Kasturika Mishra, New Delhi

Dance schools in kathak owe it’s origin to Birju Maharaj and his clan! Nowadays, that even after so many years, the repertoire of kathak revolves...

There isn’t a day in the life of a devotee, when we don’t worship our aradhya devta. Worshiping Shiva is a religious phenomena in any...

A woman waiting for her lover in intense trance is the main bloodline in Ghalib’s poetic oeuvre. Rani Khanam’s dance tribute to the Urdu poet...

After a long hiatus, one could witness a dance performance of such gracefulness. In COVID times, a young dancer like Lipsa Satpathy can only be...

Seldom you will find a dancer bringing godly figures to the human level interpretation. More so, at the most basic human need of lovemaking and...

Any Odissi recital is not complete without an invocation to our venerable Lord Jagannath, the supreme power if the land of the universe. It’s with...

It’s necessary to question why my role in society is defined by my roles in men’s world? The dialogue between women liberation and women abuse...

सरस्वति महाभागे विद्ये कमललोचने । विद्यारूपे विशालाक्षि विद्यां देहि नमोऽस्तु ते ॥ Goddess Saraswati is just evoked in all performances through this complete strotra. The call of the deities associated with classical art forms is...

Godliness is a sincere attempt to see the God within. Seeing is believing as they say. When the world around you has changed so many colors...