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Your Grandmother is More Scientific Than the Internet Chef: Krish Ashok on Indian Cooking

It is intriguing to watch a traditional Indian cook labouring over the stove. Especially, when making several course meals for special occasions in no time. The chopping of the vegetables, …

January 20, 2021 Aparna Sridhar

A New Indology Must Stop Taking Nataraja Out of Chidambaram: Dutch Art Historian Liesbeth Pankaja

Describing two Nataraja icons at the Asian Pavilion of the Rijks museum in Amsterdam a few years ago, Liesbeth Pankaja Benink says the dancing Lords here are placed in uncluttered …

January 15, 2021 Aparna Sridhar

India has Changed and Is On The Rise in Every Way – Photographer Giunca on India180°

Photographer George Edward Giunca, and his Thai wife, Apisatha, have traveled around India capturing images through fish eye lenses. Their new forthcoming book India180° has images leaping out of these …

January 14, 2021 Aparna Sridhar

Being Open Hearted is Understood, Practiced More in Auroville Than Anywhere Else: Jacqueline Kapur

The Red Earth Riding School near Pondicherry, just off the multi-lane highway leading into the city from Tindivanam, lay wet with overnight rain. Once through the gates, you could first …

January 12, 2021 Aparna Sridhar

How Cultural Centers Help Create Soft Power Superpowers

The world is increasingly becoming hyper-connected with the spread of information in real time.  International cultural contact at individual and institutional levels is making it imperative that every country be …

January 5, 2021 Aparna Sridhar

A Festival to Celebrate Dikshitar and Beethoven, Raga and Harmony

Carnatic composer Mutthuswamy Dikshitar and Western classical music’s Ludwig van Beethoven were born just five years apart. While the world celebrates the 250th birthday of Beethoven, Indian musician Chitravina N …

December 28, 2020 Aparna Sridhar

Why Everyone Needs to Watch Nāḍi – The Balance of the Elements

One has to imagine the sound of Rukmini Vijayakumar’s feet deep inside the crystal clear waters. The fast paced movements have given way to free flowing movements of Bharatanatyam in …

December 17, 2020 Aparna Sridhar

Interview with Jeffrey Armstrong, Author of The Bhagavad Gita Comes Alive: A Radical Translation

Jeffrey Armstrong or Kavindra Rishi as he is known has brought out a new translation of Gita – The Bhagavad Gita Comes Alive – A Radical Translation. He dedicates it …

December 16, 2020 Aparna Sridhar

Author of The Bhagavad Gita Comes Alive, Jeffrey Armstrong says it’s Time for Dharmacracy

Jeffrey Armstrong or Kavindra Rishi as he is known has brought out a new translation of Gita – The Bhagavad Gita Comes Alive – A Radical Translation. He dedicates it …

December 11, 2020 Aparna Sridhar

Australian Band Coco’s Lunch Finds its Groove With Misra Chappu

Australian band Coco’s Lunch has come up with its new album Misra Chappu (https://cocoslunch.bandcamp.com/album/misra-chappu) beautiful music for an extraordinary year. It is an album which combines many genres and traditions, among …

December 3, 2020 Aparna Sridhar

Aparna Sridhar

Aparna M Sridhar is a senior journalist, editor for Center for Soft Power (www.centerforsoftpower.org) and consulting editor for arts at IndicToday.

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