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Aus artist Dena Lawrence’s work on Kashmiri silk carpets

  At Germany’s Carpet Design Awards this year, Perth artist Dena Lawrence won the ‘Best Studio Artist Design’ category. Her winning piece, which she calls Maschera,...

Why we need a new kind of Nayika (heroine)

  Belvoir St Theatre's successful presentations of solo work (Every Brilliant Thing, Blue, Lose to Win) and South Asian storytelling (Counting and Cracking, The Jungle and the Sea)...

Indian links at Met Gala 2024

  We’ve just finished gawking at the Met Gala 2024 red carpet, marvelling at the outrageous outfits each celebrity has pulled off on those famous...

Christopher Gurusamy: Ananda, dance of joy

  The ultimate purpose of any art is Ananda, or joy. Dance can bring it in abundant measure when the subject matter, composition, music, and...

An unlikely friendship : A short story

  Dear Diary, Yesterday proved a challenge for me. This battle at Lone Pine has been hell; indeed from the 25th of April this whole journey they...

How dance forms the light of Sashi Bala’s life

  In a wonderful highlight at dancer and dancer teacher Sashi Bala’s recent production for her Natyadharshan School of Indian Dance, the Sun God materialised...

Rajendra Gangani shines as a beacon of modern kathak

  When Kathak exponent Pandit Rajendra Gangani used his dance skills to produce a representation of the sea, it brought the house down. At his recent...

Rahul Vellal: A Carnatic prodigy in Sydney

  How would I describe the recent concert by Master Rahul Vellal in Sydney? Classical? Yes, but not too classical. Light? Yes, but not too light. Rahul’s recital...

Sanjay Subrahmanyan, the Irresistible

  From the moment Sanjay Subrahmanyan took to the stage – dressed in all white – he had the audience spellbound. This, despite the fact that...

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