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rangamandiratrust

Apr 21, 20194 min read

Aesthetic value in Bharatanatyam and Carnatic practices – Ethical or intimidating?- asking fro

Tweet Aes The dance and music season is a time to soak in culture. But often one has to ask whose culture or what culture it is. To me as...

rangamandiratrust

Jan 4, 20185 min read

Disrespecting the Devadasi- Remove the Stigma from the name

Tweet Following Carnatic singer TM Krishna’s recent comments about the Tamil Brahmin community’s social acceptance of MS Subbalaksmi,...

rangamandiratrust

Jan 28, 20142 min read

Covenant with the Attic

Tweet He was the most illustrious of his dynasty. The moment we hear his name our minds will wander to the temple city of the South-...

rangamandiratrust

Jan 28, 20142 min read

swooning at the Chutzpah, in awe at the Attic

Tweet They waltz in together. Two women adorned with beautiful nose rings, toes rings, chutti, Jadai billai, naagar, their silken pallus...

rangamandiratrust

Oct 11, 20137 min read

The Tales of From the attic- Fascinated with the fingers that sing!

Tweet This blog is inspired by another blog written by the renowned Danseuse and scholar Lakshmi Viswanathan ji as part of her column...

rangamandiratrust

Feb 14, 201310 min read

RAM LALA walks into the attic and I hear him-finally

Tweet Namaskarams, I am guilty for my long silence. I know I can blame it on my work load, travelling and much more, but all that would...

rangamandiratrust

Aug 3, 20126 min read

Dikku teriyada Attic !

Tweet Dear all, I realize this blog is also quite not as immediate to my previous on as I would have desired. But a lot of travelling...

rangamandiratrust

Apr 30, 20128 min read

It was laundry day at the Attic !

Tweet Hi everyone, I know I have been silent for too long. I was first silenced by the loss of my dear Guru. I then took upon myself to...

rangamandiratrust

Dec 18, 20118 min read

Soul searching at the Attic !

Tweet Well in the middle of the season we are. I have had a good month, except that I have had to make a few very important re schedules....

rangamandiratrust

Dec 1, 20114 min read

Some hues on the Attic

Tweet The Tanjore quartette in the Big temple Painting The Tanjore big temple was a seat of learning, particularly music and dance. From...