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Narthaki Monthly Newsletter

November 2026
ARTICLES

The Sovereign Art and the Administrative Web: Sadhana in the shadows of the portal
- Dr Lata Surendra
Art, in its highest form, must remain our great didactic mirror. It must boldly reflect the raw, actual reality of our human experience, ensuring that what we sustain is truly authentic.

The Instagramization of Indian classical dance
- Dr. Rohini Dandavate
Social media has given Indian classical dance something previous generations never had: an immediate, global, and largely uncontrolled platform for visibility.

The invisible labor of being an artist online
- Dr. Anita Vallabh
If you are not online, it feels like you simply do not exist in today's artistic ecosystem.

Draupadi in the Sabha: Are we communicating injustice or displaying suffering?
- Sushma Kotireddy
There are certain episodes in our epics that leave us deeply disturbed, no matter how many times we hear them.

How cultural background shapes our perception of dance
- Ina Wittmann, Max Planck Society
An international research team led by scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics (MPIEA) in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, conducted an in-depth study of our experiences when watching dance.

Rang at Rangmanch
The role of colour in Kathak choreography

- Ashima Sharma
Colour is an important aesthetic and symbolic element communicating emotional and structural expression in Kathak choreography.

When AI can perform, what remains to be cultivated in the artist?
- Rohit Viswanath
A movement can be recorded, its geometry analysed, its execution compared against a reference, and a sequence of gestures generated through computational systems.



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