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Maruti becomes Narada. Behind him are the many plastic bags that hold the finery needed for the transformation.

Priya V.

Playing Gods: Bahurupis, a Visual Tale of Becoming and Unbecoming

Performing Arts, People

How Ebrahim Alkazi Revolutionised the Destiny of Indian Theatre Article

The Evolving Storyline of Rajasthan’s KaavadArticle

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

Dharavi’s Hip-hop: A Culture in ImagesImage Gallery

In Conversation with B-boy Vikram: Destigmatising Hip-hop in Dharavi Interview

Voice of the Streets: Hip-hop as a Sociocultural Expression of Dharavi’s YouthOverview

The Hip-hop Culture of Dharavi: A Subaltern Art FormModule

In Conversation with Namthiubuibou Daimei: Dormitories Played an Important Role in Preserving Ruangmei Folk MusicInterview

Ruangmei Naga Folk Music Instruments: From Drums to Flutes Article

A Brief History of Ruangmei Folk MusicOverview

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Goutham Raj KJ

The Hip-hop Culture of Dharavi: A Subaltern Art Form

Performing Arts

Kadiguang Panmei

Ruangmei Lu: An Aural History of Ruangmei Folk Music

Performing Arts Histories People

Abhimanyu Acharya

Dalit Plays in Gujarati: Writing Against a Language of V…

Performing Arts Literature and Languages

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B-Boy Vikram is an alumnus of and instructor at The Dharavi Dream Project (TDDP), also known as the After School for Hip-hop (Courtesy: Goutham Raj KJ)

In Conversation with B-boy Vikram: Destigmatising Hip-hop in Dharavi

Performing Arts

Namthiubuibou Daimei grew up in Thalluan village in Tamenglong district, Manipur, and currently resides in Happy Villa, a locality in main Tamenglong town.

In Conversation with Namthiubuibou Daimei: Dormitories Played an Important Role in Preserving Ruangmei Folk Music

Performing Arts Histories People

A still from the play 'Accidental death of an anarchist' (Courtesy: Budhan Theatre)

In Conversation with Dakxin Bajrange Chhara: The Denotified and Nomadic Tribes and the Journey of Budhan Theatre

Performing Arts Literature and Languages

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Odissi: In Conversation with Kiren Segal

Performing Arts

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Goutham Raj KJ

Dharavi’s Hip-hop: A Culture in Images

Shreyosee Sen

Halua Haluani Khon: An Image Gallery

Sumit Chaturvedi

A Brief History of Agra’s Ranglok Theatre Group in Images

Ansh Baid

Many Colours of the Kathputli Community: The Performers and Their Paraphernalia

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Chandradasan

How Ebrahim Alkazi Revolutionised the Destiny of Indian Theatre

Performing Arts People

Ajeya Vajpayee

The Evolving Storyline of Rajasthan’s Kaavad

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Tejaswini Niranjana

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

Performing Arts Histories

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Thira is a ritual dance-drama where various deities of the land are invoked and they give divine blessings for the welfare of the land and the people. Thira is unique to the Malabar region in Northern Kerala, where it is performed in sacred shrines and ancestral temples located in kavus (Courtesy: Kirthana Devdas)

Kirthana Devdas

Spirit of the Sacred Groves: Thira of Northern Kerala

The Tuluvas engage spiritually with a host of local spirits and deities during the annual celebration of Bhuta-Kola; bhuta meaning spirit and kola meaning play or performance, in the Tulu language. During the ritual, oracles summon bhutas and are temporarily possessed by them, forecasting future events or acting as mediators to provide moral guidance and resolve legal disputes.

Pradeep KS

Dance of the Spirits: Bhuta-Kola of Dakshin Kannada

The Chinese word gun refers to a long staff used as a weapon. It is one of the four major weapons, along with the qiang (spear), dao (sabre), and the jian (straight sword), used in Chinese martial arts.

Sujata Khanna

Training the Body and Mind: Kung-Fu Nuns of Kathmandu

Basudeb Chowdhury Byadh, fully dressed in the character of goddess Kali, has a private moment with his 5-year-old daughter Bithi.

Arka Dutta

Shapeshifters: The Bediya Bahurupis of Birbhum

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मध्य प्रदेश आदिवासी लोक कला प्रकाशन

भिम्मा, Bhimma

Chaumasa

महाभारत की वाचिक परंपरा का लोकस्वरूप 'पांडवानी'

Chaumasa

साधना और संघर्ष: परिवर्तन ही श्रेयष्कर है

Chaumasa

साधना और संघर्ष: तीजन बाई से एक भेंट

छत्तिसगढ़ी पंडवानी कला मंच, रायपुर

पंडवानी स्मारिका

मध्य प्रदेश शासन संस्कृति विभाग

तुलसी सम्मान 1990-91