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 to […]
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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 was […]
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With 226 portraits, and essays from leading experts, including Jane Goodall, photographer Graeme Green’s latest book aims to raise awareness about wildlife conservation Source link
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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 has […]
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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 VJ […]
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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 passages, […]
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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, but […]
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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 pens […]
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Bacon has been around for centuries and is relished by gourmets and gourmands alike Bacon has been around for centuries and is relished by gourmets and gourmands alike Two celebrity food show hosts were discussing ways to cook bacon, and the world was listening in. Writer-chef Padma Lakshmi had set the ball rolling by asking […]
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Anupama Raju’s C, A Novel, a mix of prose and verse, dwells on the travails of an author and her relationship with people and places Anupama Raju’s C, A Novel, a mix of prose and verse, dwells on the travails of an author and her relationship with people and places When a poet writes a […]
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