May 18, 2019
A trained vocal artist, CY contributor Meera Desai shares her experience as she goes on a musical journey with ‘Confluence’. The brainchild of tabla player Sapan Anjaria, ‘Confluence’ put together a meeting of kathak, Hindustani classical and Carnatic classical music.…
Apr 29, 2019
Art thrives on suggestion and what suggestive power some of the segments of Vaishali Trivedi’s Kathak dance Still Water develops at Abhivyakti Two! Even with reservations for the way the concept unfolds in the 50-minute thematic dance piece rather hazily,…
Mar 27, 2019
Ranjumoni Saikia’s opening performance at the two-day Nrutyotsavam (H. K. Auditorium, 24/3), organized by Rucha Bhatt’s Kalalayam proved significance of such a national classical dance festival. 500-year-old Sattriya dance of Assam, introduced as the 8th classical dance just twenty years…
Mar 20, 2019
The dance teachers at Kadamb – Sanjukta, Rupanshi, Nandini, Nilima, Manasi – turned its annual day programme (H. K. Auditorium on 17/3) into a well-conceptualized event. They surprised their celebrated guru Kumudini Lakhia, who is showing no signs of growing…
Literature and Candy Floss : Gujarat Literature Festival as experienced by teen author Vishwesh Desai
Vishwesh DesaiJan 4, 2017
My experience at GLF was a marvelous one. The very fact that such a well-organized event, at such a large scale, was being held at one of my favourite places in my hometown – the sophisticated yet welcoming Kanoria Arts…
Your Daily Dose of Art: Instagram Accounts you must follow right now
MarioOct 1, 2016
Banksy Banksyis a revolution or should we call him a phenomenon? One of the leading front men of his generation, he has transformed what it means to work in the Public domain.Banksy’sartistic practice is characterized by the perceptive use of…
This Travelling Exhibition on the ‘Death of Architecture’ Provokes You to Demand Better Cities and Places
Niharika SanyalMar 7, 2018
13 architects from around India raise their voices in critique, mourn the dying city and reminisce about forgotten beauty in this first-of-its-kind exhibition. When I heard that an exhibition called the ‘Death of Architecture’ was coming to Mumbai, I…
7 Indian Musical Instruments that are on the verge of oblivion
Himanshu NainaniJun 3, 2016
“Hurrian Hymn No.6” is the oldest known written music piece, discovered so far. This origin of this piece dates back to 3400 years back in Bronze Age. It was engraved by Syrians on a clay slab. Even the origins of…
