Fire Services holds painting contest
The TN Fire Services department held a painting contest this Sunday morning; this was for children. The theme was on creating awareness on handling the Corona virus. Some two dozen …
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Bhavan’s Chennai kendra head says he will prepare for December Season concerts from June
On June 1, arts promoter and head of the Chennai kendra of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Mylapore will roll out what he has been doing for many years now. Ramaswamy will …
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Learn Korean, be part of workshops; Inko Centre launches ‘virtual connect’ programmes
This lockdown, to connect with its audiences digitally, InKo Centre in R.A.Puram has launched a virtual connect program. Under this program, people will be able to take Korean language classes …
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Flutist Shantala to curate online music concerts featuring best young talent
The Indian Classical Gems (ICG) ICG brings to you KalaKriya – an online Indian classical music platform to showcase the best young talents, irrespective of their location. And this online series …
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College student juggles CA classes and hobby of sketching gods, temples during lockdown
With the college closed and examinations postponed, 20 year old T. K. Achudhan, a second year B.Com student of Vivekananda College has been pursuing his interest in drawing during the …
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Dramatist Kathadi Ramamurthy lightens the lockdown mood
Renowned theatre personality Kathadi Ramamurthy is 82 years old but is bubbling with the enthusiasm even in lockdown times. March and April were to be busy months for his Stage …
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Artist Darshana posts her paintings on Facebook page. To keep people positive.
Darshana Bajaj, an artist based in Abiramapuram has worked on a series of unique paintings to keep people positive during this lockdown period. The paintings feature people with masks surrounded …
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Alwarpet’s Komal hosts art contests daily, gets good response
Komal Savla, a artist who manages her art studio in Alwarpet and has been training people for some 15 years, came up with online art contests this season. Says Komal, …
Read MoreT. V. S. Mani, leader in costuming classical dancers passes away
T. V. S. Mani, one of most well-known designers for classical dancers’ needs and a Mylaporean passed away on Sunday morning, May 3. He was the man behind Shanti Tailors …
Read MoreClassical musician Ghatam. V. Suresh to perform live today evening
There will be a live streaming of ghatam artiste Suresh Vaidyanathan’s performance on facebook today evening. He says, “I will sing, play Saint Thyagaraja’s songs and Thiruppugazh on the ghatam …
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Ghatam artiste says lockdown is a blessing in disguise for him
Suresh Vaidyanathan, a well known ghatam artist and a resident of Marwadi Thottam, Mylapore, says this lockdown is a good opportunity to bring out the best in musicians. He says, …
Read MoreThis dance teacher takes classes online through Zoom
Guru Jigyasa Giri has been teaching kathak for more than 15 years now. Her dance school, Devaniya Dance School, which was started ten years ago, operates out of two locations, …
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