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Kuttykkunhu Thangkachi: Kerala’s First Female Playwright and Carnatic Music’s Composer

J. Devika

Performing Arts Literature and Languages People

Abhilasha Ojha

Khemchand Prakash: The Man Who Discovered Lata Mangeshkar, Kishore Kumar

Performing Arts Histories People

Chandradasan

How Ebrahim Alkazi Revolutionised the Destiny of Indian Theatre

The Evolving Storyline of Rajasthan’s Kaavad

Ajeya Vajpayee

Knowledge Traditions Visual and Material Arts Performing Arts

Tejaswini Niranjana

Musical Transgression: They were all deewaane together, all mad about music

Ruangmei Naga Folk Music Instruments: From Drums to Flutes

Kadiguang Panmei

Performing Arts Histories People

Abhimanyu Acharya

Krishna and Bhishma as Antagonists: Iconoclasm in Dalpat Chauhan’s Plays

Not Quite a Poetry Slam: Dhamari and the Evolution of Indian Nepali Performance Poetry in the Twenty-First Century

Ishani Dutta

Sunil Kothari Reminisces His Trysts with Odissi

Dr Sunil Kothari

Akulbala Sarkar: The First Woman Khon Artist

Shreyosee Sen

Mubarak Begum: Bollywood Music's Shooting Star

Abhilasha Ojha

Performing Arts Histories People

সোহম দাস (Soham Das)

রাঢ়বঙ্গের ঝুমুর: বিবর্তন, আঞ্চলিক সীমাবদ্ধতা ও নাচনি শিল্পের অবলুপ্তির আঙ্গিকে একটি বিশ্লেষণ

Hindustani Khayal Music: A Sociocultural History

Aditi Deo

Nautanki’s Leading Ladies: The Rise of the Stage Heroine

Deepti Priya Mehrotra

A Song of Our Own: Jyotiprasad, Music and Assamese National Identity

Gaurav Rajkhowa

Close Reading: Joymoti by Jyotiprasad Agarwala

Aparna Sharma

Understanding Jyotiprasad Agarwala’s Cinematic Vision

Anirban Kapil Baishya

Indian Rap and Rock Bands Create New-Age Protest Songs

Sumangala Damodaran

Yeh Gulab Nahin, Inquilab Hai: Continuing Tradition of Protest Music in Contemporary India

Sumangala Damodaran

Pandun ka Kada: A Fascinating Tradition in Fraught Times

Garima Raghuvanshy

आधुनिक युगातील कीर्तनाचा प्रचार-प्रसार आणि प्रशिक्षण पध्दती

अनया थत्ते (Anaya Thatte)

Art N Soul: Behind the Scenes of Indian Circus

B.N. Goswamy

Rath Yatra, Gotipua and Salabega Connection

Deeti Ray

Knowledge Traditions Performing Arts Practices and Rituals

Aishwarya Walvekar

Under the Shadow of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj: Balwant Purandare's Janata Raja

प्रमुख राजस्थानी लोकगाथाओं के कथानक

डॉ सतपाल सिंह (Dr Satpal Singh)

गोगा गाथा अथवा ‘गोगाजी रौ झेड़ौ’ के मूल गेय पद एवं हिन्दी भावार्थ

डॉ सतपाल सिंह (Dr Satpal Singh)

Cham Dances of Buddhism: Of the Skeleton, the Deer and the Black Hat

Manan Kapoor

पंडवानी के स्रोत/Sources of Pandvani

मुश्ताक खान

Akshaya Mohanty: The Odia Ghazal Writer

Shyamanuja Das

Sociocultural Dynamics of Sattriya Nritya

Dr Nilakshi Goswami

Elided Histories: Narratives of the Pandvani

Preeti Bahadur Ramaswami, Mushtak Khan

प्रभा यादव: पंडवानी गायन में परम्परा और निजिता

Mushtak Khan

Overcoming Dissonance: Choral and Congregational Songs in Mizoram

Joanna Heath

Performing Arts Practices and Rituals Histories

ഡോ ആർ. ഗീതാ ദേവി (Dr R. Geetha Devi)

കുട്ടനാട്ടിലെ കാർഷിക ജീവിതം: സമൂഹം, സംസ്കാരം, കലകൾ

കുട്ടനാട്ടിലെ വേലന്മാര്‍: കലകളും ജീവിതവും

ഡോ ആർ. ഗീതാ ദേവി (Dr R. Geetha Devi)

छत्तीसगढ़ की महिला पंडवानी गायिकाएं/ Women Pandvani singers of Chhattisgarh

Mushtak Khan

Mudiyattam: Mythical Reading and Interpretations

Adv. Pradeep Pandanad and Ananadan K.

Pakkanar Kali: The Ritual and the Community

Radhakrishnan K.S.

