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To Roam and a Mind of one’s own- A 21st century woman’s reading of “A Room of one&
Tweet Virginia Wolf famously said, women need a room of their own and money in order to be able to write. Dr. Swarnamalya revisits this...
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Sep 12, 20207 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 4, 20185 min read
The attic was no “ivory tower”- Notions of “Classical” in Bharatanatyam
Tweet Sikkil Vedavalli and Kottanarvitu Pappa dressed to perform Parsi dance (Photo courtesy: Permanent black) Notions of “classical” in...
rangamandiratrust
Dec 23, 201427 min read
From the Attic- Warned but not badgered by the cracks in the ladder!
Tweet Fifteen minutes after I was born, my father knocked on the doors of Pandit Sethuraman, renowned numerologist and astrologer. He...
rangamandiratrust
Aug 2, 20136 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
Apr 30, 20128 min read
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