Alfred Bast and his impromptu art
On the evening of 7 March, as Ram and Suresh Kishna mesmerized the audience at Aurodhan Gardens with their unique interpretation of Bharatnatyam, the Inquirer team chanced to meet a surprise visitor who was...
Category: On the wings of the muse
An interview with Andreas Deffner
Andreas Deffner’s photographs offer a fascinating window into the strange and distant world of the Andaman Islands, an archipelago in the Bay of Bengal about 670 sea miles West of Thailand and 150 sea...
Ramesh Shotham and the Mahaphon Clang
Ramesh Shotham is a percussionist and drummer from Chennai. He began his musical career as a self-taught drummer, co-leading a rock band called Human Bondage established in 1970 in Bombay and Bangalore then hitting the road gigging in clubs...
Astad Deboo : Interpreting Tagore
Astad Deboo, with the team of Salaam Baalak Trust presented Interpreting Tagore on 20 February. It was performed to a packed Sri Aurobindo Auditorium at Auroville, Tamilnadu. The Inquirer team had reported on...
Pictures beyond Pictures, Sound within Sound
The evening of 8 February saw an amazing confluence between the worlds of visuals and music at Kala Kendra in Auroville. Musicians Aurelio and Nadaprem in collaboration with artists Drago Druskovic and Claudia Volders...
A search for tranquility
Soft strokes of both bold and mild colors filled the canvas. A skill for abstract paintings, with simple yet arresting factors, can be found in the various works of artist Prasanna Gresillan, which were...
Speaking with Sebastian Cortes
This Saturday, the PU Inquirer Team had the opportunity to meet Sebastian Cortes an Italian-American photographer based in Pondicherry for the last ten years. He shared his time under the shades of the trees of...
Fascinating Five – art exhibition at Tasmai
An exhibition featuring the five basic elements of Nature A thematic art exhibition inspired by ‘Nature and its five elements’ was organised by Tasmai Cultural Centre during the month of January, 2014. The exhibition...
The Cinderella Artist
Modest stories, humble beginnings, but a penchant for reaching the extraordinary – these are some qualities present in some of the greatest characters that we have ever come across, in fiction or in real...
Pelva Naik performs Dhrupad
Dhrupad performance by Pelva Naik, young and upcoming Dhrupad artist at Aurodhan Garden, Pondicherry on the Sunday morning of 12 January, 2014. Camera: Radhika Khanna Edit: Sooganya N and Habeeb Rahman