‘Prakrti to Para, An Exploration of Sakthi’, conceptualised and visualised by Bharatanrithyam dancers Mahati Kannan and Ramya Venkatraman of Nrithyodaya, was an exploration of the Divine Mother from the physical and the metaphysical plane, as described in the Vedas. ‘Devi as Prakrti is everywhere — as the Earth Goddess, as the dense forest, the fruits and flowers, as the sacred …
Padma Subrahmanyam’s ‘Krishnaya Tubhyam Namaha’, compiled, tuned and conceptualised by her in 1974, was unconventional and endearing. Some could call this theatrics, but it was done with finesse and couched in beautiful melodies and lyrics from Andal Pasurams ‘Oruthi maganai’ and ‘Pillai Thamizh’, that gave it a classical base. The sequence for the fight seemed to have stronger sollus, while …
‘Women who face sexual assault from a stranger are in a better situation; if they summon up courage, they can at least file a police complaint and will be heard. At the fag end of the film, Vishwak Sen’s character underlines the travesty of a marital abuse victim through a similar statement that comes from a space of desperation. Mukhachitram …
Hyderabad: For nine years, a couple waited for Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao to name their daughter, who was born in 2013. According to a press release issued by the CM’s Office on Sunday, J. Suresh and Anita from Nandigama of Bhupalapalli mandal, who worked actively in the Telangana statehood movement, had a daughter in 2013, a year before the …
It has been two years since one of the worst possible calamities hit the world, leaving behind indelible scars on the collective psyche of humanity. The traumatic phase between last week of April and third week of May 2021 will remain entrenched in the minds of a large number of people for many years to come, especially those who lost …