Sangeet

Nalak
VOLUME X LIV, N UMBER 1,2(110

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The Alphabets of Theatre
KAVALA M NARAYANA PANIKK AR

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Hindus tani Music and the Critical Idiom (3)
Music As a Fine Art
S.K. SAXENA

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An Auto-tuned Singl e-string Swarmendat
R.C. TYAGI

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Innovation and the Frontiers of Aesthetics
SA KUNTALA NARASIMHAN

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Shades of Green and Red:
A Tribute to Two Maestros
MOHAN GOPINATH

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The Meaning of Pellippjna
A M BALAPPUZHA G{)PAK UM A R

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CO:'IITRI8UTORS
Ka valam NUnl)"lllla Pnnlkkar is II majo r interpre ter
" r Sans krit dram:, and the r" m,,!er of the the atre group
Sopanam. Oa>e<l in Tl1 iruvananthapuram. he has
produced Iill.lr'>I of the: ,,'orl; ~ " r Kahda sa and Bha ...a
and d irecled otller Sa nskrit dra mali 'ih includ ing
Bodhay,ma. Mahendra Vikrama Vam liln, a.....l
Bha' ·ahbu li. email: h va1amnpaninllf~~ .nai Lcom
S.K . &luna is ;oll aesthL.,idan and l.n lic of music aod
dan<-"e " 00 "ias rllfTTlaly Pr" fcswr or Ph ik-..ophy al
Delhi lJn i,"ffSily. His b<..>k An rhr tin : Apprn<1< ·~t.
Concrpt. and Pn>N...... 1'J.:I" been n:.:ent ly puN i......-..I
by Sangert Nalal; Akackmi , email: pn>f...u ena<lt
red iffm" il.oom
R.C . Tyagi is a ph ).,.jchl " 00 bas .... ur k.,.). in lhe
t\alion al Physil:al lahor<lhlf)". New [~lhi . II i,
investi, alions in the naruml scale or music have bee n
puhh!Jled in several periodic als . He lives in Meerut.
email: rc_lyag i2()()O<!" ya rnl<H "<:lm
Sak ulllli ia Narasimnnn performs an d w ruc s on both
('am alic alll i Hindustani music. Her puhlic:,ti" ns
include 1","if<ll;'1/1 10 Im!i"'l Mil.,;, and 111,. .'1" /(·,,,1,,,,,
<>f Raml'u ,-S<lI'u."HIIl G lw ' mul (2006). She lives in
Bangalore. e mail: ....kun aracsvsnt.nct
Mohall C..olHnal l1 is il Kalhakali enlhusiilst ho. has,
sluJied its music In sing in amateur perfurm a ~. A
manager by profl;"\sion. he i$ .....,W pn>rCS/;lW "Illl
Reg istrar of the AlIi;ontt Bu-<aIlC\.s Schoo >!. Bangak>rr.
emai l: chinn.am...opinalh... gmaiLcom
,\ m ha la pp..-m a Gop" liuJnil r is a lilerary Kho.l;</" and
poet in Malayal..m ""ho. formerly hc-.-Icd me
Malilyaia m do:panmenl at S.D. ColIc JCC. A laPf'll/ha ,
l ie has dune ex lcn;avc rese;m; h on IIIe lil.'f:uure or lhe
Ch cmpekasscri region or Kerala. ...nttcn
comrrcmanes on d as ska l MalaYillam luerature. <I,K!
publi shed a hiography uf lhe poet Kllnch:ll\ Narnhiar.
A. Purushoth aman is a Krishna nauam Clllhusia'l
who has also studied various othe r rrudltional
performances of Keraln. Together with
A. llarindranath, he has cd ilc<1 L.S, Raj ag"I'"I,m's
work Temple MU.I'im lln,l/ru",eIl/5 of Keru!u (20Wj,
l ie is currently hasetl in.Mumbai. where he ""uns as a
chemical cngnsccr . ematl: rurushu55@gmai1.eom