![]() The Chennai-based writer reviews classical dance. Balaji on the mridangam was competent and meshed with the rest of the accompaniments.Ĭhoreographed by guru Lakshmi Kannan, who also wielded the nattuvangam, the programme was presented by Jathiswaraalaya Academy of Dance and Music that trains students in Kathak and Bharatanatyam. The Guru Vandanam, Navarasam and thillana were written and set to music by P.R. Manasvini brought out the essence of these emotions through her expressions A thillana (Hindolam, Khanda Jathi Triputa) in praise of Andal rounded off the recital. ![]() Eighty five books.and has won a slew of awards. Born and brought up in Mylapore, she has to her credit. She has been writing novels and short stories for close to three decades. She generally writes about middle-class urban women her characters are more independent and self-reliant then many in Tamil popular fiction, and her stories often have Vidya Subramaniam is a Tamil author. ![]() This was followed by the main piece of the day, ‘Sita Navarasam’ that portrayed the navarasas through episodes from the Ramayana - Sita’s swayamvaram (shringara), Sita asking if they had reached the forest right after coming out of the palace (hasya), the stay at Chitrakoota (shanta and adbhuta), meeting Shoorpanakha (vibhatsya), Ravana abducting Sita (bhayanaka and raudram), Sita talking about Rama’s valour (veera), agni pareeksha (karuna) and the celebration during the Pattabishekam. Her writings are usually a combination of philosophy, spirituality, and social consciousness. Veeraraghavan’s singing impeccably conveyed the divinity in the lyrics. ‘Guru vandanam sath gurunatha’ in Ragamalika, that delineated the value of guru, was dedicated to the Mahaperiyava.
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