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

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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...

Disrespecting the Devadasi- Remove the Stigma from the name

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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,...

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Mar 31, 20151 min read

Writings on The Attic: Writings as operations of (dis) enfranchisement, investigating manuscripts an

Tweet As this was an article I wrote exclusively for the SDHS (Society of Dance History Scholars) convention and has been published by...

The attic was no “ivory tower”- Notions of “Classical” in Bharatanatyam

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Dec 23, 201427 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...

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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-...

From the Attic- Warned but not badgered by the cracks in the ladder!

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Aug 2, 20136 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...

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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...

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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...

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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....

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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...

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Nov 26, 20116 min read

Behind the Attic!

Tweet Dear all, Before I continue any further my story I have to speak about something very important. Some of my friends who have been...

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Nov 16, 20114 min read

Swarnamalya ganesh-With one foot on the ladder to the Attic!

Tweet Dear all, I am overwhelmed by the response I am getting for my first blog. Thank you. With your approval, I continue. I stood below...

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Nov 13, 20114 min read

Below the Attic-Swarnamalya ganesh

Tweet Dear all, When a whole lot of my friends kept requesting, insisting and even chiding me that I must blog about my work, my excuse/...

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