[ad_1] For parents who want their children to start reading more and for children wanting to delve into a different range of genres, where does one start? Amidst constant discussion about screen time, books, and how to strike a healthy balance between the two, the city of Chennai is currently home to a host of interesting […]
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[ad_1] I started out as a content creator in 2015. When I started, I had tunnel vision. I thought, main toh apne kamre main videos bana rahi hun; isse agey kya hi meri duniya hogi? (I am making videos in my room, what would my world be other than this?). I did not think I would […]
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[ad_1] Matriarchs and ancestral homes are never far away from creative spaces when writers from Kerala spin stories. This time it is army officer-turned-author Sajita Nair who has centred her latest novel, The Grande Matriarch of Malabar, on a matriarch and her complex relationship with her tharavadu (ancestral house). Of ancestral homes One of the first women […]
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[ad_1] Koodiyattam exponent G. Venu. | Photo Credit: THULASI KAKKAT G. Venu’s latest book, Mudra, is a manifestation of his passion that he had nurtured as a student of Kathakali under the doyen Guru Gopinath. The 706-page book is divided into 24 chapters and contains 1341 notations of hasta mudras in Koodiyattam, Kathakali and Mohiniyattam […]
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[ad_1] With 226 portraits, and essays from leading experts, including Jane Goodall, photographer Graeme Green’s latest book aims to raise awareness about wildlife conservation [ad_2] Source link
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[ad_1] Annette Leday’s face becomes animated when she talks about her discovery of India, especially dance and Kathakali. A performer, choreographer and director, Annette kept returning to India, to learn and to hone her skills as a Kathakali dancer and actor. More than four decades after that first trip to India in 1975, the dancer-chreographer […]
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[ad_1] Actor Ramya Subramanian | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Mozhi actor Ramya Subramanian, who made her debut as an anchor at the age of 15, says she faced body shaming that forced her to resort to extreme measures, from cutting back drastically on food to working out constantly to hide her “flaws”. Popularly known as […]
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[ad_1] The cover of Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s new book, Independence In her monumental novel, Tomb of Sand, Geetanjali Shree asked, “Is every story really a Partition tale?” This English translation from the Hindi original Ret Samadhi was published early in 2022, in the 75th anniversary year of that event, and in its most nobly audacious […]
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[ad_1] I speak to Archana Pidathala about her new book Why Cook on the eve of her son’s birthday. This has her harking back to a special memory when testing out the many thoughtfully-curated recipes. “I spent an entire evening testing the recipe with him making 75 momos and chatting away! They were imperfectly sealed, […]
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[ad_1] Odissi dancer Jaya Mehta’s book takes young readers across India on an expedition through different dance forms Odissi dancer Jaya Mehta’s book takes young readers across India on an expedition through different dance forms You may have witnessed narratives through dance, but here is a book that narrates tales of dance forms. Odissi dancer-guru Jaya Mehta […]
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