Hindustani music for Bharat Natyam By MOHAN NADKARNI The Economic Times, April 17, 1988 Sucheta Chapekar Bhide’s composite presentation at Ravindra Natya Mandir, before a distinguished invited audience effectively served to highlight, once again, the immensity and significance of her contribution towards seeking new directions of expression in the sphere of Bharat Natyam through the medium of Hindustani music. The programme was designed to...
Dances of India – Book Review Indian dances: By Rina Singha and Reginald Massey (Faber & Faber, 63s) By MOHAN D. NADKARNI The Times of India, February 25, 1968 INDIAN dance, like Indian music, has a record of achievement through the ages. It once enjoyed pride of place in temple and court. But the extent of neglect it suffered under alien rule was truly...
By MOHAN D. NADKARNI The Bombay Sentinel, January 17, 1956 INDIAN dance, like Indian music, is a deliberate art, and has evolved in the perspective of the social and cultural history of the countr. In India, religion formed the nucleus of all artistic activity in ancient fines. The art of dancing was therefore conceived as a sacred rite and a symbol of religious expression....