreographer Gopi Krishna. In the opening Ananda Tandav (Bairagi, teentaal, Tulsidas), Vishal as Shiva had a delicately shaking palm, depicting…
The Andhra Pradesh government’s ambitious plan to link the waters of the Godavari and Krishna has become controversial. Touted by Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu as a “game changer,” the Godavari-Banakacherla project aims to provide drinking water to 80 lakh people and ensure an additional 7.5 lakh acres of irrigated land. It is estimated to cost…
In 1973, when the Angry Young Man was raising his iron fist and a teenage Bobby was selling wet dreams at the box office, Awtar Krishna Kaul was busy documenting the internal and external journey of his nonheroic protagonist Sanjay in 27 Down (1974). Partly shot on the Bombay-Varanasi train, the introspective study of a…
Performers from the Kudiya tribe, Coorg | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The third edition of The Feet on Earth Festival, to be held in Hyderabad this weekend, invites visitors to participate in a session of tree walk and storytelling. The baobab tree at the venue — Hyderabad Public School, Begumpet — is among the oldest…
Day 12 of the Academic Sessions at The Music Academy began with a lecture by Sangeetha Kalanidhi designee vidwan T.M. Krishna on ‘Conceptualising an Abstract Raga’. He delved into the concept of abstract ragas, exploring their evolution, structure and significance in Carnatic music. Krishna began by defining ragas as melodic frameworks that evolve in two…
Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy during a meeting with Water Board officials in Hyderabad on Friday. | Photo Credit: PTI The governing board of Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply & Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB), for the first time in the separate State of Telangana, met on Friday. Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy, the Board’s chairman, who…
T.M. Krishna receiving the Sangita Kalanidhi from David Shulman, Chair, Renee Lang Professor of Humanistic Studies during the sadas at Music Academy in Chennai. | Photo Credit: S.R. RAGHUNATHAN The tremendous response and participation of the audience in the music concerts and morning conferences contributed to the success of the December music season of the…
From Rajadhiraaj | Photo Credit: Courtesy: NMACC The curtain may have come down on Rajadhiraaj:Love Life Leela, but the experience lingers. The musical was as opulently conceived as the venue — Grand Theatre at the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre in Mumbai. The 2,000 seats across three levels and the 18 exclusive boxes were packed…
