Suman Kalyanpur (1937-2026): A Serene, Enchanting Star in the Sky of Melody
Today, the world of music feels a little more silent. A gentle, lucid and humble voice has fallen quiet forever.
Today, the world of music feels a little more silent. A gentle, lucid and humble voice has fallen quiet forever.
Some deaths arrive as news. This one arrived as silence, in the exact place where a voice used to live.
We are living in the golden age of authorship. Everyone is now a writer. We are writing bios, poems, how-to guides, and, of course, aggressive complaints against whomever we wish to.
There are those who love to be photographed. You can find them “photo bombing” frames where they have no business to be in. But they are there, smiling sheepishly.
A friend had invited me for dinner to his house. I went over around 7:30 in the evening. We gossiped for about an hour and then sat down for dinner.
‘Ahlan wa sahlan’, the Arabian welcome phrase, literally means “you are among family and ease”. The Arabic hospitality embodies a deep sense of belongingness and congeniality!
A class 9 student, the artist recently presented her first solo exhibition, Duality, at the College of Art here.
The inauguration was attended by H.E. Ms. Mahishini Colonne, High Commissioner of Sri Lanka, and Indian artist Arpana Caur.
The recital began with a Pushpanjali in ragam Shree, a calm invocation, and the audience seemed to hold its breath for a moment.
Deriving its roots from Vedic Sanskrit word, ‘Katha’ that means story, and ‘Kathakar’ implying the person who tells the story, Kathak is all about narrations through complex steps, movements, poise, grace and facial expressions in perfect movement with taal (cycle of beats) and lay (rhythm).
