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Malini Nair

RAMA VAIDYANATHAN (STANDING) PERFORMS VIVARTANA
Dance
Rama Vaidyanathan: Fine Balance

Rama Vaidyanathan expertly treads the line between classicism and popular appeal

27 February 2019
Margi Madhu playing Shurpanakha
Theatre
Koodiyattam: The Third Rebirth

The oldest surviving Sanskrit theatre tradition returns in its original long form

05 September 2018
Sooraj Subramaniam
Dance
Sooraj Subramaniam: The World at His Feet

Sooraj Subramaniam is one of the most sought after freelance dancers in the world today. He tells Malini Nair how he bends and blends genres

07 March 2018
Malavika Sarukkai
Dance
Malavika Sarukkai: ‘I wanted to fly’

Over the last five decades Malavika Sarukkai has reserved the right to dream in her performances. The Bharatanatyam dancer in conversation with Malini Nair

08 November 2017
Rao plays different characters in Quality Street
Theatre
Maya Krishna Rao: The Argumentative Actor

Maya Krishna Rao is a solo act in the theatre of protest

27 September 2017
Gauri Diwakar
Dance
Gauri Diwakar: ‘Everything is possible in Kathak’

Gauri Diwakar combines the traditional and the modern

30 August 2017
Kapila Venu, Koodiyattam dancer
Dance
Kapila Venu: A Master of Restraint

Kapila Venu gives a feminist and modern twist to the ancient dance form of Koodiyattam

21 June 2017
Sonal Mansingh
Books
Dancing up a Storm

The story of a performer who dared

07 June 2017
Amruta Patil
Books
Blessed and Cursed

Amruta Patil in her graphic retelling of the Mahabharata reimagines women as epic beings

30 November 2016
Leela Samson
Art & Culture
Leela Samson: Return to the Rhythm

After a series of high-decibel rows ended her last brush with officialdom, Leela Samson is back where she belongs

26 October 2016

Authors

Brahma Chellaney

Brahma Chellaney is a geostrategist and the author of two award-winning books on water: Water, Peace, and War and Water: Asia’s New Battleground

MJ Akbar

MJ Akbar is the author of, among several titles, Tinderbox: The Past and Future of Pakistan. His latest book is Gandhi: A Life in Three Campaigns

Ram Madhav

Ram Madhav is president, India Foundation, and is with BJP

Makarand R Paranjape

Makarand R Paranjape is an author and columnist. Views are personal.

TCA Raghavan

TCA Raghavan is a former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan and Singapore. His first book, Attendant Lords: Abdur Rahim and Bairam Khan: Courtiers and Poets in Mughal India, was awarded the Mohammad Habib Prize by the Indian History Congress. He is also the author of The People Next Door: The Curious History of India’s Relations with Pakistan and History Men: Jadunath Sarkar, G S Sardesai, Raghubir Sinh and Their Quest for India’s Past. His latest book is Circles of Freedom: Love, Friendship and Loyalty in the Indian National Struggle

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