Mrinal Sen: The Film-maker for the ‘Larger Minority’ of the World

V.K. Cherian

Visual and Material Arts Performing Arts People

Mushtak Khan

प्रभा यादव : पंडवानी गायन में परम्परा और निजिता

Rajeev Ranjan Prasad

फागुन मड़ई–दंतेवाड़ा

Dr. Rajinder Singh

राजिम माघी पुन्नी मेला

संजीव तिवारी

सुआ गीत/ Sua Geet

Continuity and change: shifting contexts of the tale of Raja Bharthari

Preeti Bahadur Ramaswami , Mushtak Khan

मैदानी छत्तीसगढ़ के लोकप्रिय वाद्य | Musical instruments from mainland Chhattsigarh

मुश्ताक खान

ध्वनि संसार : संगीत, प्रेत और भावसमाधि / Sonic worlds: music spirits, and possession in Bastar

मुश्ताक खान

शिकार का संगीत: सरगुजा के वाद्य | Hunting music from Sarguja

अजय कुमार चतुर्वेदी

गोंड वाद्य बाना - वाद्य भी देव भी / Bana - the musical God

मुश्ताक खान

Field Notes: Telling the tale of Gopi Chanda in Chhattisgarh

Preeti Bahadur Ramaswami, Mushtak Khan

लोक पर्व -करमा / The Festival of Karma

विजय सिंह दमाली

छत्तीसगढ़ी करमा के प्रकार / Forms of Karma in Chhattisgarh

डॉ. भरत पटेल

देवार समुदाय एवं उनकी कलात्मकता / Devars as a performing community

सोनऊराम निर्मलकर

विजय सिंह दमाली

करमा गीत /Karma Songs

दसमत कैना कथा की स्थानीयता / The Dasmat Kaina as a regional tale

डॉ. राम कुमार बेहार

लोक कथाओं की गत्यात्मकता- छत्तीसगढ़ की दसमत कैन/Mobility in oral epics

B. D. Sahu

Bommalattam: Fortunes of a Fading Folk Art

Vinod Balakrishnan

The Synthesis of Cultures in Anārkalī

Dr P. Ramachandrasekhar

Recent Milestones of Mizoram Football

Nicky Lalrinsanga

Mizo Women and Football: Challenging Stereotypes

Lydia Lalduhawmi and Lalmalsawmi Ralte

Malavika Sarukkai

Rasa - Essence

Kumar Shahani and Udayan Vajpeyi

The Threshold

Transformations of Meanings and Rasa in Inter-Semiotic Translations Across Genres

H.S. Shivaprakash

Knowledge Traditions Performing Arts Literature and Languages

Sudha Gopalakrishnan

The Nala-Damayanti Narrative: Reflections in Myth, Poetry and Performance

सरगुजिहा लोक गीतों में वर्षा, Songs of rain in Sarguja

अजय कुमार चतुर्वेदी

दसराहा गीत- गंगा दशहरा के गीत, Dasraha Folk Songs of Chhattisgarh

अजय कुमार चतुर्वेदी

Kuchipudi Kalapams: Origin and Comparison

Srivani Vokkarane

Harmony with A.R. Rahman: Embodying India’s Musical Heritage

M.D. Muthukumaraswamy

Knowledge Traditions Performing Arts People

V. Sumithra

Music in the Plays of Samskrita Ranga

Ganesh Chaturthi and Carnatic Music

M.D. Muthukumaraswamy

Knowledge Traditions Performing Arts Practices and Rituals

Siddhi Goel

Looking for the Origins of Kathak: A Journey from the 16th to 20th Century

Aharya Abhinaya in Kuchipudi

Surya N. Rao and Madhulika Srivatsa

The Journey of Qawwali through the Indian Subcontinent

Manidipa Singha

Field Notes: Performing Bharthari—Change and Continuity in Chhattisgarh

Preeti Bahadur Ramaswami, Mushtak Khan

छत्तीसगढ़ी सतनामी रहस, The 'Rahas' of the Satnamis in Chhattisgarh

डॉ. अनिल कुमार भतपहरी

Knowledge Traditions Performing Arts Practices and Rituals Histories

डॉ. अनिेल कुमार भतपहरी

सतनामी पंथी नृत्य

Knowledge Traditions Performing Arts Practices and Rituals Histories

Athira S.J.

History of Yakshagana and Yakshagana Bommayatta

Folk Songs of Saraz in Chenab Valley

Rohan Chauhan

पंथी नृत्य, Panthi nritya of the Satnamis

डॉ.अनिल कुमार भतपहरी

Masks and their Significance in the Bhari Gan Theatre of Assam

Arup Bordoloi

Mudras Used and Exhibited in the Realm of Yoga

Bablu Marik

Colonial Modernism and Actor Training in the Late Nineteenth-Century Bengali Stage

