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Rotary Club honours temple artistes Updated: Updated: Odhuvar, Srirangam vidwans feted Odhuvars, B. Sargurunathan, Odhuvar of Kapaleeswarar Temple in Mylapore and one of the recipients of the honours, said he was overwhelmed to receive it. “The Rotary Club should honour more temple artistes, many of them are very deserving,” he said. The son of a school teacher, who hails from a family of Desikars who chant the Tirumurai, he chose to learn the Thevaram when he was just 12. “My fa...

Gowry Lekshmi in ‘Suttum vizhi’, the first song from ‘Rathnamala’ series   | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT She talks about her new Carnatic series, ‘Rathnamala’, producing music in the midst of the pandemic and going candid about mental health Gowry Lekshmi has been charting her own way in music. The playback singer-indie musician is now on a rewind mode, going back to where her music journey began: Carnatic. She has launched Rathnamala, a Carnatic music series with ‘Suttum ...

Sitar player Pt. Subhendra Rao at Swara Samrat Festival, 2021   Vocal, instrumental and dance performances by new and established artistes at the four-month long online Swara Samrat festival turned out to be a mixed bag Listening to the four-month long online Swara Samrat festival (SSF) that concluded recently allowed one to note certain trends in Hindustani music that are increasingly gaining strength. The tradition of not repeating a raga previously performed at a festival is being ignored ...

An anthem for hope Updated: Updated: Composer Rohit Gopalakrishnan’s track on COVID-19 is a tribute to the spirit of mankind Share Article Composer Rohit Gopalakrishnan’s track on COVID-19 is a tribute to the spirit of mankind ‘Maranthu Pogum...’ is an ode to the undying human spirit, of hope and of better days to come. The Tamil song and its Malayalam version, ‘Nilkam Thalarathe...’, released on YouTube during the lockdown was a way to tell the world that this too shall pass, say...

CISCE, that had been waiting for the announcement of poll dates, had published the earlier timetable on March 1

Representative image COIMBATORE: Isha Yoga Centre has made Covid-19 RT-PCR test mandatory for the public who want to attend their Mahashivratri festival on Thursday. All attendees will have to undergo medical screening. Several lakhs of people used to attend Mahashivratri at Isha Yoga Centre. This year, organizers are expecting to see only 10,000 attendees due to Covid-19. Isha Yoga Centre says participants this year are expected to largely join the event online. “Medical screening, social ...

Updated Mar 08, 2021 | 18:19 IST ICSE, ISC Time Table 2021 revised has been released. Candidates who will appear for the exam can check the complete date sheet for Class 10, 12 on cisce.org. CISCE releases Class 10, 12 revised date sheet&nbsp | &nbspPhoto Credit:&nbspRepresentative Image Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations, CISCE has released the revised ICSE, ISC Time Table 2021 today, March 8, 2021. The Class 10, 12 revised date sheet is available to...

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Music and musicians during the pandemic: Sound of silence © Provided by Hindustan Times There’s something different about a music venue run by a musician. The sound is wholesome - more understood, setting up is smoother and the vibe is of a community coming together to enjoy the artform, learn from and lean on it, and support one another. The musicians on stage are more than mere entertainers. And the silence is different – it’s put in place so that audiences listen to one song in compl...

How a French governor in Bengal wanted to drive the English out from India in the 18th century An excerpt from ‘Hooghly: The Global History of a River’, by Robert Ivermee. Capture of Chandernagor by the Royal Navy, 1757 | Dominic Serres / Public Domain The governorship of Chandernagore was awarded to Jean-Baptiste Chevalier, an enterprising and patriotic Bengal veteran who in the 1750s had led a series of expeditions to establish trading links with the kingdom of Assam. U...