Narthaki Blog - Gateway to the world of Dance

Around this time last year, I was working on the 25th edition of attenDance, the only yearbook on dance published by Ashish Khokar. Specifically, I had just completed my text on Jean-Paul Montanari, the director o...

Picture this: You're holding a perfect aramandi for the fifteenth time in an hour-long practice, your quadriceps screaming in protest while your face maintains serene devotional expression. Sounds familiar? As a physiotherapist who's spent equal time treating athletes and treating my own dance-induced aches, I can tell you that Bharatanatyam dancers are some of the most under...

In a world going haywire with dissensions, the exhibition 'Let a thousand flowers bloom' mounted at D...

Growing into one's own signature as an artist is not a frantic search for a unique style, but rather a quiet, reflective process of recognizing one's authentic voice, that tends to be hidden within gestures, choices, and a way of seeing the world through another's eyes. It is a journey from imitation to internalization, transforming raw emotion and technique into a consistent...