by Pavani Kaushik | Aug 15, 2019 | *Slider - Latest, Culture, Heritage Arts, People, Profiles
Some things are hardwired into our DNA no matter where we might travel across the globe. Language and vocabulary feature right at the top of the list. The words ‘Karnataka’ and ‘handcrafted puppetry’ jumped out at me from my email inbox one morning. I was intrigued...
by Pavani Kaushik | Jul 22, 2019 | *Slider - Latest, Healthy Life
The alarm went off a little before 5am. It had been a restless night with a sick child. The first agenda item on a cold Saturday morning – a 10 mile run with my run group. An hour later, I watched a slim sliver of sunlight break through the thready fog resting...
by Pavani Kaushik | Jul 13, 2019 | *Slider - Latest, Perspectives, Viewpoint
Ever so often I’m caught off guard by a question posed by my child. It has the quality of a zap to my system – like that of a rusty car battery being jump started out of its cold slumber. This was one of those moments. Coming off of a hectic few weeks...
by Pavani Kaushik | Apr 18, 2019 | *Slider - Latest, Performing Arts
San Francisco will be the hub of an exciting festival of Hindustani Classical music and Kathak dance over the coming weekend. Spearheaded by the Leela Dance Collective, in partnership with Chhandam School of Kathak, the two day festival titled ‘Continuum’ promises a...
by Pavani Kaushik | Apr 2, 2019 | *Slider - Latest, Heritage Arts, Performing Arts
Stories are powerful entities. They hold entire universes within them. The human experience across the world, depends upon the telling and sharing of stories to shape its cultural identity. Narratives come in forms that are as varied as the plots and characters that...
