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Narthaki Monthly Newsletter

June 2026
ARTICLES

UNESCO and the BORI Natyasastra
The Many Natyasastras in the One and the One in the Many

- Dr. Avanthi Meduri
I offer here a brief meditation on UNESCO’s inscription of the Natyasastra manuscript in the Memory of the World Register, cast as a staged conversation across time with the late Kapila Vatsyayan whose life’s work helped make India’s Natyasastra traditions newly legible to the world.
 
Engaging with arts and culture can slow biological aging as much as exercise, study suggests
- Jack Guy
When it comes to slowing down our biological aging, engaging with arts and culture is as beneficial as physical activity, a new study suggests.

Attention as an offering
- Masoom Parmar
On how to be a better audience.

My journey into abhinaya
- Sushma Kotireddy
My obsession with abhinaya began long before I knew what the word meant.

Are luxury brands becoming dance’s most important patrons?
- Emily May
In recent years, luxury-brand patronage of dance has expanded significantly.



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