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Mar 2026
SANCHARI.. More on the arts


How 'Attendance' shines light on Indian classical dance in France
- Suhani Singh
Dance critic and academic Ashish Mohan Khokar's dance yearbook marks its silver jubilee with a special topic—Indian dance in France.

A forgotten feminine arc
- Shilpa Anandraj
Apurva Kasaravalli’s play Shurpanakhi shows the Ramayana’s most maligned woman in a new light.

Second edition of the Vallabh Yuva Kala Awards pauses and appreciates
- Rakshitha Priya G
The awards segment honoured six young artistes across classical music and dance.

Mandodari gets a new voice
- Achuthan TK
Sadanam Harikumar’s new Kathakali play lends an interesting twist to the epic.

A different perspective
- NC Srinivasaraghavan
In ‘The Abandoned Gopi,’ Himanshu Srivastava navigated with ease, the symbolic transformation of Shiva into a Gopi.

Gossip, an all-women dance drama, reclaims the word used to dismiss women’s talk
- Sukanya Shaji
Thudippu Dance Foundation’s all-women dance drama ‘Gossip’ demonstrates how women’s gatherings, dismissed as idle talk, are in fact lifelines of care in a world that does not hear them enough.

Threads of emotion
- NC Srinivasaraghavan
Sahana Selvaganesh’s ‘Tied: The Weaver’s Loom’ narrated modern stories through Bharatanatyam.






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