When art and journalism fuse
On Saturday 20th, The Inquirer team went for the opening of PONDY ART photography exhibition in the Old Distillery, in Pondicherry. Olya Morvan is a Franco-Ukranian photographer who spent two years of her...
Category: Around The Town
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
Awareness rally on National Voters’ Day
Pudu United Charitable Trust (PUCT) in collaboration with the Election Department of Puducherry is working to expand the voters’ awareness program and to educate the people about the importance of voting and participating in...
Ability Unlimited performs in Pondicherry
The world renowned Ability Unlimited Foundation performed in Pondicherry on 8 January at Lycee Francaise. Led by the ‘Father of Indian Therapeutic Theatre for persons with disabilities’, Guru Syed Salauddin Pasha, the breath-taking performances...
20th International Yoga Festival 2014
The 20th Annual Yoga Festival was organised in a grand manner by the Dpeartment of Tourism, Pondicherry Government from 4 – 7 January, 2014.The inaugural function, on the evening of 4th, was presided over...
Yoganjali Natyalayam pays Homage to Mother Earth
Yoganjali Natayalam, a premier institute of yoga and performing arts, presented its nineteenth full length dance drama title ‘A Homage to Mother Earth’ on 29 Deccember, 2013. Every year Yoganjali Natyalayam takes up a...
Gaze that lures
People say that eyes in a painting always seem to stare at you. More than staring, the pairs of eyes here lure you and make you gaze at them in a very poignant manner....
Christmas in Pondicherry
Cakes, cookies, carols and celebrations. As the end of the year approaches, the yuletide is in the air. Christmas! Fairy lights adorn the store fronts, beautifully lit up stars sway to the evening breeze...
Kameleon: A festival of performing arts
Kameleon is the Pondicherry Festival of Theatre and Performing Arts that owes its existence to Kumarane Valavane, a French national of Tamil origin. A talented director and actor, with a passion for the performing...