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Yotam Agam intertwines yoga with live music at Chennai’s Fika this weekend

March 18, 2024March 18, 2024cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

Representative Image | Photo Credit: ANI This weekend, try a Vinyasa-based yoga class, with live music. Sound gazing, a unique convergence of tranquillity and rhythm, is being led by international yoga teacher and musician Yotam Agam, who is the co-founder of the Covelong Point Yoga & Music festival. Yotam is conducting this session along with […]

Fancy a long walk? Hop, skip, and step towards Chennai’s newly designated 8km Health Walk stretch

November 10, 2023November 10, 2023cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

There is a steady drizzle at 6.30am and when I look up, the skies are ominous. I am standing at the corner of Besant Avenue road, next to Dr Muthulakshmi Reddy Park. There is a new addition to that corner — a towering arch in green and orange. A well-lit sign declares — ‘Healthwalk Start’ […]

Tamil compositions took centre stage at Sriranjani’s New Year concert

April 24, 2023April 24, 2023cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

Sriranjani Santhanagopalan, Vocal with R.K. Shriram Kumar on the violin, Sumesh Narayanan on the mridangam, and S. Karthick on the ghatam at Hamsadhwani, Youth Hostel, Adyar. | Photo Credit: VELANKANNI RAJ B Sriranjani Santhanagopalan’s vocal concert, as part of Hamsadhwani founder R. Ramachandran’s birth centenary celebrations, brimmed with energy. Held on Tamil New Year’s day, […]

Chennai’s Sishya school turns 50

December 21, 2022December 21, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

The oldest building on campus belongs to a complex once owned by the Travancore royals | Photo Credit: VELANKANNI RAJ B It is a blustery day with the promise of a thunderstorm. The PT teacher blows his whistle, signalling to boys skirting the puddles in the playground to get back to their classrooms. A parade […]

Vidya and Vinaya’s musical ode to Chennai

August 25, 2022August 26, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

Vinaya and Vidya came up with an impressive line up of Tamil songs for their Chennai Day concert Vinaya and Vidya came up with an impressive line up of Tamil songs for their Chennai Day concert On Chennai Day, a thematic concert was presented by Vinaya Karthik Rajan and Vidya Kalyanaraman under the aegis of […]

D.B. Ashvin’s concert was replete with rakti ragas

July 28, 2022July 28, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

Legacy has its advantages, but it also means constantly living up to expectations. D.B. Ashvin, the grandson of T.K. Rangachari, one of the doyens of Carnatic music, is an engineer by profession and a Carnatic vocalist by passion. During an interview to this writer a few years ago, Ashvin had said he was working towards […]

Dharini Komal’s Tamil play, Aval Peyar Sakthi focuses on the significance of women power

July 7, 2022July 7, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

Komal Theatre’s Aval Peyar Sakthi depicts how women struggle to hold their own in a patriarchal society Komal Theatre’s Aval Peyar Sakthi depicts how women struggle to hold their own in a patriarchal society Notwithstanding innumerable discussions and developments, the fight to empower women continues. Dharini Komal’s play Aval Peyar Sakthi (which won several awards […]

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