Kalakendra is a small but significant
effort to expose the hitherto un-projected facets of India's vibrant tradition
and enable the world to appreciate the civilizational greatness of the country.
As a portal, it will showcase all that is India is synonymous with - Yoga,
Vedas, Bharathanatyam and other forms of Indian dance, Carnatic Music or
the South Indian classical music, Ayurveda, the ancient Indian school of
medicine, Hindustani or the musical traditions of northern India- or simply
any Indian art.
Kalakendra is presented by Swathi Soft Solutions, a Chennai based IT company
that has distinguished itself for its slick interpretations of the arts
and sciences of ancient India using innovative technologies.
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The GNB charisma  |  | The GNB charisma
SUGANTHY KRISHNAMACHARI
Written and directed by S.B. Khanthan, ‘Isai Vaseekaran' has something fresh to offer about the legend.
If told that there is to be a screening of a film on GNB, one might ask, and with justification, if there is anything new to add, considering all the articles that have been written about GNB. That's precisely how this writer felt when asked to attend the screening and release of review the film ‘Isai Vaseekaran,' DVD, written and directed by S.B. Khanthan, the DVD of which was released on January 4 at the German Hall, as part of the ongoing GNB centenary celebrations.
However, the film was not a rehash of facts already known about GNB. It documents the thoughts of senior vidwans such as Lalgudi on GNB's music as well as those of younger ones including like T.M. Krishna and Sanjay. Sanjay mention how GNB showed that ragas could be developed using little phrases, instead of only through akharas. While GNB made this seem easy, it isn't.
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Margazhi Raagam out on DVD  US Consul- General Andrew T. Simkin launches the Special Collector's Edition DVD of Margazhi Raagam in Chennai on Sunday. (Others from left) Singers Bombay Jayashri and T.M.Krishna, Director Mani Ratnam, the film's producer C.Srikanth and director Jayendra are in the picture. If the imposing stage decor, soothing lighting and aesthetic ambience of Margazhi Raagam attracted Carnatic lovers to theatres, its DVD format promises all that and more for those who missed it on the big screens.
At the launch of the special collector's edition DVD of the Carnatic music feature film, brought out by Real Image and Aghal Films, here on Sunday, the speakers observed that the film created waves among the foreign audiences with its distinctive presentation.
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If there's something as
rich, deep and also as old as the Indian civilization, it is the
science of Yoga. The term 'Yoga' has its origin in the Sanskrit
word 'Yoktra' meaning a yoke. Yoga reins in human beings from
temptations by providing a regimen for a disciplined life. The frontiers
of Yoga extend much beyond grotesque body contortions and regulated
breathing as widely perceived.
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Almost all forms of Indian art have an inextricable and intimate bond with
the land's mythology and spiritualism. Bharathanatyam, one of the classical dance forms of India is no
exception. In fact, the very word Bharata Natyam brings images of another form of Lord Siva- Nataraja,
the dancing deity or the 'king of dancers'. The strong theological undertones in Bharatha Natyam are
further demonstrated by a divine ensemble that includes Lord Ganesha and Sri Krishna.
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The Tamil theatre is almost
defunct. But that does not detract anything from the brilliant creativity
of those colorful personalities who made signal contributions to
the Tamil stage. If the 40s & 50s belonged to Swami Shankaradas,
Pammal Sambanda Mudaliar, Nawab Raja Manickam Pillai who gave a
judicious variety of socials and mythologies, the 60s and 70s belonged
to the comedy kings.
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No study of India is complete without
understanding the Vedas, the bedrock of the country's cultural life.
'Veda' in Sanskrit means knowledge which it provides to lead a wholesome
life sans any conflict or confusion. Interestingly, the topics covered
by the Vedas are not bound by narrow parameters like time, region
or religion. They are eternal and their relevance transcends all
such barriers.
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