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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

Many Colours of the Kathputli Community: The Performers and Their ParaphernaliaImage Gallery

In Conversation with Anurupa Roy and Claudia Orenstein: Kathputli Colony is a Metaphor for Systematic InequalitiesInterview

In Conversation with Dr Alekhya Punjala: Teaching and Learning KuchipudiInterview

Kathputli Colony: Street Artists amid IndustriesModule

Jyotiprasad AgarwalaModule

Jyotiprasad Agarwala: Creativity and ContextOverview

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

Close Reading: Joymoti by Jyotiprasad AgarwalaArticle

Understanding Jyotiprasad Agarwala’s Cinematic VisionArticle

Indian Rap and Rock Bands Create New-Age Protest SongsArticle

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Sumit Chaturvedi

Exploring the Resurgent Hindi Theatre Tradition in Agra

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Deepti Priya Mehrotra

Nautanki: Popular Travelling Theatre of North India

Performing Arts

Ansh Baid

Kathputli Colony: Street Artists amid Industries

Performing Arts

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Tamburra Naadam

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Dimpy Mishra is a theatre artiste and director and the convenor of Ranglok Sanskritik Sansthan, almost a decade-old theatre group in Agra. (Courtesy: Dimpy Mishra)

In Conversation with Dimpy Mishra: Future of the Hindi Theatre in a Changing India

Performing Arts

Krishna Kumari Mathur (b. 1948) is an eminent nautanki practitioner, widely recognised for her excellence in singing, acting as well as direction. (Courtesy: Deepti Priya Mehrotra)

In Conversation with Krishna Kumari Mathur: Life and Times of a Nautanki Artiste

Performing Arts

Left: Anurupa Roy is the founder and managing trustee of the Katkatha Puppet Arts Trust, a puppet theatre group based in Delhi since 1998. Right: Claudia Orenstein is a scholar, dramaturg, director, actor and puppeteer. She received her PhD in directing and criticism from Stanford University and is Professor of Theatre at Hunter College and The Graduate Center, CUNY.

In Conversation with Anurupa Roy and Claudia Orenstein: Kathputli Colony is a Metaphor for Systematic Inequalities

Performing Arts

Image Galleries

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

Mithu Biswas

Beyond the Stage: Non-Proscenium Theatre Troupes of Assam

Priya V.

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

Articles

Aditi Deo

Hindustani Khayal Music: A Sociocultural History

Performing Arts Histories

Deepti Priya Mehrotra

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

Performing Arts

Gaurav Rajkhowa

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

Performing Arts People

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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

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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