Samik Dasgupta

Life in the Basti: Understanding Multiple Marginalisations in Sapera Narratives

Anusha Sundar

Performance Traditions at the Jhanda Saheb Ramlila

Lokesh Ohri

Summary of Basic Findings

Surangama Lala Dasgupta

Mudra and the Modern World

Lokeshwari Dasgupta

Bhaona after Sankardeva: Changes in Form and Content

Jonmani Das

Surangama Lala Dasgupta

Mudra and Therapy

Performing Arts Institutions

Goutam Kumar Sarkar, Debleena Tripathi

Jagannath: A Journey

Mushtak Khan

फड़ चित्र—सामान्य परिचय

অসমৰ জাতীয় উৎসৱ হিচাপে বিহুঃ এক ঐতিসাহিক বিশ্লেষন

The Significance of the Libuh in the Indigenous Music of Nagaland

Toshinaro Imchen

Indigenous Li Melodies and the Libuh Instrument of Nagaland

Peter Vero

Creative Use of Elements of Bhavai in Contemporary Gujarati Drama

Ashish N. Ketkar

Prateeksha Tiwari

A Bhavaiyya's Tale

Raja Bharthari-ki-Katha (Transcript in Talheti Language)

Dr. Madan Meena

कबीर का पितृसत्तात्मक संसार

डॉ सुधा उपाध्याय

Knowledge Traditions Performing Arts Literature and Languages

Hemanta Kumar Saikia

Pocharajio Godalboria Songs of Assam: Tracing the Transition from Tiwa to Assamese

The Wedding Songs of the Awadh Region

Ainee Farooqui

लोकगाथा राजा सलहेस की साहित्यिक विवेचना

राम श्रेष्ठ दीवाना

Performing Arts Literature and Languages Practices and Rituals

George A. Grierson

'अथ गीत राजा सलहेसक'

Performing Arts Literature and Languages Practices and Rituals

Sunil Kumar

लोककला और साहित्य के आईने में सलहेस

Performing Arts Literature and Languages Practices and Rituals

Chavittunatakam: Maritime Dance Drama of Kerala

Story of Raja Bharthari (with Hindi Translation)

Dr. Madan Meena

An Introduction to Indian Puppetry

Serena Autiero

Comedy Skits and Jester Puppets in Tholu Bommalata

Serena Autiero

Rukmini Devi Arundale (1904–86)

Ashish Mohan Khokar

Ashish Mohan Khokar

Ashish Mohan Khokar

Ashish Mohan Khokar

Ashish Mohan Khokar

Ashish Mohan Khokar

Ram Gopal (1912–2003)

Ekavyakthi Yakshagana: In Conversation with Mantapa Prabhakara Upadhya

Ashish Mohan Khokar

Guru Pankaj Charan Das

Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra

Ashish Mohan Khokar

Ashish Mohan Khokar

Anna Pavlova

Boner and Shankar: A Cross-cultural Creative Dialogue Through Art and Dance

Urmimala Sarkar Munsi

Visual and Material Arts Performing Arts People

In Conversation with Begar Shivkumar

Yakshagana and Bharatanritya: Comparability and Compatibility in Performance

Shobha Shasikumar

Dr Saymon Zakaria

Bangladesher Jaarigaan

Photo Essay on Arna Jharna: The Desert Museum

Yashaswini Chandra

Knowledge Traditions Visual and Material Arts Performing Arts Practices and Rituals Institutions Built Spaces Natural Environment

Epsita Halder

Jarigaan

Traditions in Mohiniyattam

Sapna Govindan

The Harballabh Music Festival: A Historical Overview

Radha Kapuria

Mizhavu and other Musical Instruments in Kutiyattam

V. Kaladharan

Non-Linguistics of Silenceme: Lalon

Debaprasad Bandyopadhyay

Online Resources on S.M. Tagore

A Quartet Who Made History

Lakshmi Viswanathan

Performing Arts Literature and Languages Practices and Rituals

External Links

Debaprasad Bandyoapadhyay

নীরবতার না-ভাষাতত্ত্বঃ লালনে

Performing Arts Literature and Languages Practices and Rituals

Saymon Zakria

বাউল/Baul

Performing Arts Literature and Languages Practices and Rituals

Judhajit Sarkar

Excerpts from Hutom Pyanchar Noksha in English

The Rāmāyaṇa: Theme and Variation

Romila Thapar

Robert Palmer Goldman

The Spirit of the Age

On the premier performances of the Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki

Naina Dayal

Nandini Ramani

Lessons with Bala

External Links for Gajon

Gajan Songs of South 24 Parganas: A Survey of Folk Theatre

Biswajit Halder and Judhajit Sarkar

Gajon and Baalaagaan: In Search of the Oral Tradition of Shiva Culture in the 24 Parganas of West Bengal

Biswajit Halder

The Agra Gharana of Hindustani Music

N. Jayavanth Rao

Brazinho Soares

Collection of Handbills

Rowena Robinson

Tiatr and the Male Gaze

Dr. Kyoko Matsukawa

Tiatr's Bombay Days

Dr. André Rafael Fernandes

Origin of the Tiatr

Haradas Appacha's contributions to Kodagu literature

Performing Arts Literature and Languages People

Neerja Dasani

Conflict or Confluence? A Dialogue between Contemporary and Classical Dance