Menority - Guru Sri Mysore B. Nagaraj - Shashank K Nair Guru Sri Mysore B Nagaraj, one of the senior-most classical dancers of Bangalore is academically an engineer, occupationally an event manager, and professionally an Kathak. His talent for establishing direct...
Chapter 1 (contd) Luminaries of Rudrapatna Ranjani Govind Photos by Rudrapatnam S. Ramakanth Rudrapatna, the small village on the banks of the river Kaveri (Hassan district) in Karnataka is known for its rich musical heritage. It was known to be an abode of Veda,...
Compositions and ragas are preserved only when sung - Pt M. Venkatesh Kumar - Ranjani Govind “I have performed in multiple venues around the world, what I look forward to is response from audiences. If they want dasarapada I gladly give them, if they want thumris,...
Chapter 1 (contd) Rudrapatna - Karnataka’s green and music belt Ranjani Govind Photos by Rudrapatnam S. Ramakanth The scene now... Well, what remains now? Do these practitioners continue with their assigned tasks or have they forayed into greener professions that...
Chapter 4 (Contd) APPLICATION OF SRUTIBHEDA TO JANAKA RAGAS - Dr. K Varadarangan Where samyukthaksharas or conjunet consonants figure in this katapayadi prefixes, the rule is that the second or last component letter of the conjunct consonant (i.e....
An Interview with Anjana Ramesh -Kavya Kasinathan Bhava, Raga and Tala, which embodies the supreme art of Bharatnatyam fascinated Anjana Ramesh at a tender age and motivated her to learn the artform. Having undergone extensive training in the artforms of...