How are Sabhas in Chennai getting back to business?

[ad_1] The Music Academy in Chennai | Photo Credit: GANESAN V A live December Music Season again! After two years of uncertainties, the Carnatic music-loving public, artistes, and organisers are gearing up to celebrate their art in the way they did during pre-Covid times. But is it back to business as usual? Things rarely ever go […]

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Krishna Gana Sabha’s Natya Kala Conference: Forty years and still going strong

[ad_1] Dancer and scholar Padma Subrahmanyam vividly recalls that morning in the first week of November, 1981. The weather was somewhat similar to what it is now in Chennai, the air, unarguably cleaner and the traffic, a breeze. Padhukka, as she is popularly known in the world of Indian classical performing arts, had just returned […]

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Why Suguna Varadachari is a sought-after guru?

[ad_1] The never-ending thirst for learning, assimilating, and adapting that which is good and valuable, along with her eternal passion for music, has made Suguna mami, as I fondly call her, an affectionate and exceptional guru. A first-generation musician in her family, Suguna mami’s passion for teaching is inspired by her illustrious gurus. She began […]

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Coimbatore’s That’s Y Food restaurant celebrates turning 20 with a food festival

[ad_1] Amritsari pindi chole and kulche | Photo Credit: S. Siva Saravanan A live counter rolls out crisp, yet soft Amritsari kulchas served with flavourful pindi chole prepared with an assortment of spices. A little away, hot butter-toasted pavs are readied to be had with a spicy, tangy, cheese bhaji, there is also the soul-satisfying […]

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“Our father never wanted us to be his clones,” say Lalgudi Krishnan and Vijayalakshmi:

[ad_1] It is a cool, breezy morning. As you walk into Vijayalakshmi’s apartment at Alwarpet in Chennai, photographs showcasing the many moods of her father, the legendary violinist Lalgudi J Jayaraman, draw your attention. Three tamburas in huge glass cases occupy one side of the drawing room, while a beautifully crafted Miraj tanpura, used by […]

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English dystopian thriller ‘Edgar and Annabel’ comes to Chennai

[ad_1] The cast of Edgar and Annabel | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement A group of friends gathers for karaoke night — the familiar tunes of ‘Just a small town girl’ fill the air, as the friends sing aloud; Just another fun soirée. Their faces, however, tell a different story. They seem preoccupied, almost disturbed. Is […]

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Droves of influencers launch Chennai’s Entrance Cafe in a flurry of hashtags. But, how is the food?

[ad_1] Service is polite and attentive, despite the seemingly endless waves of food photographers and selfie takers | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Predictably enough, the influencers got here first. As with any new space boasting flattering light and Insta-pretty interiors, Entrance Café was plastered all over social media in an avalanche of pouts, hair flips […]

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