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Bhairavi Raman

Music

When the violin speaks many tongues

Sydney Srinivas -
  The violin is among the most versatile of instruments - and when paired with Carnatic music, which so readily embraces its adaptability, the results...
Music

Rohan Dasika’s musical reincarnation

Lakshmi Ganapathy -
  For Rohan Dasika, the double bass has always inspired him to look inward. “The biggest thing for me is that feeling of disappearing for...
Arts

Why we need a new kind of Nayika (heroine)

Manan Luthra -
  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)...
Arts

Bhairavi and Nanthesh: reconciling identity through music

Lakshmi Ganapathy -
  Bhairavi Raman was six years old when she first picked up a violin, drawn to the instrument after hearing her mother play. When she...