Wounded Immortality: The Tale Of Ashwathama by Kedar Mishra June 19, 2023 He is blessed to never die, but he is also cursed to live death as an ever-growing wound on his... Read moreDetails
Guru Pankaj Charan Das: The Pathfinder Of Odissi by Kedar Mishra June 12, 2023 Until now and forever he will be addressed as the Adi Guru or the first teacher of classical dance, Odissi.... Read moreDetails
Ravana Chhaya: Poetry Of The Shadow by Kedar Mishra May 29, 2023 The transformation of a bioscope into a motion picture is quite a recent phenomenon. Historically, the motion picture by Lumiere... Read moreDetails
Balakrushna Dash: The Icon And The Iconoclast by Kedar Mishra May 22, 2023 Balakrushna Dash’s arrival in Odia music was iconic. As a young singer and composer, he started his career in Odia... Read moreDetails
Dance Spiritualism: The Tale Of Odissi by Kedar Mishra May 15, 2023 Odissi is one of the most ancient classical Indian dance forms dating back to the second century B.C. Odisha is... Read moreDetails
Making Of Odissi: The Infighting And The Unity by Kedar Mishra May 8, 2023 Attacking Nehru’s minister Nityananda Kanungo inside the Lok Sabha for creating hindrances to recognise Odissi as a classical dance form... Read moreDetails
Making of Odissi: A Political Discourse by Kedar Mishra May 1, 2023 1956 to 1958 was the watershed moment for Odissi dance. The first couple of Odissi recital by Priyambada Mohanty drew... Read moreDetails
Political History Of Odissi Dance: Parliamentary Debate Of 1959 by Kedar Mishra April 24, 2023 Odissi or Orissi? Odissi is a traditional dance or a classical one? Why is Sangeet Natak Akademi so slow in... Read moreDetails
Animal Spirit In Dance: Pashu Mukha Nrutya Of Ganjam by Kedar Mishra April 17, 2023 The ancient cannibal spirit of nature has found a personification in the animal mask dance of Ghumusar of Southern Odisha. ... Read moreDetails
The Question Of Caste In Odissi Dance by Kedar Mishra April 17, 2023 A debate is on at the national level on “implicit and explicit casteism” in the classical dance scenario of India.... Read moreDetails