Jana Gana Mana is a song, not a document: Kapila Vatsyayan, T.M. Krishna, and the Politics of Sanskritization
- Dr Avanthi Meduri
This essay responds to T. M. Krishna's 4th Kapila Vatsyayan Memorial Lecture, "I Sing, Therefore I Am," by examining his radical proposal to rethink Rabindranath Tagore's Jana Gana Mana through the lens of language, caste, and regional identity.

Beyond Familiarity: Authenticity, Adaptation, and the Odissi Experience
- Dr. Rohini Dandavate
Ever since I migrated to the U.S., I have sought to remain rooted in the authenticity and integrity of the Odissi style while finding ways to connect with audiences unfamiliar with its traditions, aesthetics, and cultural contexts.

In Me - The Shishya and the Guru
- Dr Lata Surendra
I have come to realize that the tapestry of my own consciousness is woven with a thread that has no beginning and no ultimate anchor.

Just because we can, should we?
- Masoom Parmar
Meditations on "classical" dance, repetition, relevance and the question of auchitya.

From Abhinaya to Responsibility
Nāṭya, Human Formation and the Ecological World
- Rohit Viswanath
How does what is understood within the human being become embodied in conduct? It approaches this question through Naṭya and considers how the formative possibilities of Naṭya may bear upon ecological responsibility.

The connotative appellative
Does arangetram need multicultural synonyms?
- Dr Lavanya Iyer
Why is it that Bharatanatyam Arangetrams are being categorically and repeatedly designated with the name of Rangapravesham, duly by Bharatanatyam gurus themselves?

T. M. Krishna, Jana Gana Mana, and the Music of a Many-Sided India - A Question, Not a Rebuttal
- Navina Jafa
An inquiry into how Kapila Vatsyayan's memorial lecture by T. M. Krishna opens questions of history, cosmopolitanism, tradition, and India's inclusive musical imagination.