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Oct 2025
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Why Dr Anita Ratnam's neo bharatam is the dance form everyone's talking about
- Megha Chaturvedi
From going digital before it was cool to mentor Gen Z, she proves dance is not just an art, it's a career with endless possibilities. If you've ever thought of choosing passion over the 9-to-5, this one's for you.

Dance like a man: Remembering the remarkable Mohan Khokar
- Shailaja Khanna
Celebrating the legacy of Mohan Khokar, the first Punjabi student of dance guru Rukmini Arundale.

In conversation with Anita Ratnam on weaving dance into life and curating living ecosystem of art in India
- Priyanka Chandani
We talk to one of the country's most-celebrated artistes, Anita Ratnam, about her journey, vision for classical dance, her love for the arts, and more.

The Interview: Akram Khan
- Emily May
Akram Khan talks about his upcoming new work, Thikra, which he says will be his final touring production with his company....

Dr. Ajith Bhaskar's beautiful journey in dance
- V.V. Ramani
With his institution being registered as an NGO, he is focusing on contributing to society, by way of working with government bodies in arts education and in propagating the arts widely.
Painting and dancing between worlds: Mesma Belsare's art of transformation
- Vikram Zutshi
Her repertoire, grounded in ancient stories yet fiercely modern, shows what happens when opposites meet.

Kapila Vatsyayan was not afraid of anyone. Dance to art, she was a cultural architect
- Sakshi Mehra
Kapila Vatsyayan, who died on 16 September 2020, was the architect of cultural institutions from IGNCA to the Central University of Tibetan Studies. She advised Nehru, Indira, and Rajiv Gandhi.

Dancing Like a Man: Astad Deboo and Contemporary Indian Dance
- Dr. Kanika Batra
In the 1970s, when Deboo began performing, Indian artists drew on indigenous performance traditions but were willing to be influenced by global practices and forms.

A bold theatrical vision
- V.V. Ramani
Artiste-scholar Piyal Bhattacharya developed the Marga Natya technique by integrating western and Sanskrit theatre traditions.

Dr Yasmin Singh shares her love for Kathak, says "It's grounded in tradition yet open to transformation"
- Anurag Dwary
Yasmin Singh reflects on the transformative power of stepping onto the Kathak stage.




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