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Simha the King by Sydney’s Manjula Viswanath

Sydney Srinivas -
  As the cast gathered for an encore at the end of Manjula Viswanath’s show Simha The King, there were so many of them that...

Zindagi 50-50: Song and dance for a dark, unspoken cause

Hamida Parkar -
  To pull off a live song medley within a play, can be a daunting task. The challenge is taken and executed well by lead...

Mahesh Dattani’s Tara: A play by Sydney’s Suparna Mallick

Rajni Anand Luthra -
  Sydney actor Suparna (Bobby) Mallick was in the audience at Bangalore when playwright Mahesh Dattani first presented his play Twinkle Tara in 1990. Little...

REVIEW: Kannagi Enbathen Peyare by Samskriti Dance

Sydney Srinivas -
  The legend of Kannagi, well-known for its many lessons, was brought to life yet again in Sydney in Kannagi Enbathen Peyare. In its latest Sydney...

Sydney’s Kalashree Dance presents a joint arangetram of eight

Kalyani Wakhare -
  It was an eventful journey for Kalashree Dance Academy’s 2022 performers. Bharatanatyam dancers Monica, Karuna, Lakshmi, Shravani, Shriya, Sudhikshaa and sisters Janhavi and Siddhi...

Anusha Kumar: Bharatanatyam arrangetram

Sydney Srinivas -
  Raga, bhava, and laya are said to be the essential elements of Bharatanatyam. Or for that matter, any dance. When a beautiful dancer presents...

Review: Ruchi Sanghi’s Anarkali The Musical

Hamsa Venkat -
  It was a captivating start to Anarkali, The Musical. As the curtains opened to the fragrance of incense meandering from the stage and a striking...

Shubha Alavandi: An arrangetram dripping with bhakti

Indian Link -
  When Bharatanatyam dancer Shubha Alavandi presented her arangetram (debut performance) recently, her ankle bells (salangai or ghungroo) rang out in a manner reminiscent of...

Hungry, fighting, passionate: ‘Five Bedrooms’ actor Roy Joseph

Manan Luthra -
  While we all had more than enough reason to celebrate the New Year, actor Roy Joseph had particularly good cause to. For him, 1...

Are we a tolerant society?

Sydney Srinivas -
  Are we a tolerant society? It has been seventy-five years since partition and after declaring ourselves a secular state. Do we mingle with all...

REVIEW: Two Parties One Stor(e)y

Bageshri Savyasachi -
  Roshni & Vikram on one side, Mary & Peter on the other, are about to be introduced to their future daughters-in-law. What starts out...

Vidya Makan: Breaking the coloured glass ceiling

Manan Luthra -
  “Diversity is part of my identity, so being a minority and talking about marginalised voices is part of my story. In anything I write,...
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