The Friday List: From a virtual edition of the Kala Ghoda Arts Festival to a talk on Spanish sherry, your weekly calendar of virtual events
Every Friday, we'll bring you a curated list of online experiences — performances, talks, tours, screenings — to mark on your weekly calendar.
Carnatic singer TM Krishna, musician Pala CK Ramachandran awarded Swathi Sangeetha Puraskaram by Kerala govt
Named after the Maharaja of Travancore, the Swathi Sangeetha Puraskaram is the highest honour for musicians, instituted by the Kerala state government in 1997.
The Friday List: From Bridgerton, Margazhi music festival to FirstAct play Star Light, your weekly calendar of virtual events
Every Friday, we'll bring you a curated list of online experiences — performances, talks, tours, screenings — to mark on your weekly calendar.
2020, a year of crises in classical dance: Amid silent stages, spotlight was on systemic inequalities in the arts
The hope ultimately is that Indian classical dance rejects the epistemic violence which has been at the heart of its creation and propagation thus far.
The Tata Literature Live! The Mumbai LitFest 2020: From the history of cricket to the implications of AI on societies, sessions to look out for on Day 6
Readers can also look forward to a panel discussion with bestselling authors Andrei Kurkov, Markus Zusak and Milena Moser
The Tata Literature Live! The Mumbai LitFest 2020: From Milena Moser to TM Krishna, authors and sessions to watch out for on Day 5
The fest will also be hosting poet Javed Akhtar and historian Rakhshanda Jalil
TM Krishna's The Edict Project is a stunning endeavour that doesn't fully transcend its technical challenges
In the stunning Edict Project, TM Krishna has sung the lines that Ashoka engraved in rock and pillar millennia ago.
Watch: TM Krishna's new project sets Ashoka's edicts to Carnatic music ragas
The edicts are sung in the original Magadhi Prakrit by TM Krishna, in ragas drawn from the Carnatic music tradition.
Atta Galatta Book Prize 2020 longlist announced for fiction and non-fiction; Bombay Balchão, Hijab among nominees
12 fiction and 10 non-fiction titles were longlisted in separate categories for the Atta Galatta prizes in English-language writing.
Rabindranath Tagore's thoughts on nation-building that informed the National Anthem remain timely, and relevant
As Rabindranath Tagore's 159th birth anniversary is observed, revisiting the origins of the National Anthem and why it is the 'protest song' India needs at this socio political juncture.
Coronavirus Outbreak: Will Indian classical world's move online prompt offline paradigm shift, reimagining of future?
As the coronavirus outbreak rips through the world, countless Indian classical musicians and dancers — along with many other sections of society — have had to contend with its swift and savage trail of destruction.
Books of the week: From The Deoliwallahs to Aparna Vaidik's history of lynching in India, our picks
Our weekly roundup of books that should be on your radar.
In his new book, TM Krishna explores how caste oppression invisibilised India's mridangam-makers
Carnatic vocalist TM Krishna's new book Sebastian and Sons: A Brief History of Mrdangam Makers cuts to the chase with a palpable urgency, right from page one. The mridangam is a young instrument, only a century old, that has deftly travelled up the musical ranks to secure its place on the stage of Carnatic music. And yet its makers, many of whom belong to Dalit Christian communities, continue to reside on society's margins.
Kalakshetra rescinds permission for TM Krishna's book launch in Chennai auditorium, cites possibility of instigating 'political, social disharmony'
Sebastian and Sons, TM Krishna's upcoming book, was to be unveiled on 2 February at Kalaksheta's Rukmini Arangam auditorium. Following this development, however, an alternative venue has been found at MS Subbulakshmi Auditorium, Asian College of Journalism, Taramani, Chennai — on the same date and time (6.45 pm).
Over 300 personalities including actor Naseeruddin Shah, historian Romila Thapar issue statement against CAA, NRC
Over 300 eminent personalities from the creative and scholarly community of India, including actor Naseeruddin Shah, filmmaker Mira Nair, vocalist TM Krishna, author Amitav Ghosh have expressed solidarity with people protesting against the CAA and NRC.
Amid CAA protests, eight eminent personalities call on citizens to 'introspect and audit' working of Constitution ahead of R-Day
Eight eminent personalities, including former Supreme Court judge J Chelameswar and ex-Chief Election Commissioner SY Quraishi, have appealed to people to "introspect and audit" the working of the Constitution ahead of the 70th anniversary of the Republic.
A decade in Indian classical music: Loss of stalwarts, convention-breaking new voices and technological advancements
From the passing away of several classical music virtuosos to the rise of technology, to some of the conversations and events that marked the Indian classical music scene, here’s a look at the decade that has been.
Actor Siddharth, musician TM Krishna among 600 booked by Tamil Nadu Police for staging anti-CAA protests
According to police, the case against Siddharth, TM Krishna, and others was registered as the protests were held at Valluvar Kottam on Thursday despite the police authorities revoking permission for the same
TM Krishna presents Narayana Guru's poetry set in Carnatic music, underlining the reformer's prevailing relevance
Carnatic vocalist and social commentator TM Krishna will be performing to the works of the 20th-century philosopher-poet-saint and social reformer from Kerala, Narayana Guru.
Aparna Karthikeyan's Nine Rupees An Hour documents dying livelihoods amid considerations of caste, gender
In Aparna Karthikeyan's Nine Rupees An Hour, one can find the vestiges of dwindling livelihoods and a dying culture narrated in the voices of the rural populace engaged in these age-old artisanal occupations.