INTERVIEW | Mallika Sarabhai: ‘For a gender-neutral Kalamandalam’
The HinduPublished : Mar 23, 2023 10:35 IST - 13 MINS READ Amid the Left Democratic Front government’s long-standing face-off with Governor Arif Mohammed Khan over the functioning of universities and the appointment of Vice Chancellors in Kerala, the Pinarayi Vijayan government removed him from his role as the Chancellor of Kerala Kalamandalam, a deemed university and performing arts institute. The academy was established by her parents, the renowned space scientist Vikram Sarabhai and the accomplished classical dancer Mrinalini, who belongs to the Anakkara Vadakkath family in Kerala’s Palakkad. I felt I could bring to Kalamandalam all that experience of 43 years I spent in being a performing artiste and running an institution like Darpana, and overseeing its changes as the world, society, and technology changes. “I felt I could bring to Kalamandalam all that experience of 43 years I spent in being a performing artiste and running an institution like Darpana, and overseeing its changes as the world, society, and technology changes.” You seem to be a traditionalist-cum-modernist.
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