The exploration of the state of being ‘courage’, veera in Sanskrit, opened with renowned dance artist Aditi Mangaldas highlighting the gender bias in the popular perception of the word ‘courage’. In simple…
The emotion / rasa that took us away on the fourth week of this journey was sringar. In terms of the state of being it was interpreted as ‘love’ or…
The Road to Nine I have taken the first step of a journey that promises to be super exciting, passing through nine states of being, crisscrossing time zones, sharing a ZOOM…
On the last day of 2020, the editor Sanjeevini Dutta looks back on the year. 2020 is a year like no other we have known. We have read in history…
"...the ability to cultivate an inner space that has clarity, expansiveness and grace is the real goal of our practice." In the days before official lockdown, when people had begun…
How has dance helped you during the pandemic? This question caught me off guard and I froze! The reason is that in my mind the expected answer would be ‘dance…
Pranita Choudhry has written this piece in response to our call-out for writers. RENOWNED DANCER AND ARTIST Mythili Prakashji in her interview with Pulse beautifully narrates the ambiguity of…
Diksha Sharma, in the recent call-out for writers, sent Pulse a response to the article Old Stories for New Generations on New Jersey-based dancer Ishita Milli, written by Gemma Connell…
Two contrasting views on the lockdown experience: life behind bars, or the retreat into the mind and the imagination? Cartoon_natyam Veena Basavarajaiah illustrates one angle while Nainika Mukherjee from Delhi writes…
Sooraj Subramaniam recalls a childhood incident in his classroom in Malaysia which had all the hallmarks of racist abuse. How did he respond then and what would he tell…
