The flow of inspiration
- Shayonnita Mallik
Over five editions, the Pravaha Dance Festival has earned a reputation for being a space for artistes exploring new geometry while adhering to traditional grammar in dance. This year's three-day line-up features noted dancers in a dialectic with themselves, their art, their inherited legacy and society.

Twelve photographs of Mylapore Gauri Ammal: c. 1945-1970
- Donovan Roebert
The photographic record of the life of Mylapore Gauri Ammal, at least that part of it accessible in the public domain, yields no items depicting her in her youth.

Refuting the cultural hegemony and misrepresentation of Bharatanatyam
- Nrithya Pillai
A recent video of a Sri Lankan Tamil-speaking Moulvi describing Bharatanatyam as a dance of the "Parathaiyar" and as entertainment for royalty had gone viral, creating controversy among the island's Tamil Hindus and practitioners of the dance.