Arts

By Thulasi Muttulingam/Scroll.in In India, Rama may be the ideal hero, the god-king who rescued his beloved from the clutches of a demon emperor, but in Sri Lanka, it is his antagonist, Ravana, who is loved and mourned as a tragic, misunderstood hero. A hero whose fatal flaw perhaps was his hubris. Few people know the story of Ravana as...

Mumbai, January 31 (AFP): A Nepali who will become the first transgender model to walk the runway at an Indian fashion show hopes to inspire other victims of gender identity discrimination across South Asia. Anjali Lama, who was born a man in rural Nepal, was ostracized by members of her own family after telling them twelve years ago that she...

Kabul, January 18 (AFP): In the face of death threats and accusations they are dishonoring their families by daring to perform, the women of Afghanistan's first all-female orchestra are  charting a new destiny for themselves through music. The group is set to be catapulted onto the world stage with a performance at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Zohra, an...

Panaji, Goa, December 10 (NIA): Conceived by Renu Modi in collaboration with Teertha and programmed by Serendipity Arts Trust, the art project, ‘A Tale of Two Cities’ facilitates established artists of two countries, India and Sri Lanka, to engage in an investigative and research based art-making process together re-looking at the socio-cultural and historical dynamics of two cities, Varanasi and...

Chennai ,November 22  (The Hindu): The noted Carnatic vocalist, playback singer and composer Mangalamapalli Balamuralikrishna, who burst into the music world as a child prodigy, died on Tuesday. He was 86 and is survived by his wife, three sons and three daughters. His music appealed to both the connoisseurs and the laymen alike. In classical music, he was able to...