Rama Vaidyanathan expertly treads the line between classicism and popular appeal
27 February 2019The oldest surviving Sanskrit theatre tradition returns in its original long form
05 September 2018Sooraj 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 2018Over 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 2017Maya Krishna Rao is a solo act in the theatre of protest
27 September 2017Gauri Diwakar combines the traditional and the modern
30 August 2017Kapila Venu gives a feminist and modern twist to the ancient dance form of Koodiyattam
21 June 2017Amruta Patil in her graphic retelling of the Mahabharata reimagines women as epic beings
30 November 2016After a series of high-decibel rows ended her last brush with officialdom, Leela Samson is back where she belongs
26 October 2016CELESTIAL HEROISM IS a bestseller, unless it is badly made. In it merges great survivor dramas and the romance of breaching the boundaries of human…
10 April 2019Brahma 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 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 is a member of the National Executive of RSS and a founding member of the governing council of India Foundation. He is the author of, among other titles, Partitioned Freedom and The Hindutva Paradigm
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