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Cosmic Dance
- Sharada Srinivasan, Bangalore
e-mail: sharadasrinivasa@yahoo.com
January 8, 2008
(This article was first published in the INDIA INTERNATIONAL CENTRE QUARTERLY, Volume 34, Number 2, Autumn 2007 issue)
The year 2007, the sixtieth year of Indian independence, will be remembered for its resplendent showcasing of South Asian art, through exhibitions across world capitals. The Guimet in Paris exhibited spectacular Greco-Indo-Bactrian treasures from the Kabul Museum, while the 'Tejas' exhibition at Brussels' Palais du Beaux Arts presented a breathtaking panorama of Indian art. The incandescent Gupta exhibition at Grand Palais in Paris, displayed masterpieces from 17 Indian museums; and 'Chola: Sacred Bronzes from Southern India,' at the Royal Academy of Arts in London, enticed one into the intricate world of Chola bronzes (ninth to thirteenth centuries AD) that fluidly captured in bronze the sensuous visions of Tamil poet-saints. Perhaps the most riveting image
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July 1, 2018
A work of art, when carefully contemplated, enters our mind, becomes part of ourselves, as happens with a gripping tale, and adds another life to our own.
- Sylvain Bellanger
Director, Capodimonte Museum, Naples
A familiar pattern seems to have emerged each July.
I find myself outside India, outside home ground and embraced by strange and exciting environs.
Greece, Spain, Africa, Chile.
And now Italy and Malta.
These annual summer travels are propelled by various factors.
Family reunions, theatre and dance conferences, recharging and recouping times.
This trip is a combination of many strands. I have been in preparation for a grueling tour of 3 countries and the advance work relies heavily upon my single shoulders. Without the usual diaspora MAAMA-MAAMI circuit to cushion the classical dance shows, my theatre and educational trips are not as well funded but oh so rewarding! With visas becoming more difficult to obtain for accompanying artistes an
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Books you may like to read
Team TOI spoke to a few writers and scholars about the books they read in 2013 and asked them to name the ones that mattered the most. This is what they told us:
Ashokamitran | Novelist
Sangeetha Saagaram Semmangudi by Shankar Venkataraman was very informative. It talks about interesting interactions between Semmangudi and other musicians over decades.Another interesting read was Anubhava Suvadukal by Dr K S Subramaniam. It’s almost an autobiography that talks about positive incidents in the author’s life. The narrative style attracted me to the book
Kovai Gnani | Polemicist
The best books inom read this year are Tamil Ilakiya Varalaaru: Padaippiyal Nokku, (History of Tamil Literature, a creative perspective) by Nalini Devi, 21st noottandu Socialism (Socialism in 21st century) by Martha Harnecker and Enmakaje by Malayalam writer Ambikasuthan Mangad. Tamil Ilakiya Varalaaru gets the essence of Sangam literature. Harnecker’s short work emphasizes on t