Nrityantar's Naman 2024 an interactive delight - Taalam: column by Leela Venkataraman

In the present dance scenario, the performance aspect has assumed such pre-eminence, that interactions on dance between artistes, dance writers, and audiences have become too few and far between. It is in blending performance with the educational benefits of interaction with various agencies concerned with the dance, that the two-day event Naman 2024 (an annual event), hosted by Nrityantar, the Odissi school of Bangalore based artiste Madhulita Mohapatra, deserves high praise for.

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Crowded week starts with monsoon moods - Taalam: column by Leela Venkataraman

One recollects the time when late Manna Srinivasan, an arts activist, informally helping out IIC with ideas for its Programme Division, first mooted the idea of a Monsoon Festival as a seasonal event over two days of dance, built round presentations, in some way connected with the Monsoons. Today any idea of "Rimjhim Rimjhim Barase" ideas belong to the past - for now IIC's Monsoon Festival is like any other festival in terms of its content. This year's two-day event presented two Kathak dancers, each consummate in the art form in her own way. 

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Anita says...Sep 2024

 

No one leaves here alive.

So please stop treating yourself as an afterthought
Eat delicious food
Walk in the sun
Jump into the sea
Speak the truth that you carry in your heart like a hidden treasure
Be silly. Be good. Be weird
There is no time for anything else
- British film actor Anthony Hopkins

Wise words. Very few of us have the courage to follow through on every one of his prompts but we can keep this mantra in our hearts as we breathe through our days and pursue our goals.

Rape case protest
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As I write this editorial, many cities in India are still protesting and holding candlelight vigils as a response to the horrific attack on the medical trainee at RG KAR hospital in Kolkata on August 9. The soul-numbing rape-murder occurred in the middle of the night when the 31 year old was resting in the hospital's seminar hall. The incident has since turned political and updates and revelations are emerging every day.

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