Kathak As a Narrative of Dramatized Story-Telling
This is not the first time that Shrimati Alokparna Guha is experimenting with a dramatized mythology through Kathak. If Hridimanthanam had told us the story of Tapati and her search for true love, through a dramatized Kathak, Ehi Kesava, narrates the story of Kathak itself. The kathak presentation by Pushpak, dramatizes the history of Kathak as an art form, using “Kesava” as a metaphor of love, where love can also be the love for the art form. Possibly, creativity is the high
A Thought Bomb On The Existing Education System? - A Review*
“Feeling torn between disparate disciplines is the best possible thing. It is a mark of genuine liveliness and curiosity”- Saikat Majumdar The book might appear to be slim and suggest an easy reading, because of Saikat Majumdar’s lucidity of expression but like his other non-fiction, Prose of the World (2013), it is differently, yet intensely thought-provoking. This creative-nonfiction is not a surprise, for Saikat Majumdar has made his mark as a writer of two novels, includi
