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Sound
of music
Thiruvaiyaru, on
the banks of the meandering Cauvery, is a magnet for musicians,
says A.J. Philip who took part in
the 159th aradhana at the samadhi of Thyagaraja
FROM
Chennai to Tirupati to Thanjavur by road, Tamil Nadu was
unusually green. The drive was a little bumpy as the heavy rains
this year had washed asphalt off the roads. Rivers and rivulets,
streams and springs and dams and culverts were all full and
there was no shortage of water anywhere in the area, called the
rice bowl of the South. |
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Musicians from all over the South assemble at Thiruvaiyaru in Thanjavur district to pay tribute to
Thyagaraja.
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Museums of the
mind
Jay Merrick
Has the relationship between art
and the buildings in which it is shown broken down? A new book argues
for a radical reimagining of galleries as the only solution
THE
new Saatchi Gallery opens later this year at the Duke of York’s HQ
building in Chelsea. And the gallery, as much as the art, will be
under close scrutiny. Turbine halls, billowing folds of titanium, vast
spaces that make Monet’s 42ft-long Water Lilies triptych look like a
skinny greetings card...
Mosaic of craft,
culture & colour
The 15-day Surajkund mela
draws lakhs of tourists every year, writes Santosh
Mehta
The
Surajkund Crafts mela, organised annually by the Haryana Tourism, has
become an important part of the international tourist calender. Held
at a time when the winters are mild and the sun pleasant, the mela
attracts thousands of tourists every day during the 15-day event held
annually.
Equal
bani
Shyam Chand
THE
medieval period of Indian history is a microcosm in the story of dark
ages of mankind. After passing through the long and dark tunnel,
humanity weary of earth and longing for heaven, found some light and
solace.
‘It was tough
to play a sex worker’
Chingari isn’t
at all a ‘today’ film. It took me a long time to come to terms
with myself after I peeled off the make-up of Basanti, Sushmita Sen
tells V. Ananth
WHEN
Kalpana Lajmi approached Sushmita Sen with the offer to cast her in Chingari,
she grabbed it by the collar. "It is amazing that both Kalpana
and I believe in Durga. Chingari is my tribute to my goddess
through my profession.
The first glam
moll
Nadira’s transformation from
the haughty, arrogant heroine of Aan to a sophisticated vamp of
Shri 420 was amazing. All she wanted was to die with her
make-up on, writes Devinder Bir Kaur in a
tribute to the actor who passed away on February 9
Mud mud ke na dekh, mud mud ke...." So sang the
young Nadira in Raj Kapoor’s Shri 420. The song became so
popular that she was identified with it all her life. And she lived up
to the ripe age of 75.
MIFF turns the
corner
Some thought-provoking films
were shown at the Mumbai documentary festival. That the award winners
deserved it augurs well for the event, reports Ervell
E. Menezes
THE
best thing about the Mumbai International Films Festival (MIFF) for
Documentary, Short and Animation Films is that what one sees during
that week is enough to satiate and please one for over a year: the
issues, the strife and the agitation that occur the world over.
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